The Farmers Masquerade Ball (you don’t have to be a farmer) is tonight the 12th of October at 7pm at Allendale Village Hall. The tickets at £30 have all been dealt out (food reservations meant that ticket sales were finished…
Category: Organisation
2nd Thursday evenings: traditional music session
Jos Mahon writes to Allendale area notices to announce the regular traditional music session, now being held on the second Thursday of the month at the Golden Lion (they had been held at The Crown in Catton, before it closed)….
The Charity Auction!
By Friday evening, Allendale Village Hall was filled to the gunwales with everything that’s anything under the sun. It felt like more amazing stuff than ever, more than the last couple of years certainly. Some decided treasures, some dross naturally,…
The Community Bank
It used to be Tynedale Community Bank, but as I discovered, as Christina at Fawside was busily proofreading the latest iteration of the Allendale and Allen Valleys Pocket Directory, it’s now joined forces with the Credit Union for South-East Northumberland…
Allen Valleys Folk Festival
The programme for this year’s folk festival is the biggest ever, and the weekend looks like an exciting jaunt through contemporary folk music. The festival workshops are an annual component of the festival, as led by local tutors, and the…
Hadrian Clog in the Allen Valleys
Georgia Shorrock, who recently moved into Allendale, has been active in the Hadrian Clog Dance group for some time, and sends us this fulsome report on their activities: “Hadrian Clog has become a familiar sight around the Allen Valleys over…
Allen Valley Angling and Conservation Group
Based mostly along the River East Allen and Coatenhill Reservoir up here in Sparty Lea, the Allen Valley Angling and Conservation (AVAC) group have a very informative website, which keeps the members informed of upcoming events and conservation efforts, and…
‘Music in Allendale’ — last concert of the season
It’s hard to believe that the group promoting chamber music in Allendale has been going since 1992. A brainchild of members from the Northern Sinfonia, the idea caught on and helped to place Allendale on the musical map of the…
Old idea, new venue: Car Boot Sale at the Sports Ground
I haven’t been to very many Car Boot Sales, but I have a fair idea what to expect: lots of cars or tables spread out over the area, and lots of people ambling about looking at the offerings, hoping for…
Planning for the last third of the diary’s year . . .
Suddenly, we’re into the last third of the year, as a kind soul reminded me just as we turned into September. And since it’s a work term, maybe a prospective look at what’s coming up in this last big slice…