At the heart of our wonderful community Published at: 3-4 First Floor Offices, Shildon Town Council, Civic Hall Square, Shildon DL4 1AH • Editorial: 01388 775896 • Advertising: 07909 992731 • Email: [email protected] • Online: www.swd.news/chapter • You can read all our sister papers online at www.swd.news: Spennymoor News • Shildon & District Town Crier • The Bishop Press BANDSMEN UNITE IN FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER Friday 28 th September 2018 Issue N o 899 MAYOR AND DEPUTY VISIT TENLANDS OVER THIRTY of the fin- est brass musicians and percussionists in the North East are to fea- ture in a concert to raise money to fight prostate cancer. The concert, by the Men United Brass Band, will take place on Sat- urday 13th October at 7.30pm in Chilton Community Sports and Social Club. All of the proceeds will be donated to Prostate Cancer UK to help in research of the disease. Hugh Stephenson, one of the organisers said: “This should be a great night for a very good cause, with the second half of the programme being devoted to film music.” Hugh added: “Pros- tate cancer is a disease that effects 1.1million men across the world each year, statistics for the UK for 2017 show 46,000 men being diag- nosed with a survival rate of 84%.” Tickets are £5 each and are available from the venue in advance or at the door on the evening. The concert is kindly sponsored by the Geneva Group. ON FRIDAY 21st Sep- tember, Ferryhill’s Town Mayor David Farry, and Deputy Town Mayor Jacqueline Cansella, attended a Harvest Fes- tival celebration at Ten- lands Nursing Home. The residents enjoyed the singing and the ser- vice led by Margaret Berry from the Salvation Army. A raffle was held with prizes being donated by Asda and families of res- idents. Food donations were gratefully accepted by Janet McDonagh of the Ferryhill Food Bank. This fantastic facility is well established and known for its compas- sionate, well trained staff. Councillor Cansella said: “Bev Stirk Poulson, Wellbeing Co-ordinator, and Victoria Leighton, Home Manager, made us feel very welcome and I was very impressed by the sincere warmth of the staff towards the res- idents and the cleanliness of the home”. Councillor Farry said: “Tenlands is a credit to Ferryhill. We look forward to supporting any further events held by them”. Janet McDonagh, Cllr Jacqueline Cansella (Deputy Mayor), Marjorie Daley, Cllr Dave Farry (Mayor), Margaret Berry and Victoria Leighton at Tenlands Nursing Home’s Harvest Festival celebrations. www.hackeandbaines.co.uk EST 1898 [email protected]47-49 Main Street, Shildon, DL4 1AF • 01388 772671 | 30-31 Bondgate, Darlington, DL3 7JJ • 01325 463303 Also available in leather ELECTRIC and MANUAL RECLINER SUITES Park right outside our showroom and shop at your leisure! OVER 20 IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
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At the heart of our wonderful community
Published at: 3-4 First Floor Offices, Shildon Town Council, Civic Hall Square, Shildon DL4 1AH • Editorial: 01388 775896 • Advertising: 07909 992731 • Email: [email protected] • Online: www.swd.news/chapter •
You can read all our sister papers online at www.swd.news: Spennymoor News • Shildon & District Town Crier • The Bishop Press
BANDSMEN UNITE IN FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER
Friday 28th September 2018Issue No 899
MAYOR AND DEPUTY VISIT TENLANDS
OVER THIRTY of the fin-est brass musicians and percussionists in the North East are to fea-ture in a concert to raise money to fight prostate cancer.
The concert, by the Men United Brass Band, will take place on Sat-urday 13th October at 7.30pm in Chilton Community Sports and Social Club.
All of the proceeds will be donated to Prostate Cancer UK to help in research of the disease.
Hugh Stephenson, one of the organisers said: “This should be a great night for a very good cause, with the second half of the programme being devoted to film music.”
Hugh added: “Pros-tate cancer is a disease that effects 1.1million men across the world each year, statistics for the UK for 2017 show 46,000 men being diag-nosed with a survival rate of 84%.”
Tickets are £5 each and are available from the venue in advance or at the door on the evening.
The concert is kindly sponsored by the Geneva Group.
ON FRIDAY 21st Sep-tember, Ferryhill’s Town Mayor David Farry, and Deputy Town Mayor Jacqueline Cansella, attended a Harvest Fes-tival celebration at Ten-lands Nursing Home.
The residents enjoyed the singing and the ser-
vice led by Margaret Berry from the Salvation Army.
A raffle was held with prizes being donated by Asda and families of res-idents.
Food donations were gratefully accepted by Janet McDonagh of the Ferryhill Food Bank.
This fantastic facility is well established and known for its compas-sionate, well trained staff.
Councillor Cansella said: “Bev Stirk Poulson, Wellbeing Co-ordinator, and Victoria Leighton, Home Manager, made us feel very welcome and I
was very impressed by the sincere warmth of the staff towards the res-idents and the cleanliness of the home”.
Councillor Farry said: “Tenlands is a credit to Ferryhill. We look forward to supporting any further events held by them”.
Janet McDonagh, Cllr Jacqueline Cansella (Deputy Mayor), Marjorie Daley, Cllr Dave Farry (Mayor), Margaret Berry and Victoria Leighton at Tenlands Nursing Home’s Harvest Festival celebrations.
Love Leah & Bill, Natalie & Michael, Ryan, Donna &
family, Keira, Jude, Gracie, Millie & Evie
Craig Porter21.10.15 - 28.9.13
Close in our hearts You will always stay
Loved and remembered Every day
We think about you always and will love you forever,
Mam & Dadxxxx
Craig Anthony Porter21.10.1975 - 28.9.2013
A daily thoughtA silent tear
A constant wishThat you were here
Loved and missed by Denis, Steven & Gemma, Adrian &
Louise, Brandyn, Ollie & Tilly
Ann Foster26th September 2015
Loved and missed by all your family
You touched the hearts of so many people
Edna, Paula, Wayne, Ethan & Katelyn
xxxxx
Billy Rank30.09.16
Loved and remembered every day
Only ever a thought awayLove from all the family
xx
John Whitehead2nd October
Happy 80th Birthday John(Dad & Grandad)
80!
Love always & forever,Gill
xxxxx
Brian Bell1st October
Happy 60th Hubby
60!
Loads of love from your sons, daughters,
daughters-in-law & grandchildren
xxxx
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Happy 60th Birthday Dad & Granda
Lots of love, Dad & Connor
xxx
Ellis Slater1st October
Happy 21st Birthday
21!
Lots of love,Nanny & Grampy
xxx
Ellis SlaterHappy 21st Birthday
Love Brian, Kerry, Lauren & Ellie
xx
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Happy 50th Birthday sister
50!
All our love, Mam, Dad & all the family
x
Luke James Brown26th September
Happy 30th Birthday Luke
30!
Lots of love,Claire & Hazel May
xxxxxx
Luke Brown26th September
Fiance and amazing daddy,Happy 30th Birthday
All our love always,From Grandma & Grandad
xxxxxx
Mackenzie Cant27th September
Happy 13th Birthday Sweetheart
Lots of love,Mammy & Daddy
xxxx
Alfie Hume01/10/17
Happy 1st BirthdayHope you have a brilliant day
Love from Mam, Anthony & Connor
xxx
Ellis Slater1st October2018
Happy 21st Birthday Ellis
21!
Love from Nanna, Angela & Granda Tommy
xxx
Ellis Slater
Happy 21st Birthday Ellis1st October 2018
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Family Tree HelpI am researching my family tree and hope someone may be willing to help me regarding the following gentleman. William Teasdale Joice (known as Bill and nicknamed “chinner”) married a lady called Sarah E Stephenson (nee Chaytor) in 1971. Sadly he was just 61 years old when he died at 145 Raby Road, Ferryhill in October 1984. The obituary notice has further detailed information of his family.I would be truly grateful if anyone may have a photograph of this gentleman that they would be willing to share, as it would mean a great deal.I can be contacted at the email address and phone number, below.
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A spokesperson for the event said, “It promises to be a lovely evening of music from Ferryhill’s award winning Brass
band, playing a mixture of patriotic/traditional and “up to date” music. A great evening will be guaranteed.”
Proceeds will be donated to the Royal Brit-ish Legion.
THE FERRYHILL 2000 committee, in partner-ship with Ferryhill Team Poppy, have organised an evening of “Cele-bration and Remem-brance” featuring the Ferryhill Town Band.
The concert will take place at Mainsforth Community Centre on Saturday 20th October starting at 7pm.
Tickets, costing £5, will be on general sale from Monday 1st Octo-
REMEMBRANCE CELEBRATION CONCERTFerryhill Town Band will perform an evening of Celebration and Remembrance at Mainsforth Community Centre.
THE NEXT meeting of Dean Bank Residents’ Association will take place on Monday 1st October, from 7pm in the Dean Bank & Ferryhill Lit-erary Institute.
Everyone from Dean Bank is welcome to attend.
DEAN BANK RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION
CHILTON TOWN Council has been advised that allotments at West Chil-ton Terrace have been tar-geted by thieves.
Tenants are advised not to leave valuable items at the allotments and to lock the main gates.
The message from the Town Council is to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the police on the non-emer-gency number, 101. Alter-natively, call Crimestop-pers anonymously on 0800-555111.
ALLOTMENTS TARGETED BY THIEVES IN CHILTON
IMMANUEL CHRIS-TIAN Fellowship have announced the com-mencement of Free Meal days, starting on Wednes-day 3rd October from 12 noon to 1pm at The Dean Bank And Ferryhill Liter-ary Institute.
For further details of this and other services, con-tact Pastors Richard and Lauraine Smith on 01740 657975 or 07707562646. Alternatively email [email protected] or visit www.icfworship.co.uk.
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A spokesperson for the NPT said, “A great result which wouldn’t have been possible without the help of con-cerned members of the
public. “Ferryhill NPT are keen
and eager to tackle drugs issues within the community so keep that information coming!”
FERRYHILL NEIGH-BOURHOOD Police Team executed a war-rant in the Chilton area last week, where they discovered a cannabis
grow of 200 plants. A Vietnamese youth
was also found at the address, and is being treated as a victim of modern day slavery.
VIETNAMESE YOUTH DISCOVERED IN CHILTON CANNABIS HOUSE
Over 200 cannabis plants were found inside the Chilton property, along with a Vietnamese juvenile who is been treated as a victim of modern day slavery.
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FERRYHILL RIBBON of Poppies, a local volunteer group, is currently work-ing on a number of pro-jects to mark 100 years since the end of the Great War.
One of the projects is to make an archway of pop-pies.
For this project, the group is in need of plastic
TURNING POP INTO POPPIESThe poppies are made from empty pop bottles.
pop bottles to craft into poppies.
“We are also hoping to hold a few craft days to get the local community involved once a venue and dates are confirmed,” said a spokesperson.
Donations of empty, clean pop bottles should be dropped off at Ferrydec, 8 Market Street, Ferryhill.
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system.The Village Hall raised
the £2,300 needed to install a new sound sys-tem and Cllr Makepeace provided £3,875 to pur-chase the new lighting system which features LED lighting allowing the centre to improve energy efficiency as well as improving the aesthetics of shows and performances.
Cllr Makepeace said: “I was delighted to support the Village Hall. “It’s great to see a vibrant and well sup-ported community facil-ity in the village, and seeing the hard work
the committee put in to raise the money for the sound system meant I was happy to support the Village Hall for the lighting system.”
Stella Birchall, Chair of Kirk Merrington Village Halls committee added: “We are very happy with the new lighting system which has been installed thanks to Cllr Make-peace’s Neighbourhood Budget Grant.
“This new lighting sys-tem will benefit all users of the community centre offering a very profes-sional lighting set-up. “
Michael Wilkes Spen-nymoor Area Action Partnership Co-ordina-tor said: “It is always great to see community groups helping to sup-port projects that not only improve the facil-ities for the local com-munity buildings, but also allow customers a greater experience, ena-bling the venues to be more attractive and sus-tainable.”
USERS OF Kirk Merring-ton Community Centre are seeing their village hall in a whole new light thanks to support from their local County Coun-cillor and Spennymoor Area Action Partnership.
After hearing from the committee of Kirk Merrington Village Hall that the standard of the audio visual equipment was impinging on the performances of some of the entertainment shows and the annual pantomime, Cllr Joe Makepeace was happy to offer his support to help the Village Hall purchase a new lighting
GRANT LIGHTS UP COMMUNITY HALL
Cllr Joe Makepeace (second from right) presents a cheque for £3,875 towards the cost of a new lighting system at Kirk Merrington Community Centre.
From the first of October 2018 the practice will offer childhood vaccinations at the
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THE MAYOR of Ferryhill, Councillor Dave Farry, is holding a Charity Night in Ferryhill Workingmen’s Club on Saturday 3rd November, from 7pm to 11pm.
Tickets are £4 each and are available from Ferry-hill Town Hall and Ferryhill Workingmen’s Club.
Entertainment will be provided by male vocal-ists Patrick Gee and Sean Mac, and there will also be a raffle draw.
All funds raised will be donated to Ferryhill W.I. and the Little Treasures Autism Group.
“Please come along and support this event, which will benefit local groups within Ferryhill,” said Cllr Farry.
If any local businesses or residents would like to donate a prize for the raf-fle, any donations would be greatly appreciated and can be left at Ferryhill Town Hall.
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REHEARSALS ARE well underway at Chance Drama, as the local youth theatre group prepares to bring Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book to the stage at Mainsforth Hall in November.
The show will capti-
CHANCE DRAMA’S THE JUNGLE BOOKRehearsals are underway for Chance Drama’s production of The Jungle Book.
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The event sponsored by Thinford NurseriesTo local gardeners did appeal
We all competed and did our bestPutting gardens and allotments to the test
Colourful flower beds with roses were seenAlong with lawns stripped emerald green
Greenhouses with cucumbers and tomatoes filledFlowers from hanging baskets spilled
Judging gardens, allotments, back yards and shopsWere Dorene, Zena and Ray
Who took photos and filmed videoFor the presentation night display
Presentation night in the Masons HallBy Dave, our Mayor, I must recall
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ST LUKE’S Church will be holding a Harvest week-end of celebration and fund raising for Farm Africa.
The theme of the Har-vest Festival is Give Hun-ger the Boot, and those attending the 9.30am ser-vice on Sunday 7th Octo-ber are invited to wear their best wellies!
A spokesperson for the Church said: “We would be very grateful for any
produce to be donated and to bring it on Sat-urday October 6th from 9.15am, where it will be initially used to decorate the church ready for the Harvest Festival Service on Sunday.
“On Monday 8th October at 7pm there will be a Har-vest Supper in the Centre, where the donated pro-duce will be auctioned and all monies raised donated to Farm Africa.”
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is available to any new cus-tomers who visit a centre on 26 September. The free pass entitles visitors to try out the gym, participate in a vast choice of fitness classes and try swimming where it is available.
Andy Brown, the coun-cil’s principal physical activity manager said: “Whether visitors are looking to get back into swimming or try the gym for the first time, this is a great chance to try out the leisure centres and get started on their fitness journey.”
Leisure centres include
Chester-le-Street Leisure Centre, Riverside Leisure Complex, Abbey Leisure Centre, Freeman’s Quay Leisure Centre, Meadow-field Leisure Centre, Spen-nymoor Leisure Centre, Woodhouse Close Leisure Complex, Shildon-Sun-nydale Leisure Centre, Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre, Teesdale Leisure Centre, Consett Leisure Centre, and the Louisa Centre.
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MEMBERSHIP OFFERS are available at leisure centres this September.
In line with National Fit-ness Day on Wednesday 26th September, Durham County Council leisure centres are offering mem-bership discounts.
Between 26th and 30th September, customers wishing to join their local leisure centre on a gym or swimming membership can do so for an initial payment of only £5 with nothing more to pay until November 2018.
For those wanting a taster, a free one-day pass
GET FIT FOR LESS THIS SEPTEMBERDurham County Council leisure centres are offering membership discounts this month.
THE CATHOLIC Club at Chilton holds a Wednes-day Club every other Wednesday from 12.15pm until 2.15pm.
Anyone over the age of 40 is welcome to go along.
An admission fee of £1 is payable on the door.
A spokesperson for the club said: “Come and join us for tea, biscuits and a friendly chat and join in with light activities on offer such as Bingo, Dom-
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The Ministry of Hous-ing, Communities and Local Government has been consulting on options for distributing elements of revenue sup-port grant in 2019/20 and asking local authorities for their feedback.
Cllr Simon Henig, Chair of the Association of North East Councils (ANEC) and Leader of Durham County Council, said: “We have responded to the consultation with a unified voice across the north east and a clear
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isn’t something we have to deal with here at Fer-ryhill Business and Enter-prise College.
“We accepted the offer from the police to deliver the assemblies as we believe it is important to equip our students with the information and life skills they will need, not just when they are here as students, but through-out their lives.
“To highlight the impor-tance of these assem-blies, Tyne Tees news reported on it during the
6.30pm evening news programme on Thursday 20th September.
“The camera crew came into school to film the assembly and interviewed four of our students about their thoughts and opinions on what they had seen and heard.
“We are extremely proud of our students and the way they explained their views on TV.
“Thank you to Miss Gourlay for organising the informative assem-bly during Knife Crime Awareness Week.”
LAST WEEK Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College welcomed the Durham Police Commu-nity Cohesion section into the school to deliver assemblies to Year 10 and 11 students on knife crime.
The presentation went through statistics regard-ing knife crime nationally as well as explaining the current laws for pos-session of an offensive weapon.
A spokesperson for the school said: “It was a chance for our students to see what can happen if someone carries a knife and reflect on all the lives that are affected when it
FBEC STUDENTS LEARN THE DANGERS OF CARRYING KNIVES
Years 10 and 11 at Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College hear from Durham Police Community Cohesion section on knife crime and the dangers of carrying knives.
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