A TRIP down memory lane, we take a look back at the stories to have hit the headlines 10, 25, 35, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150-years ago. Do you remember any of the events?

10 YEARS AGO

WEATHER BALLOON SHOW: Friday was a magical night on Hadrian's Wall as 450 iridescent weather balloons marked its 73-mile length from coast to coast. But the sense of elation deflated on the second night of the two-day event as Tynedale's main stretch of the Wall was plunged back to its customary darkness. The weather balloons had been foiled - by the weather. The metal tripods they were tied to had quite simply blown over on the most exposed sections of the Wall, between Chollerford and Greenhead.

BATTLE PLANS: More than 100 residents living near a proposed housing development in Ponteland met to unite in a campaign to protect greenbelt land. They opposed a bid by the Banks Group to build 500 houses in the village.

25 YEARS AGO

SILENT IN TRIBUTE: Tynedale fell silent and was subdued throughout the day was the world said farewell to Diana, Princess of Wales. Watching television and listening to the radio, people followed the proceedings surrounding her funeral at Westminster Abbey.

PUB MANAGEMENTS UNITE: Violent pub-goers in Hexham are drinking at the last-chance saloon as licensees and police prepare to relaunch the "Pubwatch" initiative, it was reported. Attacks on bar staff and customers, disorder and anti-social behaviour had been resurfacing ever since the scheme wound down five years earlier. From October 1 that year, anyone barred from one pub in Hexham would be barred from them all

50 YEARS AGO

ARSON FEARS: Night patrols were launched at Prudhoe Hospital after two fires on successive nights, thought to be the work of an arsonist, caused £2,500 worth of damage.

FINAL PUSH: A call for a final push to the Hexham Abbey new organ appeal fund was made, so that it would be installed in time for the Abbey's 1300th anniversary.

AT LAST: After finishing runner-up in each of the four preceding years, Wall was finally named as Northumberland's best kept village.

75 YEARS AGO

BLACK SPOT: With 14 cases reported since June, Hexham was regarded as Northumberland's black spot for the spread of the dread disease, infantile paralysis.

100 YEARS AGO

BLOOMING AGAIN: The 77th exhibition of the Floral and Horticultural Society at Haydon Bridge saw its best attended show since the revival after the war.

TEA-TIME: A parochial tea and gift sale at Minsteracres attracted an attendance of 300 people, and raised £50 for church funds. There was a tug-of-war between the men of Healey, Slaley, Minsteracres and Scales Cross, won by Healey.

COMRADELY GESTURE: At a smoking concert at the Anchor Inn, Haydon Bridge, players and officials presented landlord Mr E. McQueen with a silver mounted walking stick, and his wife with a pair of china vases, as a thank-you for allowing the free use of a room for meetings, and free access to the bathrooms for matches.

125 YEARS AGO

GIVE THEM RICE: Hexham Board of Guardians voted with some reluctance to add some milk to the boiled rice served to inmates of the workhouse, to make it more palatable.

CHURCH ANNIVERSARY: St Giles' Church at Chollerton celebrated what was believed to be the 800th anniversary of its consecration, although it was known that the church itself was nearly 1000 years old.

RIDING IN STYLE: An electric motor-car passed through Hexham's Priestpopple carrying a couple of gentlemen passengers.

150 YEARS AGO

CLOSE SHAVE: Shavings about to be used, near a fireplace, were said to be the cause of a fire in Allendale. The fire was extinguished with the help of residents of the town using water from a nearby river.

AWFUL STORM: A severe thunderstorm passed over Plashetts, in North Tynedale. It was said to be one of the most awful storms that had ever visited the district.