News from Belford, Northumberland
Belford Parish Councilors Christopher Rosby and Reg Carruthers stand alongside of the three new "Welcome to Belford" signs that now greet visitors arriving into the village. "This was a committee design by certain members of the Parish Council." said Chris " and it took about a year to complete the whole project with D.O.T. approval." The signs have been designed so that when Belford's twinning project goes ahead additional signage can be placed below and it planned for planters to also be situated at the bottom of the signs.
"We would like to thank especially Steffan Bell from Northumberland County Council who helped us push it all through." said Chris. The signs show the Northumberland Flag and an eighteenth century coach representing the villages Blue Bell Hotel which was one of the major stops on the coaching route of the old Great North Road. "We feel very privileged that normally only one symbol is allowed but we have been given a special dispensation to have two because they were so impressed with the design."
This particular sign is part of along term plan to tidy up the corner of the junction of South Road and the bottom of the High Street and eventually the 30mph limit will be move around the corner away from the village and towards the A1.
The Beavers were working towards their Faith Badge and visited Rev Dave Herbert at Erskine United Reformed Church in June. The Children wrote prayers including Charlie Hunter:
Dear God, Thank you for food. Please help people who don't have food.
Students from St Mary's Middle School visited Erskine United Reformed Church to learn about the Reformed tradition of the Christian Church. Why is the pulpit in the middle, and why is the Communion Table not called an altar? Where just some of the questions. Did you know that the church clock on the balcony was made by a Belford watchmaker called Tait? The schools in the village are regular visitors to the church, some of them particularly liked the children's play area.
