by Emma Picton | Mar 21, 2018
A permanent exhibition of display boards and Brown Rigg school memorabilia was set up at the Bellingham Heritage Centre.
by Emma Picton | Mar 21, 2018
The school`s former Science block was developed into 4 self-catering lodges, whilst the Assembly Hall was converted into a Function and games Hall and Brown Rigg began to operate as holiday accommodation for tourists.
by Emma Picton | Mar 21, 2018
With the use of several props, Brown Rigg was used as the setting for a prisoner of war camp spoof TV drama called ‘Stalag Luft’; starring Stephen Fry, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Geoffrey Palmer and Hugh Bonneville. Local residents were paid £30 a day to take on the role of...
by Emma Picton | Mar 21, 2018
A former pupil bought 5 acres of the school campus and developed it into a caravan site turning the school`s football pitch into camping pitches!
by Emma Picton | Mar 21, 2018
Gradually investment in the school petered out and the Northumberland County Council took the decision to finally close Brown Rigg`s doors. Brown Rigg was then bought by a local farming family.