CELEBRATIONS were held to mark the 40th birthday of Tynedale's Talking Newspaper last week.
Held in Bardon Mill village hall, there was a cake with 40 candles, and afternoon tea.
Many of the volunteer readers who attended had not seen each other for several decades.
The first treasurer Peter Nielson attended and June Kendrick, the team leader for the Tangent team of readers, who has been involve since the beginning.
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June cut the cake, with assistance from Neville Parkin, the representative of listeners on the Tynedale Talking Newspaper committee.
One of the guests subsequently wrote to Dave Clegg, the Chair of Tynedale Talking Newspaper, to say: "My thanks to you all for organising the Tynedale Talking Newspaper's 40th anniversary event on Wednesday.
"What a wonderful location at Bardon Mill's village hall and a most pleasurable reunion with so many Tynedale Talking Newspaper friends I'd volunteered with over the past 37 years."
Another responded to say: "During the delicious tea we caught up with news of various people and did a lot of reminiscing.
"The History Book will be a wonderful reminder of happy times and the excellent work which is being continued by so many volunteers."
The history book referred to is an account of the first 40 years of the newspaper, researched and written by Anne Galbraith.
Its publication was funded by a grant from the Rothley Trust.
A copy of the book is being given to all volunteer readers and engineers, and will also be distributed to former volunteers where their contact details are known.
The history is also being recorded for the Tynedale Talking Magazine, and it is hoped to incorporate an account of the party and access to a recording of the history on the Tynedale Talking Newspaper website, www.ttnweb.uk.
Anyone who is blind or visually impaired who would like to receive the weekly recording of the Hexham Courant can make contact with the Registrar, Ed Turnbull, on reg@ttnweb.uk.
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