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PICNIC HAMPER, WICKER: Two plates missing, otherwise sound. £8. Collect from Falstone. Contact details 30 Mar

SEED CAKE — A TIN: For Sunday tea if you have one to spare. Leave it at the porch marked. Mrs Hedley. 01669 000000. 29 Mar

BINOCULARS, 8×30 Fair case, a little fungus in one barrel, still a pair. £15. Contact details 29 Mar

SEASONAL TRACTOR WORK — KIELDER CONTRACT: Driver wanted from April, own ticket, used to rides and a winch. Hours as the weather allows. Apply in writing care of the centre, or Contact details. 01669 000000. 28 Mar

COAL HOUSE TO CLEAR — BANK TOP: The last of the house coal, still bagged, free if you take the lot. You bring sacks. Not slack. Leave word at the desk. 28 Mar

RAYBURN, SOLID FUEL Taken out of a kitchen in Falstone when the oil went in. Flue and a few spare firebricks. £80, you lift it. 01669 000000. 27 Mar

LIFT TO HEXHAM MARKET: Tuesdays, leaving the green at 8.30, back by 3. Room for two and a basket. Share petrol. Names to the shop in Falstone, or Contact details. 26 Mar

WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS — ARMSTRONG'S The lane, Plashetts, next the Ginger Cat. Album included. Colour or black-and-white. Enquire at the counter, or upstairs after seven on a club night. 01669 000000. 23 Mar

HARMONIUM American organ, five octaves, from the old chapel vestry. Still speaks. Free to a hall or a house that will use it. You must move it. Contact details 22 Mar

1st PLASHETTS BROWNIES — JUMBLE Saturday 1 April, Village Hall, 10.00–12.30. Clothes, books, bric-a-brac. Donations to the porch from Thursday. Tea. 01669 000000. 20 Mar

WANTED: THE 1963 ONE-INCH SHEET. Later maps will not do. The name is not in the same place on them. I will pay postage and a fair price. Write care of the centre and mark the envelope “sheet”. 18 Mar

TUP — SCOTCH BLACKFACE Two-shear, sound. Not for a first flock. Can be seen at Lanehead. Contact details 16 Mar

CALOR GAS — EXCHANGE: 47kg and 19kg. I pass Plashetts on a Wednesday if the road is open. Leave a card in the window. 01669 000000. 14 Mar

WANTED: WELSH SLATE: A small quantity, to finish a porch. Broken lots considered if they will dress. Contact details 11 Mar

ROOM OVER THE STABLE, GREENHAUGH: One room, own stair, use of a tap in the yard. Not for the winter without a stove, which is not supplied. £35 a week. Contact details 9 Mar

BORDER COLLIE, WORKING: Three years, bitch, good on the hill. Not a house dog. To a farm only. 01669 000000. 8 Mar

ACCORDION — HOHNER 48 bass, case, a few scuffs. Plays in. £60. Contact details 6 Mar

NORTH TYNE YOUNG FARMERS — DANCE: Bellingham Town Hall, Friday 7 April, 8.00. Ceilidh and a disco after. Bar. Tickets from the Falstone shop. 4 Mar

SEPTIC TANK EMPTIED: Next in this valley 18–20 April. Names to the desk, or 01669 000000. 1 Mar

TYPEWRITER, IMPERIAL 66: Carriage good, ribbon fairly new. Suitable for letters and the parish notes. £15. Contact details 28 Feb

SCHOOL RUN — BELLINGHAM: One spare seat, morning only, from the green. Term-time. Share petrol and a bit extra in snow. Contact details 26 Feb

WANTED: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OLD STATION. For a display at the centre this summer. Prints will be copied and returned. Leave them marked, or write. 18 Feb

TAROT, TUESDAYS: At the Ginger Cat, the lane past Forest View. From seven. A table is kept. No booking. Contact details 16 Feb

TRESTLE TABLES: Four, from the hall, surplus to the new set. £8 each or £25 the four. Collect from the porch. 01669 000000. 14 Feb

PARAFFIN, BY THE GALLON: For lamps and a heater. I keep a drum at Falstone. Bring a can. 01669 000000. 11 Feb

SPINNING WHEEL Ash, working, with a little fleece. £40. Contact details 8 Feb

BELLS — PRACTICE: Tuesday 7.30, if we have three. Learners welcome. Ask at the church door, or the desk. 5 Feb

GRAVESTONE LETTERING: Recutting and a little lead. I come when I have a run of work in the valley. Contact details 1 Feb

WANTED: A SPARE BOGIE WHEEL. For a timber trailer. The old one split on the ride above the burn. Will collect. 01669 000000. 28 Jan

SITKA STAKES AND TUBES: Surplus from last winter’s planting. Free if you take a bundle. Lanehead. Contact details 22 Jan

SEED CAKE Two tins came in. Thank you.

PICNIC HAMPER Still offered at going to press

BINOCULARS Sold to a walker the same week

THE HALL URN: Now bought — it was the Burco

HAY, FIRST CUT Gone to Tarset

PONY TRAP Sold, thank you

WANTED: A SCYTHE One was offered the same afternoon

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TUP, LANEHEAD Went to the first farm that called.

FORESTRY TRAILER Please take the ad down; it has gone up to Kielder.

CHAPEL CHAIRS, SET OF TWELVE The hall has them. Thank you.

LAMBING HELP Filled from the first notice

MELODEON Now sold

SHEEP NETTING, TWO ROLLS Collected

MARQUEE, 20ft Booked for a wedding in May; the ad can come down.

ORGANIST FOR AUGUST We have a deputy. Please take the notice out.

QUAD, FARM USE Gone

WANTED: DUMPY LEVEL One was lent. The ad is finished.

NATIVITY COSTUMES Returned to the vestry box. Thank you to whoever had the shepherd.

CALOR 47kg Round complete for this month

FERRET AND BOX Found a home at Greenhaugh

HAY SECOND CUT The last trailer went Thursday

WANTED: STATION PHOTOGRAPHS Enough have come in for the summer case

TREES, WHIPS All taken. Do not come for more.

BELLS We have our three for the present

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FOUND: A PAINTED WAYMARKER FACE. Not on a post. Picked up after the second stile. At the desk until claimed. The post has not come in. 30 Mar

CAKE TINS, PARISH: Two still out after the last Gathering. They have the hall mark on the base. No questions if they come back to the porch. 01669 000000. 29 Mar

BLACKSMITH — GATES AND SHOES: The forge at Wark. I will come out for a gate if you cannot bring it. 01669 000000, or Contact details. 27 Mar

TIED COTTAGE BECOMING VACANT: Two rooms and a scullery, on a farm above Falstone, from Whitsun, with a little work attached. Not a holiday let. Contact details 26 Mar

WANTED: A DECENT SCYTHE. Blade and snath, not a toy. I will re-lay it. Contact details 24 Mar

CEILIDH BAND Fiddle, box and drums. Halls and weddings, North Tyne and Redesdale. 01669 000000. 22 Mar

SPLIT-CANE FLY RODS Two, in bags, from a house clearance. Not used by me. £30 the pair. Contact details 20 Mar

ORGANIST AVAILABLE: Sundays and the usual offices, if given a week’s notice. Not a recitalist. Names to the vicar, or the desk. 18 Mar

HONDA QUAD, FARM: 1999, not licensed for the road, starts, used on the rides. £650. Seen at Kielder. 01669 000000. 16 Mar

TWO W.B.C. HIVES: Empty, sound, with lifts. Bees not included; mine went last winter. £25 each. Contact details 14 Mar

WATER DIVINER: Wells and a lost pipe. I use rods. If I find nothing there is no fee. Contact details 9 Mar

PONY TRAP, TWO-WHEEL: Needs a lick of paint. Lamps not original. £120. Horse not for sale. 01669 000000. 8 Mar

GESTETNER: Parish magazine machine, ink and a few stencils. The committee has gone over to a photocopier in Bellingham. Free to a society that will collect. Ask at the desk. 6 Mar

CLOCKS SET. I will call and put your clocks right when the hour changes, if you cannot reach them. Also the wireless. Plashetts, Falstone and Kielder. Modest fee. 01669 000000. 4 Mar

HAY — FIRST CUT Small bales, kept dry. Trailer-load by arrangement. Not big bales. 01669 000000. 1 Mar

HEADSTONE MOSS TAKEN OFF: I do a few each spring in the churchyard if the family asks. No charge for the old ones if I am there already. Contact details 26 Feb

KNITTING MACHINE, PASSAP: With table and a book. Little used. £30. Contact details 22 Feb

CORRUGATED SHEETS, FORESTRY SURPLUS: A dozen, used, will still keep weather off a stack. Free, you load. Ride above Seldom Seen; I will show you the pile. 01669 000000. 18 Feb

COMMUNION LINEN: Hemming and a little repair, as before. Leave a parcel marked at the centre. Contact details 14 Feb

TAXI — EVENINGS AND THE STATION: Hexham and the valley if you leave word. Not a rank. The old approach, card in the window. 01669 000000. Contact details 12 Feb

LAMBING HELP WANTED: Nights, two weeks from the 20th, a small flock, board given. Not a first lambing. 01669 000000. 11 Feb

DIPPING — NEXT WEEK: The bath at Lanehead, Thursday if it stays dry. Neighbours as usual. 01669 000000. 8 Feb

TRAILER, 6 × 4 Lights work, tyres fair. Not for a car without a proper hitch. £90. Contact details 4 Feb

WADERS, CHEST, SIZE 9: Patched once. £12. Contact details 1 Feb

WANTED: SOMEONE TO WIND THE CHURCH CLOCK. Weekly, the key is at the vestry. A small honorarium. Ask the vicar, or the desk. 28 Jan

PIPER — WEDDINGS AND THE GATHERING: If given notice. 01669 000000. 22 Jan

WELLINGTONS, SIZE 10: Hardly worn, too wide for me. £5, Falstone. Contact details 18 Jan

TILLEY LAMPS Two, with spares. Paraffin. £20 the pair. Contact details 14 Jan

MINER’S LAMP, BRASS Not for use below. A shelf thing. Offers. Leave a note at the centre. 11 Jan

SHEEP NETTING, NEW ON THE ROLL: Two rolls left. £18 a roll. 01669 000000. 8 Jan

MELODEON, D/G: Plays, needs a strap. £45. Contact details 5 Jan

PLASHETTS SCHOOL — NAMES: Anyone from the last years before it closed, for a cup of tea at the hall in May. Write to R. Turnbull care of the centre. 20 Dec

OVERHEAD PROJECTOR: From the former school. Works. The hall does not want it. Free. Ask at the desk. 14 Dec

HYMN BOOKS, ANCIENT & MODERN: A box of the old ones, some with names. Free to a congregation that still uses them. Vestry. 8 Dec

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WAYMARKER FACE Still at the desk. Not claimed.

CAKE TINS One came back. The other is still out.

BLACKSMITH, A GATE The gate is hung. Ad can come down.

TIED COTTAGE The work has been taken up. No further calls.

FLY RODS Sold as a pair

W.B.C. HIVES Both collected. Thank you.

WATER DIVINER The pipe was found. Fee paid.

GESTETNER Gone to a newsletter in Wark

CLOCKS The spring change is done for those who asked

LAMBING Help is in. Please do not telephone.

TRAILER 6 × 4 Now sold

CHURCH CLOCK A winder has come forward

PIPER The April wedding is covered

MINER’S LAMP Spoken for, for the gallery

SCHOOL NAMES The list is long enough for the tea

PROJECTOR The hall at Falstone has taken it

HYMN BOOKS Collected by a chapel on the Rede

DIPPING Done. The bath is emptied.

DAMP COURSE, FALSTONE The job is finished

CEILIDH, MARCH The band is booked; no more dates this month

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FOUND: A FLASK. On the main line, after the burn. Stainless, no name. At the centre until claimed. 30 Mar

WANTED: A SPARE CLOTH FOR THE HALL. Large enough for the long table. Not lace. Plain white will do. Leave word at the desk. 29 Mar

JAM, ROWAN, A FEW JARS: Last autumn’s. £1 a jar. Falstone shop, or Contact details. 29 Mar

FOR SALE: TELEPHONE CABLE. One hundred yards, unused, still on the drum. Bought in 1998 for a line that was never run out as far as the kiosk. £15. Collection from Plashetts. Buyer to bring a barrow. 01669 000000. 28 Mar

FOUND: A LEFT BOOT. On the eastern loop, toward the end of October. Still wearable. At the centre until claimed. The right has not come in. 27 Mar

FERRET, HOB, WITH BOX Steady, used to rabbits. Not a pet. To someone who knows the work. Contact details 26 Mar

MISSING: A EWE, RED MARK. Last seen on the ride toward the water, Tuesday. Not wild. Word to the desk, or 01669 000000. 24 Mar

WHIST DRIVE Alternate Thursdays, the hall, 7.15. 50p including tea. Partners not required. 22 Mar

W.I. — SPEAKER NIGHT Second Tuesday. This month: the forest, a lantern lecture. Supper as usual. Ask at the Falstone shop. 20 Mar

MILK AND EGGS, DOORSTEP: Tuesday and Friday, Plashetts and Falstone. Leave a note if you will be away. 01669 000000. 16 Mar

THE CHURCH CLOCK — STRIKING: It has been irregular since the frost. If you have the knack, the vicar would be glad. Not a paid post. 14 Mar

MARQUEE, 20ft With poles and a few pegs. Used for the Gathering tea when the hall was full. Hire or sale. 01669 000000. 11 Mar

BURCO URN: Works. The hall has a newer one. £15. Collect from the porch. Contact details 8 Mar

NATIVITY COSTUMES — LOAN: Shepherds, a king, and the donkey head. Back by Twelfth Night as always. Vestry. 6 Mar

WANTED: A SECOND-HAND DUMPY LEVEL. Staff if you have one. For a drain. Will collect in the valley. Contact details 4 Mar

SAW BENCH, TRACTOR-MOUNTED: Old but true. Guard present. £80. Not for a beginner. 01669 000000. 1 Mar

FENCE POSTS, SPLIT CHESTNUT: A bundle, already pointed. £12. Lanehead. Contact details 26 Feb

RABBIT NETS: Purse nets, a dozen, used. £8. With the ferret or without. Contact details 22 Feb

TIN WHISTLE CLASS: Thursdays after school, the hall, if enough names. 50p. Ask at the desk. 18 Feb

WANTED: A STOVE PIPE, 5 INCH. Three lengths if you have them, and a cowl. The present one rusted through. 01669 000000. 14 Feb

PRESSURE LAMP, COLEMAN Petrol, not paraffin. Mantles included. £18. Contact details 11 Feb

MAPS, ONE-INCH, MIXED DATES: A pile from a walker’s house. The 1963 is not among them; that is wanted separately. £1 a sheet. Desk. 8 Feb

BOOTS, DUNLOP, SIZE 8: Forest issue, still good in the welt. £10. Contact details 4 Feb

WANTED: A SACK TRUCK. To move the remaining coal. Loan would do. 01669 000000. 1 Feb

PARISH MAGAZINE — ADVERTISING: A quarter page is £4. Copy to the editor at the centre by the second Tuesday. Not this website; the paper one. 28 Jan

KEYS CUT: I go to Hexham on a Friday. Leave the key marked. Not mortice if I cannot match it. 01669 000000. 22 Jan

BOOKS WANTED — ANY QUANTITY: Paperbacks and local interest. Leave them marked, or ask when the door is open. The green, next the inn. Contact details 20 Jan

SHARPENING — SAWS AND SHEARS: Leave them at the Falstone shop with your name. Back the next week. 01669 000000. 18 Jan

WANTED: LEAD FLASHING, OFFCUTS. For a porch. Will collect. Contact details 14 Jan

CISTERN, HIGH-LEVEL, CAST: Complete with pull. From a house whose bathroom was done. Free if you unhook it. Falstone. Contact details 11 Jan

BIRD BOXES, OWL: Two, unused, made for a ride that was not planted. £6 each. Contact details 8 Jan

WANTED: A HANDLE FOR A BEETLE. The head is sound. Ash if you have it. 01669 000000. 5 Jan

SHEEP MARKING FLUID, RED: Half a tin. Enough for a small flock. £3. Contact details 20 Dec

THE HALL CROCKERY: Cups missing from the Gathering. If you have a parish saucer at home it may come back without remark. 14 Dec

WANTED: A SECOND PAIR OF HANDS. To get a stove down a stair. An hour, tea after. Plashetts. 01669 000000. 8 Dec

PEAT, A FEW BAGS: Cut last year, dry enough. Not for sale in quantity. £2 a bag. Contact details 4 Dec

MEDITATION, SATURDAY: Ten o'clock, Hawkhirst, the old scout hall by the water. No charge. Bring a coat. Names not required. Contact details 1 Dec

LANTERN SLIDES, FOREST: A box, glass, some cracked. Of the plantings and the old rides. Offers to the centre; they may suit the gallery. 28 Nov

WANTED: STRING FOR A FENCE. Binder twine would do. A ball or two. 01669 000000. 22 Nov

STOOL, MILKING, THREE-LEGGED: Still used. £8. Contact details 18 Nov

THE OUTER BOARD — DRAWING PINS: We have run short. A box left at the desk would be received with thanks. Not an advertisement; a note. 14 Nov

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FLASK Claimed the next morning. Thank you.

HALL CLOTH One was offered. Not the size. Returned with thanks.

ROWAN JAM Three jars gone

EWE, RED MARK Came in of her own accord. Thank you to those who rang.

TELEPHONE CABLE Still on the drum if wanted — no: now collected.

LEFT BOOT Still unclaimed at the time of going to press

SAW BENCH Gone to a farm on the Rede

FENCE POSTS The bundle has gone

STOVE PIPE Three lengths were offered. Enough.

SACK TRUCK Lent, and returned. Thank you.

KEYS The Friday run is full this week

FLASHING Offcuts found. Ad down.

CISTERN Taken by a man restoring a house in Wark

OWL BOXES Both up, on the eastern ride

BEETLE HANDLE Ash arrived. The tool is whole.

HALL CROCKERY Three cups and a saucer came back

STOVE DOWN THE STAIR Hands were found. It is in the yard.

PEAT The last bag has gone

LANTERN SLIDES Accepted for the gallery. Please do not send more.

MILKING STOOL Sold

DRAWING PINS A box was left. The board is itself again.

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