Tag: Consett in Focus
June 2024, Editorial – Consett Magazine
Welcome to the June 2024 issue of Consett Magazine, your source of community news since August 2012. As we publish our 139th edition of the...
Meet Jim Storey from Drovers Forge, Leadgate – Consett in Focus
The Drovers Forge has been an important part of the Leadgate life for many years, Jim started his engineering career as an apprentice at...
June 2024, Consett Magazine Editorial
Welcome to the June 2024 issue of Consett Magazine, your source of community news since August 2012. As we publish our 139th edition of the...
Meet Mikey Fullerton, Mole Catcher – Consett in Focus
For many farmers and gardeners, moles are viewed as nothing more than troublesome pests, bringing with them a plethora of issues. From contaminating silage...
May 2024 Editorial, Consett, County Durham
Dear Consett Community, welcome to the May 2024 edition of Consett Magazine, where we celebrate the blossoms of community spirit and the deep roots...
A Hungarian Adventure by Joyce Shaw
I suppose if you have not travelled to certain cities or countries, you make general assumptions…. eg Paris=the city of love, Bondi Beach=the surfer’s...
Meet Dry Stone Waller, Robert Lee – Consett in Focus
The Northern landscape is characterised by stone, whether in the crags of the 'Whin sill' along the ancient Roman frontier or in the stone...
‘Consett in Focus’ Food making – Wiga Wagga
By Chris BruceThe craft of sauce-making, but not just any sauce maker – Wiga Wagaa, a West African sauce artisan based at No. 1...
‘Consett in Focus’ Dress making / Seamstress -Fantasia Fancy Dress
By George LedgerA Seamstress or Tailor is a gratifying choice of Trade for anyone with a creative flair who enjoys hands-on work.These skilled individuals...