Memorial Details
Memorial
Memorial Hall 1914-18 1939-45
Reference
N50.01
Place
NEW HARTLEY
Map ref
NZ 309766
Original Location
Memorial Hall, New Hartley.
Present Location
Closed
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Opened 27th February 1927.
b. Extension opened post-1945
b. Extension opened post-1945
Memorial Description
Memorial Hall of two storeys, 40 yards x 20 yards, with single storey extension 11 yards x 20 yards, with sloping roof. The downstairs floor contains hall, stage, 2 changing rooms and toilets. Upstairs has a hall. The extension houses sports changing rooms.
Stone porch has the inscription carved in stone in elaborate capitals over the door.
Stone porch has the inscription carved in stone in elaborate capitals over the door.
Materials used
Brick and stone
Inscription
Memorial
Hall
Names
None
Who commissioned
Soldiers and Sailors’ Comforts Fund; (Chair: Rev. W. Holroyd of Blyth; J.G. Thompson, treasurer;
Mr. A. Smith, secretary)
How money was raised
2d was deducted from the local miners' wages each week.
Ownership and maintenance
Blyth Valley Borough Council, as a Community Centre.
Notes
1. The Hall was barely finished (1926) when it was used for the first time as a Soup Kitchen during the 1926 General Strike.
2. It is believed to be one of the few halls in Northumberland with a domed ceiling
3. In 2001, the hall was part of a Community Project which involved adding an extension and thorough restructuring inside, with room upstairs for IT instruction. Currently leased annually by the Community Association at a peppercorn rent, it hoped to obtain a 25 year lease in order to be able to obtain grants for the alterations
2. It is believed to be one of the few halls in Northumberland with a domed ceiling
3. In 2001, the hall was part of a Community Project which involved adding an extension and thorough restructuring inside, with room upstairs for IT instruction. Currently leased annually by the Community Association at a peppercorn rent, it hoped to obtain a 25 year lease in order to be able to obtain grants for the alterations
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Jack Tait; J. Brown
Morpeth Herald 11/04/1919 reports agreement; 25/02/1927 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 07/04/1919 reports proposal to build a hall, near the old pit “where a lamentable disaster occurred in 1862”.
Morpeth Herald 11/04/1919 reports agreement; 25/02/1927 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 07/04/1919 reports proposal to build a hall, near the old pit “where a lamentable disaster occurred in 1862”.
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Seaton Delaval Local History Society; the late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society; Janet Brown; Dorothy Hall
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