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THE FERRYHILL Six are delighted to let all their customers and support-ers know that they raised £3,000 during 2019.
All this money has now been donated to help local good causes.
A spokesperson for the
group said: “We presented the final £1,000 to Ian Tutty, volunteer warden for Clarence Wood.
“Ian has done a fantastic job in a short time.
“His mission is to pro-vide a beautiful bit of countryside for the local
community to visit, explore and enjoy.
“Our donation will enable Ian to put in place a wide range of improvements to further enhance this beautiful area, and make it a place where people can visit and enjoy the great
outdoors. We wish Ian every success with this amazing venture.
“Thanks as always must go to our brilliant custom-ers and supporters, we could not have raised this amazing total of £3,000 without all of you.”
FERRYHILL SIX DONATE £3,000 TO LOCAL CAUSES
The ladies of the Ferryhill Six donate £1,000 to volunteer warden, Ian Tutty.
LOCAL GROUPS INVITED TO ANNUAL TOWN MEETINGFERRYHILL TOWN Coun-cil would like to invite local groups and organ-isations to attend this year’s Annual Town Meet-ing to give a presentation, provide a display of their recent successes, or both.
Ferryhill Town Coun-cil has a number of dis-play boards which local groups are welcome to borrow on a first come first served basis.
The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for groups to showcase their work and share their plans for the forthcoming year.
It is envisaged that the meeting will facilitate an exchange of ideas and information between the town’s various stakehold-ers and encourage part-nership working in the future.
This year’s Annual Town Meeting will take place at 6pm on Thursday 14th May at St Luke’s Parish Centre.
Any group or organisa-tion interested in attend-ing the Annual Town Meeting to deliver a pres-entation or provide a dis-play should contact Karen Younghusband at Ferry-hill Town Hall on 01740 652157 or email kyoung [email protected].
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Cleves Cross were carried out. The remains of a pit were found and experts at the time said that this was the pit in which the boar had been trapped before being slain.
The original memorial stone has been housed in a display case within Fer-ryhill Town Hall for a num-ber of years and mem-bers recently agreed that the stone should be dis-played in a more promi-
nent place and has sub-sequently been installed in the wall at the front of Ferryhill Town Hall.
Mayor of Ferryhill, Councillor Joe Make-peace said: “I feel this is an important part of the history of our town and should be displayed for all to see and what bet-ter place than the front of the most prominent building in the centre of the town.”
THERE ARE several the-ories regarding the origin of the name Ferryhill.
One of those is that the last wild boar of Bran-cepeth was slayed by Sir Roger de Ferry in 1200 AD near the site of Cleves Cross Farm and there is still a plaque in the Cleves Cross area of Ferryhill to commemorate this.
This story was authen-ticated in 1867 when repairs to the farm at
COUNCIL RE-SITE BOAR STONECllr Joe Makepeace next to Boar Stone along with a Knocky Up Board rescued from a house in Dean Bank (see page 6 for more on this).
CHILDREN’S ENTER-TAINER and magician Professor Nincompoop is set to visit Dean Bank & Ferryhill Literary Institute with his musical disco, fun, games and a little bit of magic, followed by a buffet meal.
The event takes place on Friday 21st February
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The children’s entertainer will be performing for youngsters at Dean Bank & Ferryhill Literary Institute.
from 4pm to 6pm and is open to children under 10, who should be accompa-nied by a parent.
This is a free event, but booking is essential as space is limited.
Book by calling the insti-tute on 01740 657221 or Zoey on 07435 168 783. Everyone is welcome.
CITIZENS ADVICE County Durham (CACD) is contin-uing to deliver high quality training for unemployed young people aged 16-24 who are living in the local area, through its site at the Four Clocks Centre in Bishop Auckland.
The next course avail-able for interested par-ticipants is Employment Ready?, a three-day inten-sive course to help young people into a job.
The course will take place from Monday 24th until Wednesday 26th February from 9.30am until 4pm each day.
To be eligible you must be aged 16-24, resident in
County Durham and seek-ing education, employ-ment or training.
In cases where public transport is not an option, CACD can help organ-ise transport. It can also cover childcare costs incurred when attending training and lunch is also paid for.
To access training you must first register with DurhamWorks.
You can do this online by visiting www.durham works.info or by con-tacting Eve at CACD, via phone, text or WhatsApp on 07876 346 047 or email eve.galloway@citizens advicecd.org.uk.
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This week in History12 February 1912Hsian-T’ung, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate fol-lowing Sun Yat-sen’s republican revolution, ending 267 years of Manchu and 2,000 years of imperial rule in China.
15 February 1898A massive explosion sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbour, killing 260 crew members. The US uses the sinking, later found to have been an accident, as a pretext to declare war on Spain.
13 February 1633Astronomer and mathe-matician, Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
16 February 1959Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a successful guerrilla campaign that forced the corrupt, US-backed right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile.
14 February 270ADValentine, a holy priest in Rome, is executed after the discovery he contin-ued to perform marriages, against the will of Emperor Claudius II, who wanted men for his army and banned them marrying.
17 February 1996In the final game of a six-game series, world chess champion Garry Kasparov triumphs over Deep Blue, IBM’s chess-playing computer, and wins the match, 4-2.
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LOCAL POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a theft in which cash was stolen from a bus.
The Scarlet Band bus was parked up and briefly left unattended on North Street, in Ferryhill, when a man got on board and stole around £5 in cash from the till, as well as a mobile tracking device worth around £100.
The tracker has since been deactivated so can no longer be traced.
The incident happened at around 8.15pm on Sat-urday 25th January and
officers are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the theft to get in touch.
The suspect is described as being a white man, in either his thirties or forties. He was wearing blue jeans and a black puffer coat and made off in the direction of the Dean and Chapter public house following the theft.
Anyone with any infor-mation is asked to call police on 101, quoting crime reference number CRI00247083.
THIEF STEALS FROM SCARLET BAND BUS
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Love is what a mother gives, a child doesn’t ask.
Love is the answer when all seems lost,
Love can be priceless but has no cost.
Love is for giving, for all to share
Love’s not an Island, you’re welcome there.
Love’s what happens when you’re not looking,
Love is just waiting so come on in!
TICKETS ARE now on sale for the Teenage Can-cer Trust Charity Ball at Ferryhill Sport and Edu-cation Centre on Saturday 29th of February.
Entertainment will be
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contest in 1966 at Ham-mersmith Town Hall, play-ing for the Whitworth and Spennymoor Brass Band.
Peter’s musical career continued at Fishburn Band and in recent years he played for Ferryhill Town Band, where his greatest honour was to play at the Royal Albert Hall as a member of the Town Band in the year
2000. Although Peter retired
from playing in 2017, he still volunteers whenever possible.
Hugh told the Chapter: “It is the commitment that Peter, and others, have given for most of their lives that help keep the strong County Dur-ham brass band heritage alive.”
ON TUESDAY 4th Febru-ary, Councillor Peter Atkin-son was presented with a certificate recognising fifty years of service to the Brass Band movement by Hugh Stephenson, the vice president of the Dur-ham County Brass Band Association.
Peter started playing at the age of 9 years old and competed in his first
FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE BRASS BAND MOVEMENT
Hugh Stephenson presents Cllr Atkinson with a certificate to mark his achievement.
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throughout the year until 1st September 2020 but only people who sign up before 14th February 2020 are guaranteed to receive the full 17 collec-tions for the year.
Collections will start as soon as possible after any other sign up date and will run until November when the collection season ends.
The following garden waste can be put in the scheme’s garden bins and will be used to create compost: Grass cuttings, shrubs, leaves, weeds, flowers and bedding plants, hedge clippings,
prunings, small branches.John Shannon, the coun-
cil’s strategic waste man-ager, said: “We would like to remind people that it’s not too late to subscribe to our garden waste col-lections, which offer an easy way to dispose of green waste.”
Durham County Council provides garden waste collections to eligible properties in the county.
To sign up to the ser-vice, which costs £35 for the year, or find out if a property is eligible, peo-ple should call 03000 261 000 or visit www.durham.gov.uk/gardenwaste.
RESIDENTS ARE being reminded to sign up soon to ensure they receive all available garden waste collections.
To guarantee they receive all 17 collections for 2020/21, people must sign up to the Durham County Council scheme before 14th February.
The first collection for people who subscribe to the service before this deadline takes place the week beginning Tuesday, 31st March. This will be followed by fortnightly collections until late autumn.
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STILL TIME TO SIGN-UP FOR 2020 GARDEN WASTE COLLECTIONS
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A MEETING to discuss VE Day celebrations plans in Chilton will take place on Thursday 13th February at Chilton Community Sports & Social Club at 6pm.
Anyone who has ideas for how the 75th anni-versary should be cele-brated, or who would like to be involved in the plan-ning, is encouraged to go along.
VE DAY CELEBRATIONS MEETING
THE FERRYHILL Remem-bers Group and The Royal British Legion Ferryhill Branch have completed two poppy nets to go on display in all their splen-dour in May to mark 75 years since the end of World War II.
The Reverend Christo-pher Humble will be bless-ing the nets on Sunday 16th February at 1.45pm at Ferryhill Methodist
Church.A spokesperson said:
“The Royal British Legion Ferryhill Branch would like to thank everyone who has made poppies and stitched the nets for this remembrance project.
“The Branch would like to invite the public along to the blessing.
“Light refreshments will be served after the ser-vice.”
PUBLIC INVITED TO POPPY NETS BLESSING
FERRYHILL POLICING team have recently been made aware of a video on social media which appears to show an older juvenile assaulting a smaller boy in the Ferry-hill area.
The team were shocked and appalled by the actions of the juvenile and later arrested a 15-year-old in connection with the incident.
A spokesperson for the police said: “Be assured that your local policing
team will be taking all appropriate action with regards to this disturbing video.
“We appreciate that this incident has impacted the local community, but this matter is now in the hands of police and we respectfully request that people do not seek to retaliate themselves.”
If you have any informa-tion relating to this inci-dent, or any connected incident, please contact Durham police on 101.
RESIDENTS APPALLED AT VIDEO SHOWING YOUNGSTER’S ASSAULT
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Thanks for your generosityI would like to thank all those lovely generous people that donated food and essentials before and over the Christmas period. To name but a few: Ferryhill Business & Enterprise College, The Beeches, Ferryhill Dental Practice, AMRP and individuals. This extra food, toiletries and other items go a long way in helping those in genuine need.
Thank you ALL SO VERY MUCH.Janet McDonagh
Ferryhill Food Bank
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It will be held at Moore Lane Eco Centre in New-ton Aycliffe on the week-end of 16th and 17th May 2020, between 10am and 4pm.
It covers the history of beekeeping, how a hive is put together, the bee-
keeping year, how to spot and control pests and dis-eases, what to do when bees swarm and how to stop them, and how to access further education and literature.
It is open to all ages and costs £50 for an individ-ual or £75 for a couple. All equipment is provided as well as a cup of coffee.
To discuss this further
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Further practical train-ing for students from this course, at no additional charge, is offered at the apiary in St Oswald’s allotments over the sum-mer.
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knock on doors at the time written on the slates out-side to ensure they got to work on time.
The last mine in the area closed in 1968 but the slates have remained a character of the houses.
Councillor Makepeace has arranged for the saved boards, which were set into brickwork at the front of houses, to be donated to the Durham Mining
Museum, Dean Bank Insti-tute and Ferryhill History Society, while one will also be displayed at Ferryhill Town Hall.
He said: “The knocky-up boards are very much a part of the character of the old miners’ houses. I am very proud of Ferryhill’s mining history and very grateful to have the oppor-tunity to keep their story alive”.
FOLLOWING THE demoli-tion of houses in Dean Bank as part of plans to re-vamp the area, Mayor of Ferry-hill, Councillor Joe Make-peace managed to secure 4 ‘knocky up’ boards from Housing Association Ber-nicia Homes before the demolition.
When miners still lived in the homes, a colliery-em-ployed ‘knocky-up man’ would walk the streets and
‘KNOCKY UP’ BOARDS HANDED TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
Cllr Joe Makepeace hands over a ‘knocky up’ board to Mrs Betty Sheppard of Dean Bank Institute.
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ham to aid people back into work through condi-tion management.
Colin Steel, chief execu-tive said: “This is an excel-lent example of our stated commitment of engaging with our tenants and com-munities, ensuring their views are represented in shaping services and making key decisions.
“Sheila has a wealth of relevant skills and impor-tantly brings additional community-based knowl-edge and experience to the Board. She is an
excellent addition to our team.”
Sheila said: “I am delighted to be welcomed onto the Board at Livin.
“I have a passion for championing wider social issues following my work in communities over the years.
“I look forward to repre-senting tenants and mak-ing a difference to local communities.”
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LOCAL HOUSING pro-vider, Livin, has appointed a local tenant to its Board.
Sheila Rooney, from Chilton has a wealth of experience in health and wellbeing, having worked at Northumbria University teaching health science, after a long career as a heart and chest nurse.
She volunteered at the Citizens Advice Bureau for eight years, spent four years as a non-exec-utive director at the NHS Primary Care Trust and worked across East Dur-
TENANT WELCOMED ON BOARD AT LIVIN
Sheila Rooney, from Chilton, has joined the Board of local housing association, Livin.
YOUNG PEOPLE are being invited to share their views about issues that affect them by joining a new youth council.
Durham County Council is recruiting young people aged 11 to 17 to sit on the youth council, which will offer a platform for them to share their opinions on a range of topics affecting the whole county.
Run by young people, for young people, the council will meet monthly and will set its own agenda based on this issues that young people feel most strongly about.
The group will be granted its own budget to spend on projects that benefit young
people across the county. Its members will also be involved in planning events, including an awards event to celebrate the achieve-ments of the county’s children and young people and campaigns based on local results from the UK’s largest youth consultation, Make Your Mark.
Each of the county’s sec-ondary schools and sixth form colleges will choose two representatives to sit on the council through a democratic election. Two seats will also be reserved for children who are cur-rently looked after by the council and those who aren’t currently attending school.
Young people who are interested in joining the youth council should speak to their school or college, where elections will be held in February and March, or apply online at www.durham.gov.uk/youthvoice.
Once in post, the coun-cil’s members will also be able to put themselves for-ward to be elected as one of County Durham’s repre-sentatives on the UK Youth Parliament.
Further information about the youth council can be found at www.dur-ham.gov.uk/youthvoice or by emailing [email protected] or calling 03000 267 974.
COUNTY DURHAM TO LAUNCH NEW YOUTH COUNCIL
FERRYHILL POLICING team recently executed a drugs warrant at an address in Chilton, where they recovered over 200 cannabis plants.
A Vietnamese adult man was arrested in connec-tion with the investiga-tion and police are work-ing with the immigration service and the national
VIETNAMESE MAN FOUND IN CHILTON CANNABIS GROW
Some of the plants discovered by police at the property.
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“Thank you to all those concerned members of the public who have provided information to the police and made this outcome possible,” com-mented a spokesperson.
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der Centre men’s group were joined by Endeavour Woodcrafts users.
Cllr Atkinson said: “It was a great example of
groups in Ferryhill work-ing together and enjoying their activities in the Fer-ryhill Sports and Educa-tion Centre.”
CLLR PETER Atkinson was delighted to present a cheque for £300 from his Neighbourhood Budget to the Ferryhill Ladder Cen-
tre’s men’s club, funding the walking Football at Ferryhill Sports and Edu-cation Centre.
Members of the Lad-
WALKING FOOTBALLERS RECEIVE FUNDING BOOST
Cllr Atkinson presents the cheque to Ferryhill Ladder Centre’s Men’s Club.
Ferryhill PACT Meeting Dates
27th February 202026th March 202023th April 202021st May 202018th June 2020
Meetings take place at Ferryhill Town Council at 6pm
Everyone is welcome to attend this meeting which gives local residents a chance to express
their concerns to their local beat officers.
WELLBEING FOR LIFE hosts a friendly drop-in every Thursday at Ferry-hill Library, between 10am and 12 noon.
Support is available to help manage your weight, find out your BMI, blood pressure and share recipe ideas.
For more details contact Yvonne Frost on 07826 884 647 or visit www.well beingforlife.net.
WELLBEING FOR LIFE DROP INS
captures the movement of the stars as the earth rotates and took about an hour to produce. Isn’t it beautiful?
Are you a budding pho-tographer? Send us your
images of the local area and we might just print them!
Email [email protected] along with your name and a description of your picture.
LOCAL AMATEUR pho-tographer Steven Rundle sent us this beautiful pic-ture of the stars above Chilton.
The star trail image, taken earlier this month,
THE STARS ABOVE CHILTONThe star trail image captured by Steven Rundle charts the skies above Chilton.
ARE YOU a member of a sporting club or team? If so, we’d love to share your achievements with the local community.
Get in touch by emailing [email protected].
CALLING ALL LOCAL SPORTING GROUPS
