Always the second Sunday of September, Whitfield’s Fair usually clashes with The Great North Run, the world’s largest half-marathon, that twirls around the bridges of the toon. But here in the Allen Valleys, Whitfield Village Fair is such a lovely…
Category: Institutions
Up at the High Forest . . . it’s show day!
Yes, after gathering up all our possible vegetables that could just conceivably make a showing in the local agricultural show, worrying about the scab on the potatoes, wondering how woody the radishes are, and will the beetroots withstand the obligatory…
Barney Craig: Carrshield Camping Barn
The Carrshield Camping Barn, renovated out of the old mine shop of Barney Craig, is one of the components of the portfolio of Allen Valleys Enterprise Ltd, or AVEL as the Community Benefit Society is called. AVEL was created to…
Allendale Horticultural and Industrial Show
Always held the week after Allendale Agricultural Show, the Flower Show is now in its 166th year! That must make it the longest-lived organisation in these parts, apart from the churches, of course. The plain text poster has gone up…
Allendale Agricultural Show
Early in the week, in response to anxious queries about the weather and state of the showground, Dani Henderson, Show Secretary, was putting on a brave face: “A few people have been asking if the show’s going ahead. Well, the…
Fawside . . . on our side
Fawside is the friendly community development organisation at the heart of Allendale village life. But it’s a quiet group, and not many folks are quite aware of its thirty year history, or of how it fits in with everything else…
Our beloved library . . .
Mystery, History and Romance, writes Joan Morgan, noted local author, of this beloved institution . . . . . . and everything else from Science Fiction to the life of Barack Obama; it’s all there in our small but perfectly…
AVH&RG: AGM notes
Catherine Stirling-Hill sends some notes our way to chat about the charity’s Annual General Meeting, scheduled for today Wednesday the 24th of April, 7:30pm in the Main Hall (while the Gardening Society holds their quarterly meeting in the New Hall):…
Not just on Sundays
Ann Potter writes to chat about some of the services on offer at Catton Chapel: ”Catton Chapel was built in 1882. Over the years it has undergone some major changes like removal of the spire. In 2003 major renovations created…
The Challenge is on!
On this the 30th anniversary of the Allendale Challenge, staging and preparative work will have begun at Allendale Village Hall on Friday afternoon, and registration for the fell runners/walkers/participants will be taking place from 7:00 early morning today. I’d bet…