Former Mayor of Hexham and antiques dealer dies
ONE of Hexham’s best known personalities has died at the age of 76 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Last hurrah for an old and trusty gardening friend
Hextol writer says a fond farewell to an old and trusty gardening friend
Column: Passing on love of fishing to the latest generation
YOU may recall that a couple of months ago, I promised my ten year old granddaughter Elise I would take her fishing.
Column: Journalism before the use of telephones
I WAS saddened to read the other day of the passing of a man whose life’s work was death.
Column: A chance encounter while out on a walk
NEVER work with children or animals is an adage I have been prepared to ignore for most of my life, but my abiding affection for animals was put to the sorest of tests last week.
‘My poor worn out body is starting to pay me back’
I HAD a bit of a shock the other day when I popped into the doctors’ surgery for a medical for a new role I am hopefully about to undertake.
HEXTOL COLUMN: Grammar school memories as site is to be demolished
IT was recently brought to my attention that the grammar school where I spent five long years of my youth is being demolished, and replaced by posh houses.
