August 30, 2004
The Slaley film show!
Friday night, September 3rd, sees a trial film show in the Hall, using the digital film projector provided by the Queen’s Hall in Hexham. The main feature of the film show in the Commemoration Hall tonight is “Moulin Rouge” (given a 15-certificate). Admission is £2.50 on the door, and refreshments will be available.
If it proves successful, the organisers need to know what other films you would like to see. How about a midweek afternoon show, or a kid’s Saturday morning?
August 08, 2004
Slaley Show Saturday 14th August
As you may have seen from the Courant and other newspapers, the 145th Slaley Show has had to be cancelled. However, the Children's section ONLY will now take place in the Commemoration Hall; the children's pet section HAS been cancelled.
Entries will be welcome from 8 am until 10 at the Hall. Judging will take place from 10.15 until 12.15. The main hall will be closed while judging takes place, reopening at 12.15 pm. Prize money will be available from 2 pm onwards, and light refreshments will be served throughout the day. The new bunting and the Show banner will be displayed.
Please come along to the Hall and support the children's efforts - no entry charge, of course!
A new banner for Slaley Show
Here's a sneak preview of the new banner for Slaley Show; created by the children (and teaching assistants) from Slaley First School, new bunting and this banner will feature in the 2004 Slaley Show on Saturday, August 14th. 
August 03, 2004
Ladycross Nature Reserve
MOTHS
This month's picture shows the pretty and charmingly named little moth, the True Lover's Knot, which is one of the most common moths on the reserve at this time of year.
Bill Monck has been surveying the moths at Ladycross since 1998, and we now have a very good picture of what is around, and when. However, there are always surprises, such as the "Slender Brindle" moth that turned up in 2002 - one of the first records in Northumberland and the herald of what seems to be a fast northern spread of this species - another sign of climate warming?