MARION FANCEY is researching the family history with ties to County Durham.

Ms Fancey was brought up in Hexham until the age of 13, when her father retired as deputy head postmaster at Hexham Post Office and the family moved to Berkshire.

She is know trying to find information about Brownless, Cowan and Robinson families from the county who may be her relations.

She knows some of her grandfathers siblings were born at Hutton Henry and her great-grandmother, Dorothy Robinson and her parents, had a farm at Hett Moor.

To help contact her at edward.marion@btinternet.com or 01903-740658.