Glanton Village Community Website. Northumberland. UK.

Welcome to the Glanton Village web site.
February 2010

The days are now getting longer and the first shoots of spring are beginning to appear. This web site is going through a very similar process and, from a very quiet and almost dormant start in the middle of winter, more and more people are now getting involved and the whole site is starting to grow.

Fifty years ago Glanton was a thriving community with it's own strong rural economy: Modern living has changed all that and, like so many other villages in the country, most of the shops have gone, nearly all the pubs have shut and more people now work outside the local area. Many argue that modern day commuting and city based supermarkets have destroyed rural communities. But this is not really correct as people still live and choose to live in rural communities: what modern living has changed is the pattern of life in such places which greatly reduces the amount of social contact between people living in a community. But people like and need contact with others, hence the phenomenal growth of social networking sites on the internet such as Facebook and Twitter. Many modern day problems can be solved with modern day solutions and this web site is an attempt to do exactly that: But it does need your support.

So far the content on the site is along fairly conventional lines, but what can be done is only limited by imagination. So let's be hearing from you; advertise, have a moan about something - we can have an 'angry' page for that! Send some pictures or a recipe, tell us how to grow garlic, where not to go on holiday, announce a competition, start a club, etc, etc. With your support this site will grow and grow.

Contact the Editor at: editor@glantononline.net

The pictures of snow scenes above were taken over the Christmas holidays in and around the Village.
There were plenty of people out taking pictures at the time and, as we have not had so much snow for a number of years, it would be interesting to put a few pictures in the site gallery. If you have one or two good shots from around the area please email them to the Editor.

Glanton on the Tourist Trail - Over 100 years ago

The postcard opposite was sent by a holidaymaker in Glanton 105 years ago. It is dated 10th. August 1905 and was franked at Glanton Post Office at 6.30 pm. before starting the long journey south by the mail train.

It is addressed to a Miss James of St Neots in Huntingdonshire. Unfortunately the senders name is almost un-readable but the brief message describes the weather in August in very familiar terms.

The card reads:

' Dear L. This is a lovely country round here, but it is much colder.
The summer seems gone. I hope we will have some sun soon.
I hope you are having a nice time..........................................'

The postage stamp, with the head of George V, has a value of a halfpenny!

The weather may be the same but the price of stamps has certainly changed!

The view on the postcard was popular and there are a number of these cards still around to-day. Apart from the houses where the village flag pole now stands and which were demolished around forty years ago, little has really changed.

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If you have got any interesting old postcards, pictures or even letters about the village which have a little story to tell then let the editor know so that we can include them on the site. editor@glantononline.net

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