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Old pictures of Hexham streets and shops over the years

A PHOTOGRAPHER has shared images from Hexham over the years and said he has always had a love of history . ....

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Train carriage tea rooms will become 'Tea on the Train'

THE CARRIAGES Tea Room in Bellingham will reopen under a new name in March. ....

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Enthusiast creates Border Counties Railway information board

A HISTORY enthusiast has produced his own information board about the former Border Counties Railway Line. ....

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A quick tour of some lost North East stations

THESE postcards are taken from a new book, Northumberland Railway Stations on Old Picture Postcards by George Nairn, the renowned postcard collector… ....

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Walking Northumberland's art-studded Kielder Water

Walking Northumberland’s art-studded Kielder Water
Daniel Hall
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Living in a city during a pandemic makes you realise how hard it is to find tranquillity. It doesn’t take long to exhaust parks and beauty spots near home – my boyfriend and I had done that long before last November’s lockdown came around. Needing to escape our Newcastle flat, we drove somewhere in our region to switch off from Covid, uni and work.
Kielder Water in Northumberland is a 44 billion-gallon reservoir, the largest artificial lake in Northern Europe, supplying areas as far as 80 miles away with water. Its shore is also studded with art and architecture. Its most popular trails are thronged with hikers and bikers in summer. But during the off season when the weather is less predictable, fewer want to make the 1 hour 15 minute drive from Newcastle. For me, the drive is part of the adventure. ....

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