Part of Prestwick to be removed from Green Belt

The latest proposals are for Prestwick Park to be extended for employment use. The plan is to remove the field between Prestwick Park and the cemetery on the west side of the road from the Green Belt.

Proposed amendments to Northumberland Local Plan Core Strategy were published on 15th June and the Prestwick details can be seen on page 96 under MAJ/07/06 paragraph 7.27 (last bullet point and coloured blue on accompanying map)

Rev. Peter Barham last Railway films

A note from Peter asking for us to publicise his film and talks. We are very happy to do so.

Could you publicise these round your networks please

Saturday 18 June - Peter's final Railway Films - after eight years of showing railway films to the good people of Ponteland, it is time to move to Derby and Midland Railway territory. Peter will show a selection of his favourite films at St Mary's Church Hall, Ponteland, NE20 9PZ at 3 pm and 7.30 pm. We will visit the Peak District, watch "Any Man's Kingdom" about 1950s Northumberland, have a trip to Scotland, and post a letter on a train. Admission free, donations for British Heart Foundation, doughnuts in the interval.

Wednesday 22 June - after several requests (well, three), Peter will give his talk on John Wilson Carmichael in St Mary's Church Hall, Ponteland, NE20 9PZ at 7.30 pm. Carmichael is a North East artist, most famous for his nautical paintings, who also sketched the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway as it was being built.  Admission free, donations for British Heart Foundation, but no doughnuts in the interval (twice in one week would be too indulgent!)

Thanks for your support over the years

Cheers

Peter