Tag: local legends
Sitting Stones
The Winter Solstice is celebrated in the northern hemisphere on December 21st each year. Traditionally, it is a festival that marks the shortest day...
The Muggleswick Giant
Long before recorded history, three fearsome brothers—Con, Ben, and Mug—towered over the landscape of County Durham. In his ballad The Durham Giants, Laurence Goodchild...
Well Well Well by Lorraine Weightman
In the early 19th century the waters from an ancient well in the Consett area, known as hallywell - ‘hally’ being derived from the...
Meet Ken Brown – Consett’s Korean War Veteran
Ken Brown, born 95 years ago in Park Villas, Leadgate, lived an extraordinary life. Called up for National Service, he joined the King's Shropshire...