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HEXTOL COLUMN: The idea of growing my own spuds ... I don’t dig it

HEXTOL COLUMN: The idea of growing my own spuds... I don’t dig it

Hextol column: Enduring the delights of Blackpool, blame Barnaby

Hextol column: Enduring the delights of Blackpool, blame Barnaby

Hextol column: Enduring the delights of Blackpool, blame Barnaby

Column: A school busman's holiday editing social media errors

Column: A school busman's holiday editing social media errors

Column: A school busman's holiday editing social media errors

Column: Passing on love of fishing to the latest generation

Column: A chance encounter while out on a walk

Column: 'When hitchhiking was deemed normal'

‘My poor worn out body is starting to pay me back’

Column: 'Why I love potatoes so much'

Where there's muck there's me – covered in the stuff

Joining in the fun at local parish councils meetings

Hextol: A sunny beach abroad is the perfect holiday for me

Five acts set to visit Queen's Hall: who are you going to see?

Five acts set to visit Queen's Hall: who are you going to see?

Five acts set to visit Queen's Hall: who are you going to see?

Ovingham in the snow. Photo: KEITH MULLIGAN

Ovingham in the snow. Photo: KEITH MULLIGAN

Column: How the weather makes lockdown more difficult

Column: Still tucking away at the treats of Christmas period

Column: Chopping sticks ended up drawing blood

Column: Old photo albums provide more satisfaction than phone galleries

HEXTOL: This sporting life was a bit lacking in sportsmanship

New Year's fireworks.

New Year's fireworks.

Column: Remembering more eventful New Year's Eves

Turkey for Christmas.

Turkey for Christmas.

Column: Christmas food shopping habits forced to change

Donalde d’Adamo, second left, at Dontino's.

Donalde d’Adamo, second left, at Dontino's.

Column: Serving behind the bar for extravagantly quiffed Don

Hextol column: Being a paperboy in 1960s was tough!

Chopping sticks the best therapy known to man

Hextol: New phone brought back memories of first TV in 1959

Column: Pursuit of enjoying stunning view leads to heater drama

Column: Frustration at fixing beloved time pieces

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Remodelling the garden was a giant jigsaw puzzle

No time for falling over when there’s work to do

Separating the wheat from the chaff for half a century

Phone familiarity doesn’t rule out the odd calamity

Sweet smell of success after job as a lumberjack

Relatively unscathed by the cuts and bruises of life

Looking forward to getting back with my stable mates

Ten bob was notable find at my local village show

Sitting down has its perils during state of collapse

Searching for slippers and sandwiches in Scotland

Seaside fun without the sun is as alluring as ever

Lockdown ending would spare digital inadequacies

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Scottish caller was most convincing of fraudsters

The days when you never worried about the children

Treasured reels of cine film discovered during clear up

Savouring delights of cow heel and tripe and chips

Old age brings on the dog days for German Shepherd

Excitement of a day trip to the waste transfer station

Click, collect, clean up – a normal day at the shops

Days of idleness risk the return of my fubsy figure

Making a mark as an artist on the bedroom ceiling

Confined to the Towers after the holiday from hell

Recalling the triumphant moments on a British twin

Hextol: Meet the multifarious contents of a garden shed

It’s snow joke when the weather becomes white

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When ladder leaping falls short, call in the experts

Recounting early tales of life in a busy newsroom

Hexham Courant deputy editor Brian Tilley with his Hextol book. D470783.

Hexham Courant deputy editor Brian Tilley with his Hextol book. D470783.

Manning parish pumps after career in journalism

Side effects of medication can be hard to swallow

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