What a great display of painting, prints and spar boxes at the Hexhamshire Leek Club Show on Saturday! Pupils from Whitley Chapel First School took part in various activities at… read more
Author: gregpfinch
Dukesfield’s beer – a family connection
The voting booth to name the beer that Geoff Brooker of the Hexhamshire Brewery and Dipton Mill pub is going to produce in the autumn was visited by many at… read more
Celebrating the lead carriers at Sinderhope
Sinderhope in the East Allen valley was once a busy crossroads in the horse-drawn transport network that connected the mines, smelting mills and markets of the lead industry. Largely due… read more
On a new map
Look what’s been doodled on a new map of Northumberland – at a community arts event at the Northumberland Miners Picnic Day at Woodhorn. People were invited to draw on… read more
Great feedback on our transcription project
We’ve been in touch with Professor Melissa Terras, Director of the University College London Centre for Digital Humanities, who is involved in ‘crowd sourced’ projects creating digital archives from original… read more
Promising start to community play
Five of us got around a kitchen table in deepest Hexhamshire last week to read through the first draft of the community play, and have a good laugh along the… read more