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Funding Secured for Consett, Durham & Shildon Food Delivery
Partnerships continue to offer financial backing for grocery shopping and delivery schemes across County Durham
Organisations in Consett, Shildon and Durham City are among the...
CONSETT ENTERTAINMENT
Nice Advice – Poem By Lorraine Weightman
Bake banana bread, they said,Use up your store cupboard goods,Learn a language, while making the bed,After having one walk in the wood. Clean out your...
One Potato, Two Potato – Poem By Lorraine Weightman
Thinking I was really good,I went and bought a sack of spuds,To feed myself and mine alone,While we hibernate at home. Day 1, I roasted...
The Man on the Train – By Joyce Shaw
It’s a wonderful day when an ordinary meeting turns into an amazing encounter!
A few years ago, on a hot summer’s day, I boarded the...
Rhyme Time – Poem By Lorraine Weightman
Well, I woke up this morning feeling fine,It was closer to 7 than it was to 9,I propped up the pillows that help me...
Comedian Carl Hutchinson Will Headline “On Stage: Online”
'On Stage: Online', organised by Durham County Council’s Gala Theatre and Durham University, was announced last month and will feature a host of theatre...
CONSETT BUSINESS
Richard Holden, Conservative MP for North West Durham, has confirmed that the Consett Post Office will be reopening.
The reopening follows Richard’s letter to the Chief Executive of Post Office, Mr Nick Read, to express his concerns about the premature closure of the Post Office and the effect this has...
A funding grant has meant a County Durham hospice will receive support with its running costs during the coronavirus outbreak.
Willow Burn, in Lanchester, has been awarded a grant of £10,000 through the Mid-Durham Area Action Partnership (AAP) which will help the hospice to continue operating despite challenges caused by...
Once Upon a time, quite possibly now, there was a place filled with imagination and ideas.
There is nothing quite like losing yourself in a good book, but now families across County Durham can help shape the adventure as part of a virtual storytelling project. Durham County Council’s community arts team...
NORTH EAST NEWS
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
CONSETT HISTORY
Where has all the flour gone?I’m just asking,Where has all the pasta gone?I’d like to know. Where has all the flour gone?Hoarders nabbed it, every one,I think they’re out of turn,I think they’re out of turn. Where have all the tomatoes gone?They need rationing!Where’s the bags of nice rice gone?I’d like...
I, like many others into local heritage, love to buy curios, pictures and postcards of the area. In the past year, I have done just that. Most are straightforward and can be identified without a problem. Some require a little research but are fairly straight forward and easily identified,...
Shortly after starting on the railway in 1969, when I was 18, I was made a freight train Guard, based at Tyne Yard. After six years as a guard, I did a 13-week intensive course at signalling school in Gateshead, and was sent to Washington South Junction in County...
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