As part of the ongoing improvements to both the Powburn Play Area and the Powburn Community Garden, we’ve bought new bulbs (snowdrops and bluebells). The children of Branton School have kindly agreed to help plant them. Of course, the more helpers we have, then the easier it will be. So, if you’d like to join in we’re meetings as follows (weather permitting!).
In co-operation with Community Action Northumberland (CAN) and Northumberland Archives, with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, a new project has begun to preserve, record, and share the heritage of the Breamish Village Hall for the benefit of the rural community it serves.
wendy.pattison@northumberland.gov.uk – Tel. 07779 983072
And also on Facebook: Cllr Wendy Pattison
Have you joined in with the knit/crochet a poppy for Remembrance Day 2021?
The project – instigated by Hedgeley Women’s Institute – has already inspired several people to have a go at knitting or crocheting woollen poppies to be displayed in the Powburn Community Garden, near the Breamish Valley War Memorial, for the Remembrance Day 2021.
I know that November is a long way off, but this is one thing we can plan for.
[Credit: Images are © Kate Thick 2020 and used with permission]
The Northumberland Log Bank owes its continuing success to the help of several willing volunteers.
Of course, proper training of people who volunteer to cut and remove logs is essential. And yesterday (Saturday 10 October 2020), three volunteers undertook LANTRA training in safe chainsaw use and crosscutting. Lantra is an awarding body for land-based industries in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
[All images © Kate Thick 2020. Used with permission.]
While life has been difficult for everyone over the past few months during the lockdown, people experiencing fuel poverty continued to benefit from the services of the Northumberland Log Bank. Operating out of Wooler and Haydon Bridge, their services are invaluable to many residents in north Northumberland and in west Northumberland/Tynedale.
As most local people know, the Powburn Show is the first of the annual Cheviot Sheep & Horticultural Shows. But, of course, owing to the coronavirus pandemic, it had to be cancelled this year, along with all other country fayres (including the Ingram Show).
Please consult the official sources for the latest advice from the UK Government:
Following yesterday’s recommendations from the Government regarding COVID-19 and the need to minimise social interaction, the Breamish Hall Committee has made the decision to close the Breamish Hall as from today 17 March 2020 until further notice.
