The work was done by and the idea of Ken Witherall, the former paratrooper from
Brunswick Green who has worked at the pub as a part time gardener for the last two to three years following his retirement as a way of "keeping out of mischief."
The LNER A3 loco, now painted in a striking BR
Brunswick Green livery after a lengthy PS4.2m overhaul, is scheduled, with its support coach, to pass Eaglescliffe at 6.24pm, Middlesbrough (platform 2) at 6.37pm and Nunthorpe at 6.54pm before arriving at Battersby at 7.15pm.
Completing the contingent are Gateshead's William Curtis (athletics), Fenham's Annalee Davison (swimming),, Whickham's Jessica Watts (cycling), North Shields' Natasha Fraser (judo), Gosforth's Sarah Ravey (fencing),
Brunswick Green's Scott Beattie (athletics), Whickham's Sophie Merrix (athletics) and Ponteland's Sophie Enever (cycling).
The work was the idea of Ken Witherall, the former paratrooper from
Brunswick Green who has worked at the pub as a part time gardener for the last two to three years following his retirement as a way of "keeping out of mischief."
1 Beacon Drive,
Brunswick Green, Wideopen, is for sale at PS184,500 through Reeds Rains, tel: 0191 284 4853.
The original locomotive Olton Hall was painted in
Brunswick Green, the colour of the Great Western, but this had to be altered to a deep maroon and a new crest was created - no mean task.
Weetslade Ward covers a wide area from Hazlerigg and
Brunswick Green through North Gosforth, Wideopen, Seaton Burn and Dudley.
Sometimes after events like this people will tell us they had not seen the meeting advertised, or they forgot, so if you live in Wideopen,
Brunswick Green, Hazlerigg, Seaton Burn, or Dudley and read this letter please tell others about the meeting and come along yourselves.