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A series of novels about Allendale

LarryWinger
May 1, 2021
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Haddaway man! But, well, aye. Really. There are some parts of village life that a reportorial journal/diary simply cannot reach. So to try to encompass the missing gaps, a series of fictional novels is now live and available on the…

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Anecdote Community Event

And New Year’s Day, once again . . . whew!

LarryWinger
January 1, 2020
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These images from Stephanie Atkinson of this morning’s great clear-up of the square remind us of last year’s similar images. Thanks Stephanie! Today the diary turns the corner into another year. Stephanie, who is always up early to walk her…

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Community Event Institutions Tourism

New Year’s Eve . . . only the Tar Bar’ls will do

LarryWinger
December 31, 2019
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This is Allendale, after all, and tonight the ‘guisers will be out in full force, marching away from the Lych Gate in front of the Golden Lion and the King’s Head, and down around the Dale, turning left at the…

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Community Farming Healthy Living Sports

The horsey community in the Allen Valleys

LarryWinger
December 21, 2019
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Rosemary Granger sends in a lovely description of the joys of riding a horse out on the lanes, bridleways and byways of these valleys: “At this time of year, as I struggle  into waterproof trousers, warm coat, gloves, scarf and…

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Anecdote Community Reminiscence Sports

The Pub Leagues

LarryWinger
December 20, 2019
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Long long ago, when I was rather younger than I am now, I learned how to hoie quoits at a target of a stubby post that barely stood proud of the soft squishy clé-ay pit in which it was ensconced….

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Community Event Welcome

Santa at the Tree, Carols in the Square, & Young Notes!

LarryWinger
December 17, 2019
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This evening rather a lot of Christmas season festivities occur all at once! The brightly lit tree on the green, carefully decorated by ageing Lions Club members who nevertheless managed to finish the job without mishap up several different ladders,…

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Community Event Fundraising

Christmas Dinners at the Village Hall

LarryWinger
December 14, 2019
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Somehow it seems as if the time is right, joining with the rest of the Allendale Lions Club to enjoy a Christmas Dinner evening at Allendale Village Hall, with a view to seeing the profits from the event go towards…

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Community Healthy Living Organisation

The Catton Line Dancers

LarryWinger
December 10, 2019
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I spent a very jolly and laugh-filled twenty minutes or so in the company of the Catton Line Dancers last week, on the invitation of their leader Valerie Sparks, and I tried to capture some of their movements on camera….

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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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Community Environment Faith and Worship Organisation

The Burnlaw community and the Bahá’í faith

LarryWinger
December 8, 2019
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In midsummer of 2020, the Burnlaw community will celebrate its 40th anniversary. I had a lovely long chat with Garry Villiers-Stuart the other day, both of us fading now into our later years, but still, I think, fizzing with the…

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