OOT volunteers were trained in conducting oral history interviews to the highest standard and used high quality recording equipment to capture the stories and memories you can hear on these links. The full interviews lasted from between 15 minutes and 1½ hours and have been summarised and saved at Bailiffgate Museum and the Northumberland Archive at Woodhorn Museums. These short edited highlights are part of a much bigger collection that can be accessed by contacting Bailiffgate Museum or visiting Woodhorn.
- Rosalind Murry really took to lambing with different flocks
- James Tait – Evolving Traditions A resource for pupils and teachers
- John Miller never forgot his roots in Coquetdale
- Ken Howey tells of unexpected visitors at a remote cottage
- Ebba Cummings recounts growing up in Rothbury
- Bob Burston recalls a memorable event at the Askew Hall
- John Murray talks about hefted sheep and using the train to transport them
- Alistair Anderson explains the origins of the Askew Hall
- Andrew Miller reflects on the changes in forestry and conservation within his lifetime
- John Clark talks about growing up in Alnham
- Jill Stevenson talks about an official visit to the Ranges
- Catherine Evans remembers her journey to school
- Peter Dawson talks about his granny travelling to dances
- Peter Gale – Take the snow train to Bellingham
- Anne Dunn – ‘Music’s in yor feet’
- Andrew Charleton talks about growing up in Rothbury
- Robert Bertram – Farming under fire
- Jimmy Pringle talks about Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestling
- Jean Foreman recalls a harsh winter
- Coquetdale photos from late 19th and early 20th centuries