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

10 YEARS AGO

GUNS STOLEN: Balaclava-clad raiders stole cash and firearms from a remote cottage in Hexhamshire. Three men armed with a baseball bat forced their way into the cottage in Dalton and threatened a 49-year-old woman inside. After demanding money, they searched the house and forced open a shotgun cabinet before stealing two legally-held shotguns and ammunition. They also stole some items of jewellery and the keys to a pick-up truck parked outside before fleeing the scene in the vehicle.

BACK IN TIME: BBC Radio 4 programme Gardeners' Question Time is going back to its roots, the Courant reported. In honour of the fact that the third-ever edition was recorded in Humshaugh in 1947, the show will be recorded at the village hall there that week.

25 YEARS AGO

TOWN RAIDS: About £7,000 worth of outdoor clothing and sportswear were stolen from the new McGregor's shop on Main Street in Haltwhistle. A further £3,000 worth of electrical goods, household appliances, jewellery and cash was taken in a burglary from a house on Belmont Terrace, in what police think was a connected raid.

CHARITY STORE TORCHED: Arsonists were being damaged for a fire at a charity's store garage in Hexham, in which £5,000 worth of children's toys were damaged. The blaze, at the Haugh Lane industrial estate, also caused £1,200 worth of damage to the garage, belonging to the Children North-East charity.

50 YEARS AGO

FIELD SOLD: Tynedale Rugby Club accepted in principle an offer of £60,000 for its Dene Park ground and clubhouse in Hexham from Vaux Breweries, having acquired new premises at Tynedale Park, Corbridge, 18 months earlier.

HOMES PLEA: The Hexham and District Council of Churches launched a district-wide plea appeal for families to provide temporary homes from families thrown out of Uganda by dictator Idi Amin.

75 YEARS AGO

HOUSING BOOM: The first two council houses to be built in Hexham since the war were completed, on the Priestlands estate. Three more would be ready within the month, with another 82 within 18 months.

SPIV ALERT: War was declared at Hexham Allotment Holders' first summer show at the Sele School on Hexham's horticultural spivs, who stood idly by while others laboured in allotments in spring and summer, and then hatched schemes to cash in on the produce at harvest time.

DIRTY CORBRIDGE: There was a call for a general clean-up of Corbridge, after a women complained to the parish council about Main Street being littered with ice cream cartons, and the riverside with masses of old tins and cabbages.

100 YEARS AGO

MEMORIAL UNVEILED: The new lych gate at St Peter's Church in Newbrough, erected in memory of the men from the parish who fell in the Great War, was unveiled by Colonel E.P.A. Riddell, and dedicated by the Bishop of Newcastle.

TOO FAST: A motorist who drove his car over the Tyne Bridge at Corbridge at 24 mph was fined £2 by Hexham magistrates for travelling at a speed which was a danger to the public.

BUS WARS: Pedestrians in Prudhoe feared for their lives as rival bus companies competed for passengers in the town. It was reported that buses were travelling close together, and racing each other to get to stops first.

125 YEARS AGO

BATTLE OF THE BANDS: A feature of Hexham Flower Show was a band contest, which attracted 10 bands from all over the North. Winners of the first prize of £5 and a new euphonium were the Garibaldi Band from South Shields.

FOALS FORWARD: There was a capital attendance at the annual foal and young horse sale at Wark, but trade was rather quiet.

150 YEARS AGO

RAIL DISASTER: The driver, guard and railway labourer of a train involved in an accident at Gilsland in which four men were killed appeared before Brampton Magistrates, and were committed to the Assizes on manslaughter charges.

CHAPEL OPENING: The Congregationalists of Acomb conducted the opening services at their new chapel, capable of seating up to 100 worshippers.

BORN TOO SOON: A maintenance case against a Bellingham farmer who had an illegitimate child was dismissed when it was revealed that the child had been born two days before the Bastardy Act became law.