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W
e make no excuses for our
extensive coverage once again
of events and activities being
planned to mark the 100th anniversary
of the death of suffragette Emily
Wilding Davison.
The Emily Inspires! programme reaches its climax very
shortly with a Centennial Weekend dedicated to Morpeth,
Longhorsley and indeed the whole of Northumberland,
paying tribute to the memory of a local lass who did
so much to support the cause of women’s suffrage in
Edwardian Britain,
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During her all too brief lifetime Emily inspired so many
people to strive to achieve equality for women in all walks
of life and 100 years after her death she is still proving a
redoubtable inspiration to others.
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As one of those working on Emily Inspires! I have seen
at first hand the response there has been to our efforts
to ensure Emily’s memory and her achievements are not
forgotten and one of the aspects that has struck me most
has been the determination of her remarkable extended
family to ensure her true story is told a century after her
death and confine to history once and for all the mistaken
myth of a fanatical woman hell-bent on martyrdom.
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That has been a driving force inspiring the Emily team and
we trust will also prove the inspiration for local people
one Saturday June 15th to support the town’s tribute
to someone who very much looked on Morpeth as her
ancestral home.
MORPETH
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Sandy keeps an
Open mind on
his course record
Morpeth golfer Sandy Twynholm
will be at the British Open to see
if Muirfield record can be broken
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Ian Leech
Editor of Inside Morpeth
Town set fair for
yet another great
day’s entertainment
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Everything you need to
know to enjoy this year’s
Morpeth Town Fair Sunday
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Morpeth salutes the
memory of Emily
Wilding Davison
100 years after her death
Morpeth will pay tribute to
its suffragette heroine
Just in time to
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Stepping back in time
to enjoy the delights of
ancient Bluebell Wood
The very best guide
to what’s on where
and when in Morpeth
All the details of what to do,
where and when to go in
town over next few weeks
THIS ISSUES OUR CONTRIBUTORS
Morpeth Town Council
Mayor Joan Tebbutt’s
very first column for
this Inside Morpeth
FRONT COVER:
Medi Parry
Manager’s news of
what’s happening at
Sanderson Aracade
Krystyana Dodds
Some thoughts from
the owner of Curiously
Wicked’s tea rooms
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Playwright Kate Willoughby who also stars as Emily Wilding Davison. Photo: Trevor Walker
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Keeping it in the family the Twynholms – Sandy, Cameron and James – all enjoy their golf at Morpeth Golf Club
Sandy’s keeps an Open
mind on course record!
Golf’s British Open returns to the Muirfield course in a few weeks time and one
golfer watching proceedings with more than just a passing interest will be Morpeth’s
Sandy Twynholm writes Ian Leech.
Eight years ago Sandy set the best
competition round score by an amateur
golfer over the links course just south
of Edinburgh, when he shot a 67 – and
it’s a record that has survived intact to
this day.
“I’ve tried to qualify a few times for
the Open but never quite made it, but
it’s nice to think that I still hold the
amateur record at Muirfield,” said
Sandy who also represented his native
Scotland in international tournaments.
To put that in context only some of the
very best professionals over the past
10 decades have bettered Sandy’s score
as they have gone on to win the Open
at Muirfield. America’s Lee Trevino
(1972), Englishmen Henry Cotton
(1948) and Nick Faldo (1992) and South
African Ernie Els (2002) went one
better than Sandy’s score, while Faldo
(1992) and the Tom Watson from the
USA (1980) carded rounds of 64.
These days Sandy still plays county
golf as well as representing Morpeth
in local league matches and he even
has a competition named after him at
the club where he is also an honorary
life member.
Even the legendary Jack Nicklaus
(1966) and Walter Hagen (1929) could
do no better than match Sandy’s score
which he proudly says is recorded on
Muirfield’s roll of honour board.
This year Sandy will be watching from
the galleries with friends and fellow
golfers from Morpeth Golf Club as the
very best amateur golfers in the world
who make into the Open field set out to
challenge his record.
He took up golf as a youngster using
plastic clubs, following in the footsteps
of his father James and now his own
son – six year old Cameron – has
just started to learn the game at the
Morpeth club.
Every Thursday evening Morpeth’s
budding Tigers Woods are introduced
to the game with the help of five
qualified coaching members of
the club. “It’s great to see so many
youngsters being encouraged to play
golf here at Morpeth,” he said.
Coaching sessions for juniors – and
ladies – are among the benefits of
joining a club such as Morpeth. These
days three out of the four million
regular players are so-called ‘nomad’
golfers not belonging to a club but
paying green fees at different courses.
“There are distinct benefits of being
a member of a club,” said Morpeth’s
current captain Philip Rickard. “For
a start you can turn up pretty well
when you want any time of the year as
opposed to restricted times for nonmembers. Or, if you are short of time
you can simply play say nine holes, and
you can’t get an official handicap unless
you are a member of a club.”
To encourage new members Morpeth
runs a ‘taster’ membership scheme at
£160 for 10 rounds before they decide
whether to take out full membership.
“Then there’s also the friendship and
social camaraderie of joining a club
such as Morpeth,” he added.
Anyone interested in becoming a
member of Morpeth Golf Club which
also incidentally has a splendid
function room available for hire, can
contact Club General Manager Terry
Minett on (01670) 504942
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Rallying around to
Years of planning and preparation to
mark the 100th anniversary of the death
of Emily Wilding Davison are nearing
completion as a Centennial Weekend
programme of events rapidly approaches
writes Ian Leech.
Morpeth will be the main
focus of attention over
three busy days although
across the country Emily
is being remembered for
her determined actions in
support of women’s equality.
Scores of members of her
extended family from
around the world as well as
the UK, will be in Morpeth
between Thursday 13th
and Saturday 15th June
to mark the occasion and
lead the tributes to their
ancestor who died in 1913
after stepping on to the
track during the running
of the Epsom Derby, being
struck and critically injured
by King George V’s horse
Anmer.
Photo courtesy of Pat and Gordon Shaw
She died four days later
in Epsom Cottage Hospital
and her body was returned
to Morpeth for burial in St
Mary’s Churchyard.
AWARD WINNING CHOIR
WERCA’S FOLK
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Directed by Sandra Kerr
PRESENTS
A SONG FOR EMILY
CELEBRATION, STRUGGLE & SUFFRAGE
THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013, MORPETH TOWN HALL, 7.30PM
Tickets: £8/£7.00
From: The Chantry, Morpeth Town Hall, or Phone: 01670 459370
www.emilyinspires.co.uk
Morpeth
Town
Council
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The story of what happened
to Emily that day and during
the preceding years as
she became increasingly
more militant in support of
women’s suffrage, has been
well documented – often
inaccurately her family
have believed - over the past
hundred years.
For the past few years an
Emily Inspires! project
team of representatives
from Northumberland
County Council, Greater
Morpeth Development Trust,
Morpeth Town Council,
local individuals and
organisations, have been
planning for the centennial
anniversary as well as telling
what the family believe is
the true Emily story.
Funding has been secured
from the Heritage Lottery
Fund and Arts Council
England.
The highlight of the
Centennial Weekend will
be a commemorative
procession from Morpeth
Railway Station to St
Mary’s Church, following
in the footsteps of Emily
funeral cortege, followed
by a church service of
thanksgiving for her life.
On the same day 100 women
and girls will cycle from
Longhorsley where Emily’s
mother Margaret lived,
into Morpeth to recall how
important bicycles were to
the suffragettes in helping
spread the word about their
campaign.
A new play about Emily by
author Kate Willboughby
will have its premiere at
Morpeth’s Riverside Centre
during the weekend before
going on tour around
Northumberland, to
Richmond in Yorkshire and
London’s Convent Garden,
while the award-winning
choir Werca’s Folk will
present ‘A Song for Emily’ in
a Town Hall concert.
In the run-up to the
weekend there have been
more than 150 entrants to an
Emily writing competition;
exhibitions of Emily
artefacts and memorabilia
have been compiled and will
be on display in Morpeth;
a commemorative plaque
has been unveiled at Epsom
remember Emily
Racecourse; and television
and radio programmes have
examined the evidence
about what happened at
Epsom and whether Emily
intended to become a
martyr as a result of her
actions.
Celebrity presenter and
horse racing enthusiast
Clare Balding’s ‘Secret of
a Suffragette’ explored the
story of Emily and analysed
footage from three newsreel
cameras to make what the
Channel 4 production team
believe are new discoveries
about what happened that
day at Epsom, while crime
writer Val McDermid put
both sides of the argument
about Emily’s intentions in a
Radio 4 programme ‘Deeds
Not Words’.
“The media interest in
Emily has been intense
which in a way confirms
what a significant figure
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she was in British history,”
said Emily Inspires! project
director Penni Blythe-Jones.
“What we have tried to do
as a team is to mark the
anniversary of Emily’s death
in a fitting and proper way,
but also to correct many
misleading myths not only
about Emily as a person but
what happened at Epsom.
“This is a once-in-alifetime opportunity for
Morpeth and Longhorsley
to remember Emily; to pay
tribute to what she achieved
in her lifetime on behalf
of British women; and to
inspire future generations to
be aware of the contribution
she made to the history of
women in this country.”
* Full details of Emily
Centennial Weekend
events and activities can
be found on the back cover
of this edition of Inside
Morpeth
Clare Balding in Morpeth to record a Channel 4 documentary about Emily
Pedal power message
of support for Emily
The Bikes & Bonnets cycling rally is being
organised by Philippa Raper of Janus
Creative, whose great grandmother Mary
Tait is pictured left. “Suffragettes used to
cycle around handing out leaflets to spread
their message so we hope women and girls
come and join in the ride perhaps dressed
in costume or decorating their bikes in
suffragette colours,” she said. Participants
must be over 14 years old and anyone
under 18 needs to be accompanied by an
adult. Register in advance by downloading,
completing and returning a registration
form from the www.emilyinspires.co.uk
website. Participants will be transferred
by shuttle bus from Chantry Middle School
to Longhorsley before riding the nine mile
return journey into Morpeth.
St Mary’s Church Service
A service will begin at
St Mary’s Church at
2.45pm on Saturday 15
June and is open to the
public to attend.
Guest speakers will be one of
Britain’s most distinguished
lawyers Baroness Helena
Kennedy QC, an advocate
for social justice who has
passionately championed
civil liberties and promoted
human rights, and journalist,
writer and broadcaster
Eleanor Mills who is
currently Associate Editor of
the Sunday Times.
Among the many awards
and accolades she has
received in her career was an
International Alliance of
Women World of Difference
award for her contribution to
the economic empowerment
of women.
Also addressing the
congregation will be Geoffrey
Davison, titular head of
the Davison clan, who is
travelling from his home in
Australia to be in Morpeth for
the centennial weekend.
Eleanor Mills
Baroness Helena
Kennedy QC
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Two new books by authors
Maureen Howes and Carolyn
Collette who became good
friends almost by accident,
are being published in the
centennial year of Emily
Wilding Davison’s death that
will shed fresh light on her
life and activities as a
militant suffragette.
Maureen has written her book very
much with the full backing of the
Davison and inter-related Caisley,
Cranston, Anderson, Wood and
Bilton families.
In a preface to the book Geoffrey
Davison from Australia, titular head
of the Davison family, writes that with
‘patience abounding’ and the ‘careful
building of trust with integrity beyond
reproach’ Maureen has revealed for
the very first time what he calls Emily’s
‘missing story’.
The book, he says, ‘disposes of the
myths and misinformation created by
diverse interests of time, and fuelled by
the media and highly placed Members
of Parliament, surrounding an event
significant in British history and the
enfranchisement of women in the
United Kingdom.”
He writes: “My great-aunt Emily
Davison was indeed not a mad woman
intent on pointless suicide. Nor was
she an intended martyr as frequently
claimed and speculated upon by many
who sadly – or conveniently – knew
no better.
“Maureen Howes has gained
unrestricted access to previously
tightly held records, of private
family photographs and of personal
items from which she has classically
rewritten history with the benefit
of factual evidence – not from illadvised or ill-informed speculation,
nor from conjecture.’
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Maureen Howes whose book contains some revealing new evidence about Emily
One hundred years on
Maureen unearths the
real truth about Emily
Ten years of painstaking and dedicated research have
convinced Morpeth geneaologist Maureen Howes
that suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was one of the
most misunderstood and wrongly maligned women in
British history.
When she stepped on to the course at
Tattenham Corner during the running
of the 1913 Epsom Derby and was
sent flying by King George V’s horse
Anmer, Emily was singled out for
condemnation by the Government
of the day, the Royal Family and
the press as an irresponsible lone
protestor trying to draw attention in
the most disruptive way to the cause
of women’s rights in conservative
Edwardian Britain.
For nearly 100 years both sides of her
family – the Davisons and Caisleys –
have maintained a dignified silence
about what really happened that
day and in the lead-up to the Derby.
What were her real intentions? Did
she intend to become a martyr to the
cause? Or did she simply misjudge
the consequences of her actions?
At long last through Maureen’s
startlingly revealing new book
members of the family are breaking
their silence so that their version of
events can be told once and for all
and - in their opinion – history can
be re-written in this the centennial of
Emily’s death.
As Maureen says she has lived with
the real story of Emily for 10 years,
not the version sensationalised by the
press and promoted by politicians and
the establishment, until reaching the
point where it can now be told for the
very first time. “In that time I believe
I have gained the trust of the family to
tell the story as they see it and to that
end I have been given unprecedented
access to their memorabilia,” she said.
“When I began to realise how badly
she has been treated by history I have
been driven to get the story out into
the open so that people can forget
what they have been told or read
and understand the real truth about
Emily,” she said.
To get to that truth Maureen has
talked to countless members of
the family, poured over endless
documents and records and
unearthed facts and photographs
never previously published. “It is
quite frightening really to change the
course of history but you cannot just
ignore something that has been wrong
for 100 years,” she said.
What is now being publicly
acknowledged for the first time is
that Emily was not acting alone in
targeting the Derby to gain public
support for women’s right. Maureen
has unearthed evidence to show that
Emily was one of a number of Morpeth
suffragettes who chose the race as a
legitimate target following the decision
of the Pankhurst women to select high
profile male-dominated sporting events
to draw attention to their cause.
There is even evidence that the
Morpeth suffragettes practiced
attempting to pin a ribbon in the
suffragette colours of purple, green
and white as it was led around
Morpeth Common as if in a racecourse
parade ring.
her plan and went to Tattenham Corner
and as the field approached stepped on
to the course intent on attaching the
suffragette colours to the horse’s bridle
so they would be clearly visible to all
including the King, as it passed the
finishing post.
“What happened next I believe was a
tragic accident,” said Maureen. “Emily
was a fit, athletic woman, a very
competent swimmer and cyclist, so I
believe she took a calculated risk that
she could avoid the onrushing horses
and therefore injury.”
After the accident, however, Maureen
says Emily became a victim of the
Government propaganda machine
that clearly wanted to discredit her
actions and portray her as someone
who chose to become a martyr for the
cause. “Along with all the members of
her family I have been in contact with,
we are totally convinced that Emily did
not intend to die that day at Epsom,”
she said.
“Emily was one of the most important
women of her generation but was wrongly
judged and maligned by society...”
Perhaps the most startling revelation of
all, however, is Emily did not actually
volunteer to be the person to carry out
the act, but simply drew the short straw
so to speak, as the Morpeth suffragettes
randomly chose who should act on
their behalf.
From her research backed up by the
opinions of countless members of
Emily’s extended family, Maureen
is totally convinced that she never
intended to become a martyr for the
cause that day at Epsom.
Maureen believes Emily travelled to
Epsom intending to make her protest in
the parade ring before the race began.
When she spotted figures who would
instantly recognise her she changed
In the face of publicity and public
reaction with the WSPU claiming Emily
was a martyr and the Government that
she was a suicidal fanatic, Maureen
says her family closed ranks around
her and decided to maintain a dignified
silence which they have kept for 100
years until now.
Now Maureen tells their version of
events in her book Emily Wilding
Davison: A Suffragette’s Family Album
which has just been published by the
History Press. “I hope through the book
the real truth is coming out and it will
begin to change history’s perception of
Emily and what happened that day at
Epsom,” she said.
“The last 10 years has been a
rollercoaster ride during which time I
have lived with the story. I have had
unbelievable support and backing from
the family to get the truth into print,
and I have to say it has been a privilege
and an honour to be accepted by them
as one of their family. I also have to
thank the History Press for having the
courage to publish my book.
“Emily was one of the most important
women of her generation but was
wrongly judged and maligned by
society, the establishment and indeed
history. I hope that together we
have succeeded in putting the
record straight.”
Maureen Howes
Maureen Howes was born and grew
up in the Sheffield area of Yorkshire
where she eventually met and married
husband Terry in 1960. His work as
a Government inspector of quarries
eventually lead to the couple moving
to Morpeth in the mid 1980s. When
she came to Morpeth Maureen decided
she wanted to help people trace their
family trees and went to put an advert
in the Morpeth Herald offering her
services to do that. In the Herald office
she got into conversation with Editor
and publisher Jim Mackay who asked
her to help research his own family’s
background as her first project. Then
through her growing reputation as a
genealogist Maureen was invited just
over 10 years ago by Sue Coulthard
who was working for Northumberland
County Council at the time, to
help research information about
Emily Wilding Davison for the 90th
anniversary of her death. That was the
start of an absorbing journey that has
now culminated in the publication of
her new book.
Emily Wilding Davison A
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‘Emily is alive today through
her writing’...Carolyn Collette
An absorbing new book which the American author says will give
suffragette Emily Wilding Davison the chance to ‘speak’ for herself
100 years after her death, is being published this summer.
“By that time I knew enough about
Emily to know that she was essentially
a mysterious figure in British history
and it seemed inevitable to me that as
a professor of English literature at a
college for women, I should try to edit
and make public the writing into which
she seemed to have poured her heart.
‘In the Thick of the Fight’ says Carolyn
Collette, is not ‘her book’ but the first
collated edition of Emily’s prolific
writing that will reveal a previously
unpublished insight into her thoughts,
words and deeds.
“My purpose is not to be the one who
explains Emily to the world, but the
person who makes it possible for her to
speak again 100 years after her death,”
she said. “By the time I had finished
the work I felt incredibly close to her
and wanted more than ever to allow
her to do that.”
The story of how an American literary
critic, a specialist in medieval literature
particularly Chaucer’s Canterbury
Tales, a professor of English Language
and Literature at Mount Holyoke
College which is the oldest institution
for the higher education of women
in the USA, and a research associate
at the Centre of Medieval Studies at
York University, came to find herself in
Morpeth and ultimately absorbed by
Emily, is itself a fascinating one.
Born in Boston of mixed Armenian,
English and Canadian ancestry,
Carolyn was invited back to Mount
Holyoke to teach as soon as she gained
her doctorate in medieval English
literature. Although Carolyn and
husband of nearly 44 years David
had travelled annually in England
for 30 years, it wasn’t until oldest son
Matthew, a naval architect, studied in
Newcastle that they began to discover
Northumberland.
“We fell in love with the countryside,
its history and its beauty and decided
to realise a life-long dream of owning a
place in the UK,” she said. That ‘place’
turned out to be a flat on Morpeth’s
Newgate Street where the couple spent
around three months of each year
between 2004 and 2011, the year David
died suddenly in York.
Her fascination with Emily Wilding
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“My book is not ‘my book’ rather an
edition of Emily’s writing. I write of
Emily Davison as if she were alive today
and in very many ways she is. For me,
she is most alive in her writing.
American author Carolyn Collette who has made
a study of Emily’s writing
Davison began almost by chance one
day in the old offices of the Morpeth
Herald in Bridge Street when former
proprietor and editor Jim Mackay
suggested that she research her story.
“Over the course of the next four
years Emily brought me into contact
with members of her extended
family, with Northumbrian archives,
Northumberland County Council,
the archives at the Women’s Library
and the Museum of London as well
as Maureen Howes who was working
on her own book about Emily,” said
Carolyn.
The two women became great friends,
sharing their research and findings
and supporting one another as they
pursued separate but parallel tracks
in the compilation of their own
publications.
It was when she went to the Women’s
Library in London in search of
evidence that Emily was an advocate of
Labour political ideals that would tie
her to the miners’ cause, that Carolyn
discovered previously unpublished
volumes of rough papers and inkstained drafts of Emily’s writings.
“Her life and deeds are the stuff of
living memory in Morpeth. Given that
the motivations for various actions
in her time as a militant suffragette
remain matters of speculation and
conjecture for modern scholars, it
seemed that her words ought to be the
record of her life and deeds – that she
be invited to speak for herself as she
had done so forcefully and so often in
her own lifetime.
“Today I think Emily Davison speaks for
herself about the importance of what
she attempted. We think of it as votes
for women but it was really a matter of
tactics and strategy.
“The vote was the tactic through
which the strategy of a happier, more
prosperous, more equal life for British
men and women could be achieved.”
Carolyn says the publication of her
book has been made possible because
of a grant from the Mellon Foundation,
and she also acknowledges the support
of her publishers the University of
Michigan Press and, in particular,
its Senior Acquisitions Editor Ellen
Bauerle.
* ‘In the Thick of the Fight: the
Writing of Emily Wilding Davison
Militant Suffragette’ will be
published later this summer in hard
back and e-format by the University
of Michigan Press
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force-fed no fewer than 49
times. Yet it is also fun and
thought-provoking because
despite everything she
endured Emily remained
that bright Northumbrian
sunbeam with a boundless
love of life and a lively sense
of humour.”
Kate Willoughby and Kay Renner who plays her mother Margaret in To Freedom’s Cause
Inspirational play to be
premiered in Morpeth
One of the highlights of the centennial weekend will be the
first chance to see a new play about Emily Wilding Davison
written by and starring Kate Willoughby that will have its
premiere at Morpeth’s Riverside Leisure Centre.
Tickets are now on sale for
two performances of To
Freedom’s Cause on Friday
14th and Saturday 15th June.
The play in which Kate takes
the lead role of Emily, looks
at the final months of her
life before the dramatic
happenings at the 1913
Epsom Derby, as she pushed
the boundaries of protest to
draw attention to the cause
of women’s suffrage.
As Kate says the play does
not duck the brutality of
imprisonment and forcefeeding that Emily endured
in the last few years of her
life. Yet it is also a story of
the love between a daughter
and mother worried at the
affect on her health and
well-being as a result of illtreatment by the authorities.
Margaret had returned
north to open a shop in
Longhorsley after the death
of her husband Charles
and Emily was a frequent
visitor to the village while
recuperating from another
sentence served in prison.
“While she was supportive
of her daughter Margaret
became increasingly
concerned by the
detrimental physical
impact of Emily’s prolonged
ill-treatment by the
authorities,” said Kate.
It was that concern that
inspired Kate to write the
play when reading an
emotional letter Margaret
Caisley wrote to her Emily as
she lay gravely ill in Epsom
Cottage Hospital after she
was struck and injured by
King George V’s horse at
Tattenham Corner.
“Emily was one of the
radical figures of the
suffragette movement so
the play does not shy away
from the brutality and
desperation of her situation
during which she was
As well as being performed
in Morpeth the play will
also be staged in Ashington,
Newbiggin, Rothbury,
Alnwick and Riding Mill
before heading south to
The Georgian Theatre in
Richmond, and then to the
Tristan Bates Theatre in
London’s Covent Garden.
There will also be a closed
performance in the Down
View Women’s Prison near
Epsom.
“Something I am passionate
about is taking work with a
northern heart to London
and other parts of the
country,” said Kate.
“Close the Coalhouse Door
and The Pitmen Painters are
obvious examples of that
and I hope To Freedom’s
Cause can add to that
growing trend.
“At a time when voting
apathy is commonplace the
play is a timely reminder of
the sacrifices made by an
earlier generation so that
we can live in a modern
democracy. Our aim is to
tell Emily’s story, remind
today’s generation about
what she achieved and to
inspire the next.”
* Tickets for all the local
performances of the play
can be booked through the
Box Office at 01434 652471.
Tickets for the Morpeth
performances can also
be bought from Morpeth
Town Hall and The
Chantry.
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Three generations of Emily’s ancestors – Rodney Bilton, Aya Elizabeth Emily Bloom aged just six months, and Phillip Beal
A true family gathering at
Epsom in honour of Emily
One of the emerging underlying stories leading up to the 100th anniversary
of the death of Emily Wilding Davison has been the hidden strength and depth
of her family and the unmistakable interest they have in the life of a famous ancestor
none of them clearly knew, writes Ian Leech who met family members at Epson.
The strong family bonds and ties were
evident when more than 70 of the
family from around the UK and indeed
Europe, travelled to Epsom Racecourse
recently to see a plaque unveiled in
Emily’s memory at Tattenham Corner
where her fatal collision with King
George V’s horse Anmer occurred
during the running of the 1913 Derby.
Even more of the family will be
coming to Morpeth to take part in the
Centennial Weekend of 13th to 15th
June!
The honour of unveiling the plaque
was given to 19 year old Northumbria
University student Lauren Caisley
whose great-grandfather Edwin was a
full cousin of Emily Davison.
Lauren went to Epsom with her
own grandfather Colin Caisley from
Morpeth, and it was clearly an
emotional but unforgettable moment
for them when the plaque was
unveiled.
It was, she said, a proud moment for
her that she will remember for the rest
of her life.
“I think all the members of family were
humbled to see Epsom Racecourse
recognising Emily in this way,” she said.
“It is fitting that the plaque will always
be there to now remind people of the
sacrifice Emily made all those years
ago.”
“It was wonderful to be there to see
Lauren unveil the plaque and I would
also thank Epsom for their warm
welcome to all the family and their
hospitality on the day,” added Colin.
From across the Channel came the de
Baeckers, descendants of Emily’s sister
Letitia who had married her French
husband Frederick in London in 1895.
Cousins Pierre, the son of Letitia’s son
Gerald and Josseline, daughter of her
daughter Josse, were determined to be
at Epsom with their own families for
the unveiling ceremony.
The de Baecker family from France including Josseline and Pierre
12 inside Morpeth
“From being very young we have
always known about our relative Emily
and followed her story with great
interest,” said Josseline. “It was very
The Caisley family – Christine Telford, Colin Caisley, Laura Bartlett, Lauren Caisley, Claire and Tracy Williams
important for us to be here today and
we will also be coming to Morpeth for
the Centennial Weekend events. We
have never been to Morpeth before and
are looking forward to seeing the town
where there is so much of our family
history.”
The Rev Mike Brotherton, retired
Royal Naval chaplain, and his mother
Beryl travelled from their home in
Pembrokshire, to attend the Epsom
event. They had been able to supply
Maureen Howes with information
about their family connection to Emily.
“There was no way we would have not
come today and it has been a unique
opportunity to meet other members of
the extended family,” said Mike.
Closer to ‘home’ in the North East
Tracy Williams and her daughter
Claire Medhurst Williams had travelled
to Epsom from their home in Bath.
Although born in Bedlington Tracy had
moved to Wakefield when her miner
father transferred from Netherton pit
to the Yorkshire coalfield.
They had made contact with the Emily
working group some two years ago to
try and find out what – if anything –
was being planned to mark the 100th
anniversary of her death.
“There were lots of stories passed down
through the family about Emily and one
in particular I remember was greataunt Florence saying how she used to
hide under the table when one of the
Pankhurst girls came to their house,”
said Tracy. “It was very important for
us to be here today and we also plan to
come to Morpeth in June as well.”
Travelling from his home in Australia
to Morpeth will be Geoffrey Davison,
titular head of the Davison family.
Geoffrey will be one of the speakers
addressing the congregation at a special
service in St Mary’s Church on the
Saturday afternoon of the Centennial
Weekend.
After visiting the racecourse for the
unveiling of the plaque some of the
members of the family visited the
Epsom Cottage Hospital where Emily
died four days after being injured in
the fatal collision.
Phillip Beal, born in Australia but now
living with his family near Aylesbury,
whose grandfather George Chisholm
Davison was a great nephew of
Emily, was another in attendance as
was Professor Rodney Bilton whose
grandmother Jessie May Caisley was
Emily’s cousin and close confidante.
He recalled that Emily would send
postcards to his grandmother who
travelled in the first coach behind the
funeral cortege as it made its way from
Morpeth Railway Station to St Mary’s
Churchyard.
Now living in Formby in Lancashire,
he said it had been fascinating meeting
members of the family – some for the
very first time – and exchanging little
snippets of information that has ‘fitted
new pieces into the Emily jigsaw’.
A delegation from Morpeth visits the Epsom Cottage Hospital
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It’s a Fair bet it will be
another great day out!
This year’s Morpeth District
Chamber of Trade Town Fair
will have a slightly different
feel to it albeit it an enforced
one because of the flood
protection work now underway
on the Stanners.
With nowhere to park the vintage cars
and Harley Davidson motorbikes there
will be no cavalcade through the town
centre on Fair Day Sunday June 9th.
The organisers are confident, however,
that they have lined up some very
special Fair Day attractions to make up
for the temporary loss of the parade.
Headlining the entertainment on the
main stage will be the bandsmen
and women of the Royal Regiment of
Fusiliers - a great attraction whenever
and wherever they perform.
The Band will be on stage twice –
around 12 Noon and 2pm – and they
promise to be an attraction not to be
missed.
Popular North East folk group Prelude
who have been playing and singing
together since the early 1970s, will also
be entertaining the crowds on Fair Day.
The band of Brian and Irene Hume
and Ian Vardy have supported no less
than American stars Don McLean and
Joan Armatrading, and were also the
backing vocalist for Ralph McTell’s hit
the ‘Streets of London’.
As usual there will be scores of stalls,
sideshows and fairground rides, and
this year for the very time some of the
stallholders will be in Newgate Street as
well as Bridge Street and Oldgate.
be marking the 100th anniversary of
the death of suffragette Emily Wilding
Davison, and over the weekend of
the Town Fair Morpeth’s Antiquarian
Society is staging a two-day exhibition
about Emily and notable Women
of Morpeth in the Town Hall Corn
Exchange on Saturday 8th and Sunday
9th June. Admission is free and the
opening times are 9.30am until 5pm.
At the same times over the weekend
an exhibition about Northumberland’s
‘Lawless Lassie’ will be on show in the
Town Hall Butter Market where one
of the items on display will be a scarf
Emily is believed to have wrapped
around herself when she stepped on
to the track at Epsom Racecourse and
was knocked down by King George V’s
Derby entry Anmer.
As readers will be aware from this
edition of Inside Morpeth, the town will
Snapshot of family business milestone
1953 was a milestone year for
a well-known Morpeth family
when Alfie Stait opened his
photography shop at the top of
Newgate Street.
an entirely new level. “We try to keep
ahead of the game just as we did in
the 1980s when we installed the very
first one-hour processing mini-labs in
Northumberland.”
Which is why three of the very first
Kodak XL mini-labs in the UK have just
been installed in Stait’s – which moved
further down Newgate Street into the
town centre six years ago – providing
bigger screens with clearer images and
even faster processing for customers.
This year as the Queen prepares to
celebrate 60 years since her coronation
Stait’s – now run by Alfie’s son Ken – is
also marking its Diamond Jubilee in
business in Morpeth.
As Ken says it was a big step for his
dad to open the business. “He was
working at the time for Turners the
photographers in Newcastle but
decided to take the plunge and open
the shop and quickly made it into one
of the best known in the North East,”
he said.
“In the Fifties and Sixties if you got
married in south east Northumberland
the chances are that Stait’s took your
wedding photos and I am sure there
are many albums still around that are
full of Dad’s pictures. At the time he
was recording well over 160 weddings
a year.”
Ken himself joined the business at the
age of 18. “It was very different in
those days,” he recalls. “I used to spend
hours in the dark room developing
black-and-white pictures.”
These days, of course, photography
has moved into the digital age and the
advent of smart phones is taking it into
They are also well equipped to
download and print images from
mobile phones giving customers prints
of their pictures which otherwise can
be easily deleted.
“Dad died in 2008 but I am sure he
would approve of all the changes that
are taking place in the business because
it means these days that everyone is
taking photographs which was his
passion all his life,” added Ken.
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Rolling
out the
blue carpet!
By Ian Leech
The ‘blue carpet’ was rolled out
recently to mark the completion of
work to make an ancient woodland
on the outskirts of Morpeth an even
more pleasant attraction for visitors
of all ages, in readiness for its most
awesome floral display of the year.
Photos by Trevor Walker
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Bluebell Wood close to the main road
from Morpeth to Pegswood is once
again ablaze with colour with millions
of the plants from which they take their
name, coming into Spring bloom.
Just in time for this spectacular nature
show Greater Morpeth Development
Trust has completed £60,000 of
improvement work with the help of a
grant from Natural England, to make
the woods more accessible to visit
and enjoy.
The woodland has been described
as an ‘ecological gem’ at least 9,000
years old on the doorstep of Morpeth,
with much of its flora surviving to the
present day including the magnificent
display of one of England’s best loved
plants that captures the very essence of
springtime.
However, within its few square miles
much of Morpeth’s social and industrial
history from the last four centuries, can
also be found.
There is evidence that the woodland
was once the burial ground for many
Morpeth residents who died during the
1665 plague; that coal was being mined
from old bell pit workings at Howburn
by monks from Newminster Abbey
nearly 500 years ago; that a windmill
was built in the early 1700s; a clay pit,
tile and brickworks was producing
many of the bricks used to build the
town’s older houses; gas was supplied
to those homes and local businesses
from a gasworks at the edge of the
woods; and horse racing was taking
place more than 300 years ago at the
old Cottingwood Racecourse with a
four day meeting being held every
September until 1883.
A natural amphitheatre of the woods at
Easter Field was also the setting for the
famous Morpeth Olympic Games that
were held each year from the 1870s
until 1958.
St George’s Hospital was built at the
edge of Bluebell Wood as a county
pauper lunatic asylum in 1859 and by
the mid-1960s was accommodating
more than 1000 patients cared for by
500 members of staff. In 1941 a German
bomber crashed in the grounds of the
hospital and all five crew members
were captured by hospital attendants.
Information about all these historical
facts has been included in brand new,
easy-to-read interpretive panels that
have been placed around the woodland
to help visitors understand more
about its past, as part of the recently
completed improvement works that
also include new footpaths, seats
and signage.
Walking through Bluebell Wood (left to right) Adrian Vass, Alan Davison, Doug Phillips, John Caffrey
and Ro Matheson
Although most of the original native
trees mostly oaks, were felled many
years ago and replaced with birches
and conifers to supply timber for local
carpenters and farmers, around a
dozen ancient woodland plants such as
the bluebells, wood anemones, wood
sorrel and garlic can still be found in
the woods.
The woodland has
been described as an
‘ecological gem’ at
least 9,000 years old
on the doorstep of
Morpeth, with much
of its flora surviving to
the present day...
The work that has been managed
and funded by the Trust and Natural
England, in partnership with
Northumberland County Council and
the Home and Communities Agency, is
the latest in a series of environmental
projects in and around Morpeth started
as part of a Castles, Woods and Water
initiative by the former Castle Morpeth
District Council.
Over the past decade riverside and
woodland walks reaching in and out
of Morpeth town centre, have been
improved right along the Wansbeck
Valley from Mitford to Bothal.
“What we have done in Bluebell Woods
is the latest chapter in a success story
that is making the most of the natural
treasures we are blessed with in an
around Morpeth,” said Ro Matheson,
GMDT’s Environmental Director.
“We have some absolutely wonderful
amenities on our doorstep and Bluebell
Wood in particular, is an ecological
gem. Access for the public, however,
had become somewhat difficult with
overgrown and waterlogged paths
but that has all been put right now
in readiness for the most stunning
displays of bluebells.
“A great deal of local history is
also locked into the site and the
interpretation panels produced with
the help of historian Alan Davison
and artist John Caffrey will help
people understand everything about
the woods.
“Generations of local people have
enjoyed a walk through Bluebell Wood
and what we have done will ensure
very many more can continue to do so
for many years to come.
“This is the first phase of work at
Bluebell Wood and we hope that when
people see the improvements and the
quality of the project that we may
be able to attract further funding to
complete a second phase.”
Adrian Vass of Natural England, added:
“We are delighted to support through
our funding, such an important
project for the natural environment of
Morpeth. It is a project that is driven
and very much inspired by the local
community which shows the concept of
localism at its most effective.”
The Bluebell Wood project has also
been nominated for an award in the
Northumbria in Bloom conservation
category with GMDT as the lead
organisation.
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Variety is the spice of
new seasonal menus!
It’s that time again - when
lilac tree begins to blossom,
when roadside bushes
begin to look greener, when
trousers and sleeves begin
to get shorter and when
new seasonal menu’s can
be found aplenty in many a
local restaurant. And we, at
the Edwardian Tea Rooms of
Cuwick Manor in Sanderson
Arcade, are no different!
However, behind every menu there lies
a story and I thought that this month, I
would share ours with you. It’s a tale of
many changes, countless amendments,
numerous frustrations but loads of fun.
And, as it happens, it is a yarn that is
repeated every three to four months; in
exactly the same way.
As a matter of course, we ask our
customers what their favourite dishes
are and how we could improve as much
18 inside Morpeth
as possible; our aim being to create
memorable and tasty food that is good
enough to come back for. My Polish
roots are strong and keen to bring some
of this influence to Morpeth, I always
incorporate some of my personal
favourites into our menu but as well
as this, I spend much of my time
researching what else is going on in the
world of cuisine. The sound of unusual
combinations is fascinating and if I
think something is worth exploring, I
put the idea, normally in a breeze-by
way, to our wonderful chefs, David Hall,
Greg Thompson and Chelsie Littlemore.
They then take the idea, experiment
with it and make it work. When they
are satisfied with the result, it’s our
turn. We get to try, normally three
variations of a dish, and choose our
favourite.
One of our latest creations is our
Homemade Meat Loaf with an option
of Warm Peanut Butter Relish. When I
first suggested it, all looked at me as if
waiting for the punch line. However,
Krystyna Dodds
none came so they went with it. It’s
a hit and one of our top sellers since
launching the new menu!
How does pasta as a dessert sound?
Akin to small tortellini filled with
a sweet, warm cheesecake mixture
flavoured with delicate tones of
cinnamon, it’s simply delicious served
with cream. It’s a Polish dish called
Pierogi and very popular in Eastern
Europe!
Everyone’s favourites are still on the
menu but we have become a little
braver and a little more adventurous
in the boundaries we set ourselves
this time. Wanting to bring something
different to Morpeth, we hope to
succeed in doing this in the best way
possible. But we need you to let us
know what you think. Please make
suggestions and tell us what dishes you
would like us to create for you. We do
listen and we have fabulous chefs who
are chomping at the bit to keep you all
completely satisfied!
Hopefully here comes
summer - at long last!
By Medi Parry, Sanderson Arcade Manager
Summer certainly seems to have been a long time coming this year and it’s “blooming
marvellous” to finally see the temperatures rising. It’s been a really busy few months here
at the Arcade and we certainly have plenty coming up in the next few months as well.
From our £500 shopping spree
giveaway as part of our Easter
campaign, to stepping out in style at the
Spring Summer Fashion show in April –
we’ve been delighted to put a smile on
a few faces at the Arcade recently. And
now that the new long stay Staithes
Lane car park is finally open, we have
plenty of spaces for our wonderful
shoppers to park and spend some
quality time here in Morpeth!
April also welcomed the first few judges
for the In Bloom competition - I think
they were especially impressed with
our new herb planting area - which
includes parsley, thyme, rosemary and
lavender. Watch this space over the
summer as the Beadles will be out in
force selling the herbs we’ve grown
with all donations going to charity!
Austin House has certainly seen some
changes over the last year – we had
Curiously Wicked open their authentic
Edwardian tea room in November, the
expansion of Jazz Hair who now also
hold a City & Guild Training Centre
every Monday, and our latest addition
to Austin House is the expansion of Sam
Allan Estates. With all these changes
we decided it was time to give Austin
House a little make-over during the last
few months to make it easier to find our
retailers and office tenants – so please
do pop in and have a look around and
let us know what you think.
June the 15th is of course a very
prominent date here in Morpeth this
year as 2013 is the 100th anniversary of
the death of suffragette Emily Wilding
Davison. And to mark this special
Centennial Weekend, the Arcade will be
fully decorated in suffragette coloured
bunting and decorations. The Arcade
flower display and baskets will also
be in the suffragette green, white and
purple colours and our stores already
have some great ideas for their window
displays.
You may have noticed we’re regularly
changing the theme of the display along
the Arcade gallery – the children at
the Morpeth Chantry School are busy
working on some fantastic designs to
tie in with the suffragette theme as part
of the anniversary events. It sounds
like they’ve got some wonderful ideas
and we can’t wait to see the artwork in
pride of place along the gallery.
Staff and businesses here at the Arcade
are most definitely getting closer to
reaching that £10,000 target for our
adopted charity this year, The Sick
Children’s Trust. Whilst the Beadles
have been out shoe shining for charity,
we also have a team of 11 who will be
taking part in the world’s biggest half
marathon this year – The Great North
Run!
But the fundraising doesn’t stop there –
on Saturday the 3rd of August, 11 very
brave members of staff from the Arcade
including a Beadle and a member of
the cleaning team, will be taking part
in a 10,000 foot tandem skydive jump
– all for The Sick Children’s Trust! To
support them in this very challenging
task - visit the stores at the Arcade for
sponsorship or look out for our on-site
fundraising events through our social
media sites!
And don’t forget our summer of live
music will also be starting again in
July to provide you with some light
entertainment whilst shopping or
enjoying a leisurely lunch…all we need
now is a really nice hot long summer!
To keep up to date with events and
offers at the Arcade visit www.
sandersonarcade.co.uk or follow us
on Twitter @sandersonarcade and if
you’re on Facebook please like us.
Shortlisted for industry award
Sanderson Arcade manager Medi Parry
has been shortlisted for a prestigious
industry award.
Medi – who has managed the Morpeth centre for the past
18 months – is a finalist in the small centre category of the
Sceptre Awards that annual recognise excellence and good
practice in the shopping centre industry.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony in London’s
Dorchester Hotel this month.
She has been nominated by the Sanderson Arcade owners
Dransfield Properties for her hard work in introducing new
initiatives, growing the centre’s footfall and overseeing key
tenant changes during her time in charge.
Medi – who comes from Wales – was previously assistant
manager at Marshall’s Yard, another Dransfield development
in Gainsborough.
Mark Dransfield, Managing Director of Dransfield Properties,
commented: “A lot of people work very hard in the industry
coming up with new ideas and initiatives, and Medi is
certainly one of them.”
Medi herself said she was delighted and flattered at being
considered for an award in a year when the organisers said
the standard of nominations had been very high.
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Presenter Claudia Winkleman with the Sewing Bee team and contestants
Sew - could this bee
the next hobby craze!
Could sewing be about to become the latest ‘must-watch’ TV
show following on from cooking and baking? Jill Fenwick of
Newgate’s Street The Sewing Box is one of those who certainly
thinks so!
Nearly three million viewers watched an
82-year-old granny become the first BBC Great
British Sewing Bee champion, and the second
series has proved just as popular.
Not surprisingly shops around the country are
reporting renewed interest and increased sales
as a new generation of enthusiasts start to find
their way around a sewing machine or others
go back to a hobby they haven’t done for some
time.
Jill thinks the time is right to start the
dressmaking and creative textile classes she had
been thinking about doing for a while.
“There’s no doubt people are coming back
to sewing as a result of the popularity of the
programme,” she said.
Jill is now running dressmaking classes in
her shop on Wednesday evenings from 7pm
– 9.30pm, led by textile teacher Janet Kidd.
Every other Saturday Linda Lightley also runs
a creative textile and needlework class between
Noon and 3pm.
Anyone interested in joining sessions that
cost £20 each, can call into the shop at 50
Newgate Street or ring (01670) 511171.
NEW Workshops
Dressmaking Classes
Wed 7pm – 9.30pm
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Morpeth Town Council
Town
Cryer!
Keeping you informed with the latest News from Morpeth Town Council
Honoured to be town’s Mayor
It is a huge honour to be
elected as Mayor for the
coming year and I will do
my utmost to serve the
people of Morpeth well.
I became interested in local politics
when I successfully took the former
Castle Morpeth District Council to the
Ombudsman over the non-adoption
of The Kylins’ roads, I attended some
Council meetings and realised that it was
a male dominated field of activity and
that if you are prepared to criticise or
disagreed with what councillors do, then
perhaps you should be willing to stand
for election, find out for yourself what the
role entails including its constraints and
opportunities and do the necessary work.
Subsequently, I was elected on to
Northumberland County Council
representing Kirkhill and then on to the
Borough Council representing Morpeth
South.
Although I always stood as a Liberal
Democrat I believe that local councillors
seeking re-election should be judged
not on party politics alone, but on the
basis of the interest they have shown
in issues affecting the community
and the effectiveness of the work they
have undertaken on behalf of their
constituents.
The role of Mayor is not a political one.
Personal qualities and life experience can
be brought to bear in carrying out the
role successfully. So what do I feel I can
bring to the role?
Most of my employment history was
as a qualified Social Worker dealing
with individuals experiencing a wide
spectrum of difficulties.
I have a Certificate in Counselling so I am
a good listener and want to understand
people’s needs and motivations. I trust
this will help me build good working
relationships with individuals and
organisations within the town.
Since my degree was in geography I also
have a keen interest in planning. I was a
member of the former Borough Council’s
Development Control Committee and
played a full part as a volunteer in the
Morpeth Neighbourhood Plan process
even before being elected on to the Town
Council.
I believe this process is of huge
significance to Morpeth and I will
continue to play a full part in it.
2013 sees the centenary of the death of
suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, so it
is appropriate for a woman to be Mayor
this year, and I would like to see Emily
inspire more women to become involved
in politics.
Councillor Joan Tebbutt
Mayor of Morpeth
Morpeth Town Council, Morpeth Town Hall, Market Place, Morpeth NE61 1LZ
Call 01670 514314 email [email protected] or [email protected] or visit www.morpeth-tc.gov.uk
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Morpeth Town Council
Meet your Morpeth Town councillors
Dr Nic Best
First elected on to the Town Council for
the North ward in 1997, he has been
chosen as this year’s Deputy Mayor. Nic
has particular interests in the farmers’
markets and public transport. He chairs
the Northumberland Credit Union and
the North of England Farmers’ Markets.
Alison Byard
Originally from Northern Ireland,
Morpeth has been ‘home’ for 21 years.
Alison worked as a Customer Services
Manager before becoming a full-time
mum to two children, when she also
became involved in many voluntary
groups around the town. Mayor Joan
Tebbutt has chosen Alison to be her
Mayoress.
Ken Brown
A Town councillor since 2007 Ken had
two very successful years as Morpeth
Mayor. He has spearheaded the Morpeth
Town Team working to stimulate the
local economy and also chairs the
Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
tasked with determining the future of
Morpeth over the next 20 years. Ken has
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chaired the Northumberland County
Blind Association for two years, and is
also involved in other charities. He has
one son who attends KEVI.
Les Cassie
Moved to Morpeth with Jane nearly 40
years ago because ‘it felt like a wonderful
place to live and bring up our family’.
His passion is to preserve and, where
possible, improve the environment of
the town.
David E Clark
Born and bred in Morpeth, David lives in
the town centre with his wife and three
children. As an Independent councillor
he says he will always stand up for the
town and what he believes is right as well
as representing his constituents to the
best of his ability.
Rev. Ron Forster
Northumbrian born, Ron has lived in
Morpeth since 1998, and is the Minister
of St George’s Church. He enjoys
drumming, playing in a ceilidh band
and supporting Newcastle Falcons rugby
team.
Stuart Lishman
Has lived in Morpeth for 23 years,
and after graduating from Newcastle
University and a career in the Royal
Navy, he held senior management posts
in the private sector before deciding to
open his own business 13 years ago. For
a number of years he has been involved
in working for a better community
including being chairman of the Chamber
of Trade as well as being elected to chair
the Morpeth & District Forum and being
vice-chairman of the Area Partnership.
Rachel Moore
Has lived in Morpeth since 1990
and studied for a degree in music at
Newcastle University after spending the
Sixth Form at KEVI. Spent 15 years as an
instrumental teacher but over the past
few years has focused on sales, marketing
and business development. Rachel says
she is passionate about creating a better
community for the people of Stobhill,
more opportunities for children and
getting help and support for the elderly
wherever possible.
Morpeth Town Council
David Parker
A retired Anglican clergyman married to
Cathie, David has lived in Morpeth for
15 years. Before retiring he was the chief
executive of a Manchester Diocesan 30
person specialist unit at the interface of
church and society. Since retiring David
has been a Castle Morpeth councillor
(1999 - 2009) and a town councillor
since 2003. He is a keen volunteer room
guide at Wallington.
Dave Pope
Since ending a teaching career in 1996,
Dave has been involved in a wide range
of activities in Morpeth and is looking
forward to the challenge of representing
Stobhill. He says he has enjoyed living in
Morpeth for 30 years and hopes to play
his part in helping preserve all that’s good
and valued in the town, working to move
the community forward, improving the
environment and increasing the quality
of life for local people.
Bob Robertson
Originally from the Peak District, Bob
has always had strong family ties with
Morpeth, originally moving to the town
in 1966 and returning 13 years later. Both
his sons were educated at KEVI.
Bob says he is an ‘enthusiastic if not
brilliant’ gardener who enjoy walking
and a good argument!
Adrian Slassor
A retired firefighter, Adrian is married to
Susan and has two grown-up daughters.
He has lived and worked in Morpeth for
most of his adult life and his interests
include watching sport, walking and
cooking.
Andrew Tebbutt
Says after living in Morpeth for 30 years
he is ‘beginning to become a native!’ A
Social Services careers was paralleled by
community commitment including being
active in Morpeth Pantomime Society, the
District Arts Trust and the Kylins Residents
Association before entering politics
as a Castle Morpeth and then county
councillor serving as Executive Member
for Corporate Resources for five years.
He continued to serve as a Groundwork
trustee and secretary of the Mary Hollon
Trust & Company and has chaired the
Emily Inspires! team since 2007.
DR NIC BEST
T. 01670 517915
M.07878 896 292
[email protected]
LES CASSIE
T. 01670 516424
M.07739 259 254
[email protected]
DAVID CLARK
T. 01670 503033
M.07971 451 906
[email protected]
RON FORSTER
T. 01670 517431 M.07840 871 882
[email protected]
BOB ROBERTSON
T. 01670 516399
M.07885 297 556
[email protected]
Morpeth Kirkhill Ward:
KEN BROWN
T. 01670 515760
M.07935 214 569
[email protected]
DAVID PARKER
T. 01670 516218
[email protected]
Elected as Mayor for 2013/14, she has
lived in Morpeth since 1987. Joan has
teaching and Social Work qualifications
and worked for North Tyneside Council
and then Newcastle University before
retiring. Has represented Kirkill on the
county and borough councils and chairs
the Goosehilll School governors.
Mark Horton
As a family we have lived in Morpeth for
20 years having moved from Sheffield.
Our daughter went to KEVI and then
to university in Sheffield where she
continues to live. Lynn and I became
grandparents last December and what a
lifestyle change for all of us. I have been
a councillor for 10 years and when not
on council business we divide our time
between work, holidays, riding our motor
bikes, walking our dog…and I dive in the
North Sea. The opportunity to be Mayor
last year was not one to miss and I feel I
now understand Morpeth much more.
It is a great place to live and work and
we must do our best to ensure it stays
that way.
Council Meeting Timetable
- See noticeboards and website.
MORPETH TOWN COUNCILLORS
Morpeth North Ward:
Joan Tebbutt
ADRIAN SLASSOR
T. 01670 517678
M.07795 592 224
[email protected]
ANDREW TEBBUTT
T. 01670 511631
M.07767 338 509
E. [email protected]
JOAN TEBBUTT
T. 01670 511631
[email protected]
Morpeth Stobhill Ward:
ALISON BYARD
T. 01670 515391
M.07963 306 549
[email protected]
MARK HORTON
T. 01670 513758
M.07803 078 438
[email protected]
STUART LISHMAN
T. 01670 518777
M.07736 717 888
[email protected]
RACHEL MOORE
[email protected]
DAVE POPE
T. 01670 515806
M.07714 143 640
[email protected]
Home addresses are available from the Town Council Offices or website
Meeting Timetable for the period 1st June
2013 – 30th September 2013. All meetings
will be held in the Council Chamber of the
Town Hall. Committee meetings commence
at 6:30 pm and Full Council at 7:00 pm,
unless otherwise stated on the posters or
website (If there is more than one meeting
on the night, the commencement times will
be half an hour earlier, and this will also be
indicated on the Town Council noticeboards
and website)
The dates shown are correct at the time of
printing; however, the timetable may be
subject to change.
Full Council
26th June 2013
31st July 2013
25th September 2013
Planning and Transport Committee
5th June 2013
19th June 2013
3rd July 2013
17th July 2013
4th September 2013
18th September 2013
Finance and General
Purposes Committee
12th June 2013
10th July 2013
11th September 2013
Property and Asset
Management Committee
24th July 2013
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BLACKSHAWS - RONNIE BLACK, SALES EXECUTIVE
Ronnie’s amazing double life!
A Northumberland
man has clocked up an
incredible 10,000 car
sales...while holding
down a full-time job as an
ambulance driver
and paramedic.
Hardworking Ronnie Black (64) joined
Blackshaws in Alnwick as a part-time
sales executive in 1983 to fill in time
between his busy shifts with the North
East Ambulance Service.
A modest Ronnie said: “I have
thoroughly enjoyed both my careers
and I wouldn’t have wanted to miss
out on either. They have both been
rewarding in very different ways.”
Over the past 30 years Ronnie’s
fascinating double life has had some
incredible highlights such as selling a
car to a young lady he delivered as a
baby; selling a vehicle to a man who
paid entirely by coins; and selling a car
to a man whose life he saved following
a road accident.
Since then the grandfather of two has
made a great success of both careers,
saving many lives as well as routinely
topping the family-run dealership’s
sales’ charts.
“When people know you and trust you
they come to see you first when they
need a new car,” he said. “It also helps
that Blackshaws has been established
for nearly 100 years and has a great
name around here.”
Alnwick-born and bred Ronnie retired
after 29 years service as a paramedic
in 2007. Now as he approaches his
30th year of service with the Alnwick
dealership he has notched up sales well
in excess of 10,000 cars and he has no
plans to stop selling.
Incredibly, Ronnie has detailed records
of every car he has ever sold since 1988
and can clearly recall the first car he
sold – a Nissan Cherry with 2,000 miles
on the clock. He sold it to a man from
Longhorsley who still buys cars from
him to this day.
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Dave’s is a shop
where the barbers
are experienced
and trained in
traditional ways
as well as modern
hairdressing styles.
But the barbers in the shop are
also renowned for the range of
hot towel shaves they can offer
customers.
Two types of hot towel shaves
are offered – express and
deluxe – with the first being
popular with customers
planning a special night out.
First customers have a haircut
and finish, followed by a hot
towel, a shave and a second
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shaving rash or skin irritation.
The shave includes a facial,
three hot towels and one cold
towel.
The product range the barbers
use is the Shave Doctor that
can also be purchased by
customers in the shop.
Coming soon to Dave’s is the
shop’s own Style Council range
of products.
Discounts available
Kids & Students Monday - Thursday, OAP’s 65 and over Monday - Friday
All hairdressing is full price on Saturday.
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Dave the Barber’s shop is open
six days a week at 15 Newgate
Street, Morpeth.
Davidsons of Morpeth - GOLDEN SERVICE
Unbeatable prices at Davidsons
Davidsons of Morpeth, on
Coopies Way, appreciates how
important regular servicing
and maintenance is to vehicle
reliability and safety, but
understands that in the current
climate, many owners are
looking for ways to take care of
their car for less.
The dealership is therefore launching
a campaign to make motorists aware
that if they own a Vauxhall aged two
years or older and sign up free to the
Vauxhall MasterFit Service Club, they can
take advantage of half price MOTs for
life. Plus, with 25 per cent off parts and
labour on vehicles three years or older, a
complimentary courtesy car, 15 per cent
off parts and labour on vehicles aged two
years, and a £25 voucher to be spent at
the dealership before July, Davidsons of
Morpeth are offering franchise expertise
at independent motor trader prices.
Peter Candlish, Aftersales Manager at the
dealership, comments: “As part of our
commitment to making motoring more
affordable for customers, we’re delighted
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to be reminding local Vauxhall drivers
of the fantastic discounts and benefits
available to them when they sign up to
the Vauxhall MasterFit Service Club.
To give complete reassurance, members
of the Vauxhall MasterFit Service Club
in Morpeth have access to Gold standard
trained technicians, who use only genuine
Vauxhall parts, and know your car better
than anyone else.”
Members can also take advantage of a
25-point safety check with any workshop
visit, along with no-obligation advice
on essential and non-essential work, a
free check for safety enhancements and
upgrades to a vehicle and its software,
a free re-test if work is carried out at
the dealership.
For further information about the vehicles
in the Vauxhall range, please contact
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Adding to shopping scene
that is the Oldgate ‘village’
Three recent new arrivals have added to the mix of independents businesses in
Oldgate – one of the historic quarters in Morpeth’s town centre dominated by the
ancient Clock Tower. Ian Leech has been to meet them along with one of Oldgate’s
long-established businesses.
Ian gave up his motor cycle courier
business in London to move north to be
closer to his wife’s family roots to open
his new shop repairing and supplying
spares for cycles as well as complete
bike and wheel building.
He has just started to stock a range of
cyclists’ clothing including waterproofs
that is unique to the North East.
The ‘Showers Pass’ range is made in
Portland, Oregon and is perfect for the
North East weather, says Ian.
Ian Simpson of Sims Cycles
Sims Cycles
Cycling has never enjoyed a higher
profile than right now in Britain thanks
largely to the Olympic exploits of
the two ‘Sirs’ Chris Hoy and Bradley
Wiggins, Mark Cavendish, Jason Kenny,
Victoria Pendleton, Laura Trott and
Jessica Varnish to name but a few.
What better time then to open a cycling
shop in Morpeth, which is exactly what
48-year-old Ian Simpson has just done
in Oldgate.
Ian is a keen cyclist himself and found
when he moved North it was difficult to
find a business that would service his
bike – hence the reason he set up Sims
Cycles. “When I was thinking about
starting a business I wanted something
that I could do well and was passionate
about – and cycling fitted the bill,” he
said.
“The timing was right as well because
cycling is booming and a lot of people
have got their bikes out of the garage
for the first time in a while because of
the coverage the sport has been getting
on television.”
Ian certainly practices what he
preaches so to speak, cycling the 24
miles to and from his home in Hadston,
to work in Morpeth.
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Sheila and John Holyoak of The Cheese Shop
The Cheese Shop
Husband-and-wife team John and
Sheila Holyoak are another business
partnership who opted for a complete
career change when they recently
bought the shop that has been trading
in Oldgate for 23 years.
Sheila had worked for 36 years as
an NHS HR manager before retiring
while John was an electrician at Alcan
for more than 30 years. “We decided
we wanted to work for ourselves in a
business in Morpeth,” said Sheila so
when the chance to buy the Cheese
Shop arose they took the plunge and set
themselves three objectives to achieve.
• Purveyors of British and Continental Cheeses
• Hampers, Gift Vouchers
• Local Produce, Preserves, Wines & Honey
• Cheese Wedding Cakes
• Carrier and Local Delivery Service
6 Oldgate, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 1LX
Tel: 01670 459579
www.thecheeseshopmorpeth.co.uk
Since then Fleur has been in a number
of locations in Morpeth – Newgate
Street, Newmarket, Bridge Street and
the Market Place – before settling in
Oldgate. Kay also owns a second Fleur
outlet in Ashington.
They wanted to set up a website selling
through the internet; to purchase
a van to deliver around the region
particularly to their growing customers
in the hotel business; and finally to
obtain a premises’ licence to start
selling local beers, wines and meads.
Daughters Fiona and Cheryl now
manage Fleur in Morpeth as well as the
Rocci hairdressing salon in the shop.
All three objectives have been achieved
along with a refurbishment of the shop
premises and the installation of stateof-the-art behind the scenes equipment.
“We also wanted to sell as many local
products as possible and we are doing
that offering cheeses from Bladgon
and Doddington, bakery products
from Heatherslaw and honey from
Chainbridge near Berwick,” said John
The shop now stocks more than 120
cheeses from all over the world and has
also developed a speciality in designing
and supplying wedding cheese cakes
that are proving increasingly popular
with brides.
“People also often come into the shop
and tell us they enjoyed a particular
cheese on holiday so we are happy to
do our best to source them for them,”
added Sheila.
Heavenly Kakes
The closure of the Alcan smelter last
year prompted Hazel Krzyanowki to do
something that she had been thinking
about for a while and that was to open
her own cake decorating business.
For more than 13 years Hazel worked
as a secretary in the smelter’s casting
plant before Rio Tinto Alcan made the
closure announcement.
“I guess it was the moment to do
something I nearly did 30 years ago and
that was set up my own business,” said
Hazel.
For as long as she can remember Hazel
has always been interested in baking,
helping out at home with the Sunday
Hazel Krzyanowki of Heavenly Cakes
teas when she was just a young girl.
Now she runs Heavenly Kakes from
premises in the Old Stables Grey’s
Yard just off Oldgate designing and
making bespoke celebration cakes
for customers wanting them for
weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and
christenings.
As well as making cakes to order Hazel
is also stocking a range of sugercraft
and cake decorating equipment with
interest booming following the success
of the television programme The Great
British Bake-off presented by Mary
Berry and Paul Hollywood.
In their time in business Kay and her
family have built up a reputation
for placing Fleur at the forefront of
stocking the height of fashion - quality
brands at amazing prices for customers
of all ages and tastes looking to be
smartly dressed in casual wear or in
those special occasions’ outfits.
“New stock is arriving in our shops
daily from London fashion houses
and we don’t buy in quantity like the
chain retailers to retain that customer
exclusivity,” said Kay.
“We pride ourselves on our attention to
changing fashion trends when stocking
our seasonal collections.”
Labels such as Jessica Wright, Lipsy
London, TFNC, Elise Ryan, Wal-C,
Sasperilla and Cotton Club can all be
found in stock at Fleur.
So much so that Hazel is also planning
to start sugar craft classes in her shop
passing on her skills to customers.
“Starting a business is always a bit of a
gamble but I couldn’t be happier doing
something I’ve always wanted to do,”
said Hazel.
Fleur
At the other end of the scale Fleur is
one of the oldest established Morpeth
businesses, now trading in Oldgate.
Kay Bellerby opened her first fashion
boutique in the town some 45 years
ago.
A taste of heaven...
Jessica Wright dresses at Fleur
New summer styles arriving daily
Maker of Bespoke Celebration Cakes
Supplier of Cake Decorating Equipment
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The Old Stables, Grey’s Yard, Morpeth NE61 1QD
Open: Tuesday to Saturday 9.30am till 4.30pm
Tel: 01670 505278 or 07745 092171
www.cakesatheavenlykakes.co.uk
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More events Inside...
JUNE
Mid Northumberland
Chorus
Presents a Celebration of English Choral
music through the ages from William
Byrd to Howard Goodall
Date:
Saturday 8 June
Time:7.30pm
Venue: Chantry School
Contact: For tickets call (01670) 790268
or choir members
Cost:
£6 (under 18 free)
Northumberland
Miners’ Picnic
Memorial church service then family
fun at Woodhorn to continue an age-old
mining tradition
Time: 9.30am to 5pm first weekend
only, thereafter usual office
hours
Venue: The Buttermarket Morpeth
Town Hall
Cost:Free
Contact: For more details GMDT
(01670 503866)
Morpeth Fair Day
The annual town fair organised by
Morpeth District Chamber of Trade.
Music, stalls, sideshows and fairground
rides
Date:
Time:
Venue:
Cost:
Sunday 9 June
9am – 6pm
Town Centre of Morpeth
No admission but rides
and stalls charged
Date: Saturday 8 June
Time: Church Service 11.30am
Woodhorn mid-morning
onwards
Morpeth Peace Vigil
Venue:
Cost:
Dates: Tuesday 11 June
Thursday 11 July
Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Venue: Morpeth Market Place
Cost:Free
Contact: Nic Best (01670 517915)
Holy Sepulchre Church
Ashington, Woodhorn Museum
& Archive Centre
Church service freely open to all
Morpeth Antiquarian
Exhibition
Emily Davison and the Woman of
Morpeth exhibition about Emily and some
notable women in Morpeth’s history
Date:
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June
Time: 9.30am – 5pm
Venue: Morpeth Town Hall
Corn Exchange
Cost:Free
Contact:[email protected]
The Lawless Lassie
An exhibition of Emily Davison
memorabilia and artefacts including a
scarf it is believed she wore to the Epsom
Derby in 1913. The scarf will be on
display until June 15 although the rest of
the exhibition goes on until 15 September
Date:
Saturday 8 to Saturday 15
September (Scarf only on display
until 15 June)
An hour-long vigil for peace. All welcome.
Bring your own banners and candles
Chantry TIC (01670 623455)
Morpeth Town Hall
(01670 514314)
Longhirst Flower Festival
Village gardens open to view, Church
flower festival, lunches and teas, arts and
crafts, miniature railway rides, proceeds
to Church and village hall
Dates: Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 June
Time: 11am start
Venue: Around Longhirst Village
Cost:
Adults £5, children free
Contact: (01670 790116) or
www.longhirstvillage.co.uk
JULY
Morpeth Farmers’ Market
Local produce on sale from local
producers
Date:
Saturday 6 July
Time: 9am – 2.30pm
Venue: Morpeth Market Place
Cost:
£20 to stallholders
Contact: 0790 005 2446 for stalls
Market Place Music
Emily Centennial Weekend
The town’s tribute to Emily Wilding
Davison on the 100th anniversary of her
death
Dates:
Thursday 13 June –
Saturday 15 June
See back cover of this edition of Inside
Morpeth for full details
Outdoor summer season musical
entertainment begins and continues every
Saturday afternoon throughout August
Date:
Saturday 29 July
Time: Check local press
Venue: Morpeth Market Place
Cost:Free
Contact: GMDT (01670 503866)
Picnic In Park
Northumberland
Theatre Company
Visits Morpeth to present the play
‘Rallying Round’
Date:
Friday 21 June
Time:7.30pm
Venue: Morpeth Town Hall
Cost:£8
Contact: For tickets –
GMDT (01670 503866)
An afternoon of entertainment organised
by Greater Morpeth Development Trust.
Fun and games, music and entertainment,
craft stalls – this year with an Emily
Davison suffragette theme
Date:
Sunday 28 July
Time: 12 Noon onwards
Venue: Morpeth’s Carlisle Park
Cost:
Free admission
Contact: GMDT (01670 503866)
If you are planning an event and would like it listed in our ‘What’s On’ pages contact Laura Robinson at Greater Morpeth Development Trust on (01670) 503866
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Remembering Emily
Centennial Weekend
Thursday 13 June – Saturday 15 June
A Song for Emily
To Freedom’s Cause
Thur 13 June - 7.30pm, Morpeth Town Hall
Tickets £8/£7
Fri 14 & Sat 15 June - 7.30pm, Riverside Leisure Centre Morpeth
Tickets £8/£6
Werca’s Folk in concert
New play by Kate Willoughby
Tickets for both the concert and play from: Morpeth TIC The Chantry (01670) 623455 Morpeth Town Hall (01670) 459370
Saturday 15 June
Bikes & Bonnets
Werca’s Folk
A celebration cycle ride by 100 women and
girls from Longhorsley into Morpeth. 9.15am
Meet at Chantry School to be ferried to
Longhorsley for return ride. 12 Noon Riders
cross Skinnery Bridge to Carlisle Park.
Pre-register at www.emilyinspires.co.uk
Morpeth Town Centre
The Band of The Royal Regiment of
Fusiliers.11am - Sanderson Arcade.
11am Market Place
The Band of The Royal
Regiment of Fusiliers
11.45am - Market Place
Suffragette Picnic
Bring a picnic and enjoy music, dancing
and family games organised by Beamish
Museum. Reading of writing competition
winning entries. Deuchar Park 12.45pm
Emily Commemorative
Procession
Morpeth Railway Station to St Mary’s Church.
Leaves Railway Station at 2pm. Gather for
start of procession by 1.45pm.
St Mary’s Church Service
A Service of Thanksgiving for Emily’s life.
Speakers: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC,
Eleanor Mills - Associate Editor Sunday Times
and Mr Geoffrey Davison. 2.45pm followed
by procession to Emily’s grave. Music by
Werca’s Folk.
www.emilyinspires.co.uk
Morpeth
Town
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32 inside Morpeth