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Consett Coronavirus Photo Project – May 2021
The Consett Corona Photo Project started in March 2020 and has continued to document the effects of Covid-19 upon the people, volunteer groups and...
CONSETT ENTERTAINMENT
Another Miracle – By Lorraine Weightman
According to the dictionary, ‘A pilgrimage is a journey that someone makes to a place that is very important to them’
As a child the...
Words…what’s new? – By Joyce Shaw
Each year, new words are added to our dictionaries and this past year has been no exception!
Who would have known the meaning of zoom...
BuZZila – April 2021
Hey guys, hope your all keeping well and looking forward to seeing all your friends and family again. As most of you will know,...
John Atherton – 16 year old scooter rider from Consett.
I started riding at eleven years old when my Mam and Dad bought my first scooter for Christmas five years ago.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sADnXKP0lcs]Riding scooters really...
Consett Coronavirus Photo Project – April 2021
The Consett Corona Photo Project started in March 2020 and has continued to document the effects of Covid-19 upon the people, volunteer groups and...
CONSETT BUSINESS
Consett deserves good news. The announcement earlier this month of the £4.8 billion “Levelling Up” fund was just that. Aimed specifically at providing funds to invest in towns and villages whose areas haven’t had significant recent investment.
Councils, supported by MPs, will be able to put in bids of up...
Fed up with the lengthy sales process, unnecessary viewings, time-wasters, and the big sales board in your front garden?
Then you need
Derwentside Home Buyers!As a local, family-run business only operating within the Derwentside area, you can rest assured that you have our full attention. Our passion is helping those who...
There is an immediate and future threat to this precious historic route which runs the length of the Derwent Valley between Consett and Gateshead.
This has come as such a shock to local residents that a facebook group has attracted over 5000 furious members in only 3 weeks!
Help Save Our...
NORTH EAST NEWS
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
CONSETT HISTORY
According to the dictionary, ‘A pilgrimage is a journey that someone makes to a place that is very important to them’
As a child the only place of pilgrimage I was remotely familiar with was Lourdes. At the time, I didn’t know it was a town in south western France...
Each year, new words are added to our dictionaries and this past year has been no exception!
Who would have known the meaning of zoom as a video link to individuals, not a close up in photography! Or, that false news is what we once called lies or a circuit...
As big as a closet, weighing 13 tons and with a price tag of between $1.25 and $1.5 million. These are some of the most curious aspects of UNIVAC I, the first commercial computer in history delivered to the United States Census Bureau on March 31, 1951, exactly 70...
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