Sally Brewis
OOT Project Manager
My grandfather farmed Crosshill Farm near Callaly and my dad used to tell me stories about walking to school at Tod-le-Moor which closed many years ago. I’ve heard some great stories and memories already but my favourite has been from the school bus driver who usually had a single decker bus but one day ended up with a double decker and all the children insisted on sitting upstairs which made the top heavy bus difficult to navigate through the country lanes.
Harry Henderson
OOT Oral Historian
Born and raised in Alnwick I spent a good deal of my time cycling and walking in the Cheviot valleys. I have been involved in many of Bailiffgate’s community outreach projects and OOT gives me the opportunity to bring my filmmaking and oral history experience to preserve the vanishing voices and memories of this special area. Looking forward to hearing your stories.
Volunteer Interviewers
Jane Mann
I have loved hill walking in Coquetdale since I moved to the north east over 30 years ago and for 12 years, I was proud to be headteacher of King Edward VI School which serves the families of the area. Through these two connections I have developed a great interest in, and love of, the OOT area, its people and heritage.
Jill Mallen
I have been involved with OOT since the beginning, I am responsible for the OOT Facebook and Twitter pages and love reading and listening to all the stories and memories of the people we are meeting as we travel around. My husband remembers going to local dances in Rothbury, Thropton and Whittingham. I remember when I was a student at Alnwick Teacher Training College camping in the grounds of Windyhaugh School with a school group from Shilbottle school and being told by a local as we pitched the tents on a glorious Friday night in Sept 1974 that it would snow overnight. He was right, it did.
Linda Allen
I live in the Cheviots, within the area of the Out of Town project and have a long standing interest in local and oral history. Although I am an “incomer”, I have learned so much from listening to people’s experiences, giving me a deeper understanding, love and respect for the place and its people.