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Anecdote Education Reminiscence

Allendale’s Evacuee Stories

LarryWinger
December 24, 2019
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And Linda Beck promised one from her daughter Anja as well. Allendale Primary School Year 6 class have been studying the local history of evacuation to the rural countryside during WWII. The diary has also featured another evacuee story which…

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Community Education Organisation

The Catton Women’s Institute

LarryWinger
December 9, 2019
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Just in time to note the Catton WI’s Christmas Party this evening, Melanie Pepper sends this lovely piece describing the group’s activities in Catton and around the houses: “Catton WI is a thriving group, part of the Northumberland Federation of…

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Access and Inclusion Education External Funding Healthy Living Sports

Allendale Sports Hall

LarryWinger
December 7, 2019
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You’re never quite sure just what facility people are talking about, when you hear the words ‘Sports Hall,’ because they could be meaning the ‘Sports Club Pavilion’ over at the playing fields, or the big ‘Sports Hall’ beside the Primary…

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Education Environment

Whitfield Church of England Primary School

LarryWinger
December 2, 2019
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These days the lovely little school at Whitfield is a primary school academy, managed by The Good Shepherd Multi-Academy Trust. According to the school’s website, it was the first in Northumberland to be taken under this trust’s wing. I dropped…

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Cultural Life Education Healthy Living

Music in the key of life . . .

LarryWinger
November 26, 2019
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I had a lovely chat yesterday with June Welch who embarked on a life-changing career shift in her mid-forties, to embrace the learning and teaching of music. As she says, “For me, teaching is always about learning, both for the…

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Communications Community Cultural Life Education Institutions

Allendale Bell Tower

LarryWinger
November 24, 2019
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Shirley Brown writes in with a lovely and fulsome description of the bell ringers at St. Cuthbert’s: “An article in the Hexham Courant in September 2019 was headed ‘Tower of Friendship and Team Spirit’.  I think this sums up nicely…

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Communications Community Education Organisation Reminiscence Transitions

Allen Valleys Local History Group

LarryWinger
November 15, 2019
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Yesterday evening I spent an intriguing hour with the Local History Group as Paul Mingard explained the fascinating story of some old glass plate negatives delivered over a decade ago into the hands of Margaret Stonehouse, then District Councillor. I…

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Access and Inclusion Awards and Honours Community Education External Funding Services

Milestones at Natural Ability

LarryWinger
November 14, 2019
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Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Natural Ability is a local success story in the charitable organisation sector. An important milestone was marked last month, as the charity attended the 2019 North East Charity Awards as a short-listed Finalist for…

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Business Community Cultural Life Education

Pat Ashton-Smith, Textile Artist

LarryWinger
October 20, 2019
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Pat Ashton-Smith writes in to chat about her life on a hill above Allendale over the past decade. Pat runs bi-weekly embroidery courses at Catton Village Hall, and other workshops by advertisement, in addition to her own artistry endeavours in…

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Anecdote Education In-Between Times

Poetry: Practice of Life

LarryWinger
October 15, 2019
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It’s often said that, like acting, you have to live in order to be able to write. I loved poetry in my youth, but then decided I needed a lot more living to be able to appreciate it. In fact,…

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