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STEWART BONNEY visits a rural smithy to discover that the traditional blacksmith's skills are still much in demand.
YES, it's that time of year when many of us begin racking our brains to think of Christmas gift ideas for family and friends.
GEOFF HOLLAND heads for the hill country west of Wooler to sample a walk from a book published 80 years ago.

Four years of work have resulted in a designated Northumberland coast path which is part of an international network.
STEWART BONNEY hears how a family's hard work has transformed the fortunes of a country pub in the North Tyne valley.
KEITH GREGSON takes a timely look at Northumberland's connection with one of the best remembered events in British history.
For 2,000 years Dere Street has crossed Northumberland on its way from York to the Firth of Forth, but nowadays it's far from easy to follow the original course. MARK PATTERSON has taken up the challenge.
GLEN LYNDON DODDS looks at various aspects of Northumbrian life in Georgian times.
Once again artists in Northumberland are throwing open the doors of their studios in the lead up to Christmas to give art lovers the chance to do some special gift shopping in relaxing rural settings.
This article by the late HENRY BREWIS, a regular and hugely popular contributor to The Northumbrian for many years until his untimely death in March 2000, first appeared in issue 10, Spring 1990.
THE NORTHUMBRIAN magazine was launched in October 1987, so this issue - which also happens to be the 100th Northumbrian published - is a special milestone for everyone involved with the region's best-selling countryside magazine.
This is an edited version of an article by EDWIN GRIEVE - a regular, valued contributor to early issues of The Northumbrian - which first appeared in issue 15, Summer 1991
Master Vintner TERRY GLENDENNING contributed regular light-hearted articles to The Northumbrian over a period of 12 years until his sad death in 2001. This article was published in issue 43, in April 1998.
The story of how early articles in The Northumbrian provided inspiration to set up a family-run film and book production company.

Sometimes he's come perilously close to missing his deadline, but JOHN GRUNDY has always found plenty of architectural gems across the county to write articles about.
ALLAN POTTS captures images of nature's most visually striking season.
SUSIE WHITE describes a Bardon Mill couple's ambitious plan to grow all the flowers for their daughter's wedding.
GRAEME ANDERSON meets an expert rock climber who is acquiring a new reputation as an accomplished woodcarver.

IAN KERR pays tribute to the tiny goldcrest, both a resident of our conifer forests and a refugee from winters further north.
YOUR LETTERS
A TASTE OF NORTHUMBERLAND
Autumn in the kitchen: Hedgerow Jelly and Apple Snow
BOOK REVIEWS
NEWS VIEW
New classrooms for Chirapatre
The John Barleycorn Festival
Morpeth Riverside Walking Festival
Charity Spook Night at Chillingham Castle
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