Awards night celebrates successful rugby season
TYNEDALE RFC rounded off a successful season with an annual party and awards night at Corbridge.
Outdoor work is a world away from office days
THE world of manual work was a new one to me until I retired after half a century behind a desk.
Hextol: Warming to a carpet with a whiter shade of beige
WHAT is it with women that they need to change things that don’t really need changing?
Babysitting duties are as simple as one two three
I had the singular honour of being left in sole charge of my youngest granddaughter the other day.
Advances in technology arrive at Hextol Towers
I HAVE to confess I am a bit of a Luddite when it comes to advances in technology.
How not to spend the holiday baggage allowance
It’s holiday time again, and I am required to sit on the sidelines while Mrs Hextol packs our cases for our fortnight in the sun.
What's the beef? Red meat is for tucking in with gusto
LIKE most things, it may be very bad for you if consumed to excess, but I simply love red meat – the redder the better!
They shoot crows, don't they? Not any more...
THE hoo-hah about wildlife campaigner Chris Packham’s success in banning the shooting of certain species of birds – including crows – without the appropriate licence takes me back to my very early days on my uncle’s farm in a remote part of Cumberland.
Shaving drama beats the ordeal of dentist's chair
NO-ONE likes going to the dentist, but a recent visit to the black padded chair was among the most traumatic I can remember.
Childhood treats wreak havoc on a sweet tooth
IT may have been only a Macclesfield thing, but can any Tynedale folk cast their minds back to the heyday of the sweet shop in the 1950s and 60s when one of the favourite purchases was a triangular paper bag filled with a mysterious substance we knew as kayli?
