Distraught pensioner who was forced out of his family home of 118 years to make way for a road that was never built ‘can barely look at it now’

In addition to a quiet country lane in rural Northumberland, small, Pokey Farm House, Breaky Fixtures showing the effects of time and neglect – abandoned and abandoned.

And on the other side of the road, the previous residents of the house are really angry.

Because as the Beal family perhaps the highways chiefs forced them from the house they have occupied for 118 years, they may claim that the lack of government is the final victim to pave the way for an unprecedented way.

The Beal family moved to Charlton Mirs in 1904, and four generations have trained the land since then.

However, three years ago, the 61 -year -old Martin Beal, his wife, daughter and his family had to make a heartbreaking exit from the farm and farm in Northumberland.

The newly expanded A1, which connects Newcastle and Edinburgh, did not have any other options, as it was on the way to the cross -border route.

Government mandarins explained that Charlton Mires, near Alnwick, should be flattened and that the stray old farm house could not stand before the progress of family history.

Beals moved to nearby properties, while only the old house could wait and watch that he had fallen into the shelf and ruin, while waiting for the old house to overthrow and A1 to start the long -awaited dualling.

The air view of the family farm by A1 in Northumberland

The Beal family moved to Charlton Mirs in 1904 and four generations have grown the land since then

However, last year, when the new workers’ government scrapped the bilateral highway program, heart attacks turned to Fury, because the black hole in the country’s finance meant that it was very expensive.

This meant that the move was for nothing, but there will be no reprieve for Charlton Mires – yet the taxpayer will be destroyed at a cost of approximately £ 100,000.

Martin Beal, ‘A 200 -year -old house in 1904, a 200 -year -old house, is now sacrificed for a road that is not built is a complete madness.

“ It is difficult to describe the emotional commitment of my family for that place, my father was born in that house and lived there until then, just to be clarified that he had to move.

“ “ Has not been looked at for more than three years or because it has not been experienced to see the situation in which it is in heart. He can’t bring himself back to looking back.

And for me, a family heritage seems to have ended with me, and it was made much worse than the fact that it should never be.

‘Now the only predictable result is that even if the road to be buried underneath will not be built, it will be completely destroyed.

“ When I think of the great waste of public currency and the unnecessary pain placed in my family, the words fail me.

‘If the responsible people had to do a job, they would explode like us, there was an absolute turmoil.’

At first Beals tried to fight, assuming that they had to do to hang it on the farm.

Visualization of the proposal for the Charlton Mires Junction on A1 following the recommended dualling of the road

Mr. Beal is standing next to his abandoned farm. He lost his wife to cancer in turmoil

However, the only thing that their departure was compulsory and could do was to negotiate on conditions.

Fair compensation was promised to build a new house close to the old ones, but it is too far away to prevent A1’s passage.

The only situation of building their new homes was the collapse of Charlton Mirs – and even if the road was not built, it remained in place.

Mr. Beal, ‘When we start building the new house, Charlton Mires will be Bulduzer and there is nothing we can do because we don’t have it anymore.

“ There is no suitable solution to us anymore, no matter what the house will be lost – in reality us already disappears.

I have a lot of problems with the Highways Agency, it’s not just about the house.

“ They began to drill the test while preparing for the road, but they left behind the big trenches full of water, and our two sheep fell to them and died. ”

All Beals of Charlton Mires are now a sepian photos of the past.

Martin’s grandfather and grandmother Thomas and Mary Ellen Beal received property in 1904.

Later, Gordon, son of Martin’s father, passed into the hands of his son George Beal, who was born in 1936.

Gordon and his wife Gladys continued to grow the land until they joined them at the age of 20 in the mid -1980s.

Martin, the father of a girl, said: ‘Despite this long family connection, we were only seen as a collateral damage, they did not just care about the history of the place or what it means to us. Incredibly sad. ‘

An air photo of the property in Northumberland from the 1970s

Martin, while the loss of the family house, lost his wife Amanda while the unwanted transition took place. “ It was a very very difficult time, ” he says.

The plans to double A1 have continued for decades, but a solid plan to realize it was announced in 2014 by Prime Minister David Cameron, and consultations with families whose homes are on the road began.

The A1 scheme has stopped in May 2024, the government of Rishi Sunak, ready to start until the last goal was ready to start until the development approval of the Development approval ordered for a few years.

However, two months later, the worker came to power and canceled the project in October 2024 and had to make difficult decisions about the unrealized or inappropriate road plans’.

Until now, a surprising £ 68 million was spent on consultations and preparatory work for the new way, which was suddenly for nothing.

Mr. Beal, ‘I heard in the news and I could not believe there and sat there. The waste of money paid by the taxpayer is surprising.

‘And this is before thinking about even the terrible effects on families like ours.’

Others were also devastated by A1 plans – a pair of Miles had to start miles away.

Meanwhile, Wendy and Julian Wensby-Scott were forced from Northgate House near Morpeth after 10 happy years.

Mrs. Wensby-Scott BBC The day in October 2024 discovered that Labour’s turn was made.

He said: ‘When I heard the news,’ Oh my God, I thought all for nothing ‘.

Everything we live in, heartfelt wound, anger, could not believe.

“ You are passing now and falling apart, it just looks terrible. It was a very shameful, very beautiful house. ‘

Another family said that they were forced to get away from their miles after being impressed by their huts and abandoned plans on the route.

Felicity and James Hester, who was close to the village of Rock, described their homes as ‘perfect place’.

They said that they were trying to find a new place where they would pass by ‘Absolute Hell’ for four to five years.

National Highways said: ‘We carefully review the expenditures in all our projects to ensure that the courses be learned and the development of processes for future road improvement plans.

‘Discussions surrounding the future of the houses purchased as a part of this plan are continuing and will be transmitted in a timely manner.

‘The property is ruled by our Estates team until a strategy is accepted.

‘During this time, the properties will be guaranteed by our maintenance contractor and will be appropriately supervised.’