10 years ago Pillow plea: A youth hostel leader was looking to donate dozens of quilts and pillows to charitable causes. They had become surplus to requirements after the Once Brewed Youth Hostel, on Hadrian s Wall near Bardon Mill, had received delivery of new linen. Money fears: Huge cuts were set to be imposed by Northumberland County Council in the coming year, but the future of frontline services was not expected to be as bleak as first feared. Roman future: A £6.3m redevelopment scheme a Vindolanda Roman Fort, near Bardon Mill, was aiming to bring an additional 20,000 tourists to the area. The Courant showed an artist s impression of the new military museum at the site, a month before it was due to open.