Famed for its annual traditional music festival which began in 1969, and the nearby National Trust property of Craghall, Rothbury is a pretty market town in rural Northumberland, which attracts ever larger numbers of visitors.
Old Photos of Rothbury
This is a lovely collection of old photos and images showing the people and places in Rothbury’s past.
Rothbury: clivekristen (YouTube)
Rothbury Past & Present
This video shows locations in and around Rothbury in 2014, with old photos showing how those same locations looked many decades before. Other images show key events that happened through the years, and we see some of the local business listings from a time when goods and services had to be found locally.
The original Rothbury Heritage Trail: rothburycoordinator (YouTube)
The 1953 Bus
A group of passengers patiently wait for the bus in Rothbury in this 1953 footage of the Thropton to Morpeth bus route.
United in Northumberland 1953 A film shot by Ron Craigen: Bogglesham (YouTube)
One of the last Rothbury Carnivals 1978
For many years, the Rothbury Carnival was a highlight of the Coquetdale social calendar. But by the end of the 1970s, it was disappearing.
This is a trailer for a full length DVD which you can buy from www.northern-heritage.co.uk. Lots of men, women and children appear, with buildings occasionally seen in the background.
Bygone Coquetdale – Rothbury Carnival: Northernheritage (YouTube)
Rothbury Music Festival 1984
Lots of men, women and children appear in this scenes from the 1980s.
UCFG Lost Newsreels Rothbury Music Festival 1984: The Upper Coquetdale Film Group (YouTube)
