Coun. Cath Homer at the grave of Sgt Harry Barton Annan. FLOWERS have been laid at the Hexham grave of a brave RAF war pilot on the 77th anniversary of his death. Sgt Harry Barton Annan was part of the crew on board the Halifax HR664, of 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit, which flipped upside down and crashed into a river bank during a training exercise in Bedfordshire, on January 10, 1944. Several men lost their lives, including Sgt Barton Annan, who was also a Hexham Courant reporter. Darran Mark Walker put out a plea for someone in the area to place some flowers at Sgt Barton Annan s grave, in Hexham Cemetery, after stating that he usually pays his own floral tribute at a river bank near York, every year.
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Residents and shoppers could have new voice in traffic debate RESIDENTS and shoppers could be given a new voice in the debate over Hexham s controversial one-way traffic system. Northumberland County Council introduced the changes in August, claiming they were essential to making the town more Covid-friendly. Hallstile Bank was closed to traffic completely, with vehicles travelling into the Market Place via Beaumont Street, and out via Market Street and Gilesgate. Last month, the council tweaked the system, with a return to two-way on Beaumont Street. The county council, and Hexham Town Council, have insisted that the measures are temporary and have come a result of the pandemic.