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history nt Englan I front tunc: to the present day. W. |ayh>r. M-A-, dwelt ou

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Hides and Sheepskins Buried in Staindrop Garden

Fines Imposed on Butcher a i d F a r n u r

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h ides and skins of Ayrshire calves and sheep in the garden of a Sta iu-i ! l i : ; i 1 l i t , he r . was mentioned in a ca .sf h e i r d a - t i i a d r o n Magistrates Court o i Ki ; d iy in which ( l i r t -epher Ndnnai i . I ' . t t i i i . - o i i ( i ! )» , b t i t e b e r , of Vic to r ia House. Stain-drop, appeared charged w i t h tite i l i c i t s.'alighter of three sheep an I havmg unlawful possession of 1 3 1 lbs. of m u t t o n .

I le w \ s reprt . c . i t . d by M r i l . Hew. f t . w.io pleaded g u s t y OU his behalf. Af te r a short l e t r e n n ' i i t . the nrtgist rates imposed iinei; of £25 on each charge.

Prosecuting on behalf of the M i n i s t r y of Wood. M r E . H . I t . J''ieeinan ( l ) a r l in , ; ton I said the maximum penalties for the offences w i t h which I 'attJnsoii was charged were £10(1 and three months i m ­prisonment, so tha t the mat te r cotii'd not be regarded as any th ing hut grave. As a result of informa­t i o n and observations, two inspec­tors of the M i n i s t r y of Food went to defendants's shop in r ' ront Street on J u l y 6 t h last. There they found in the refr igerator a q u a n t i t y . of meat which had been allocated to J 'at t inson, a l l of which was stamped. They also found four sides of m u t t o n , two whole slieep, two legs of m u t t o n from another sheep and a half fore-quarter of mu t ton , none of which was stamped at a i l . The inspectors asked de­fendant where he obtained the mu t ­t o n , and he began by saying he got i t from the d i s t r i bu t ion centre. When i t was pointed out to h im t h a t the mu t ton d id not bear the Official markings, he ayain declared tha t he obtained i t l t o m the centre.

When the inspectors to ld h im they would call i n the man from the d i s t r ibu t ion centre, continued Air Freeman, Pat t inson then said. " A l l r i g h t , 1 k i l l ed them myself . ' ' Ho then said, " I was pu t up to i t by others doing i t around me. That is i i / i there is, j u s t three. 1 bu rn t the skins ai id en t ra i l s . ' ' l o i t e r t h a t day the m u t t o n was taken to the l l a rna rd Castle wholesale meat supply depot and was found to weigh 1,')1 lbs.

When - interviewed later at the police office and asked it he could assist i n the recovery of the entrai ls i n order to ascertain i f the m u t t o n was fit for human consumption, he said. " Y o u w i l l never get them. I have bu rn t t h e m . "

Discovery of Hides and Skins. F u r t h e r questioned, however, ho

said t h a t some of the entrai ls m igh t bo 'buried i n his garden. Whereupon two .police officers went back w i t h h i m to his garden, and the defendant's son dug holes from which they extracted , three sheep­skins and a set of entra i ls , which defendant admi t ted were from the three sheep. A n d i n addi t ion, said Air Freeman, they found i n eight other holes hides and skins of several calves and sheep. That led to the case of John Denhain (45) , fanner, of Den t Gate F a r m , Lan.g-leydale. for supplying the sheep to Pat t inson .

" The prosecution can only say tha t the defendant at first denied his g u i l t i n th i s m a t t e r , " said 'Mr Freeman, " and when confronted w i t h the fact t h a t the m u t t o n was not stamped, he again denied i t , but when to ld the m a t t e r would be pressed he then admit ted tha t he had k i l l ed these three sheep. Defendant i n the first case admi t t ed the sheep came from Denham's, bu t said he would rather take the blame himself. On t h a t the prosecution ask t h a t the serious nature of the charges and the g rav i ty of the pen­alties should be borne i n m i n d . "

" This prosecution is designed to stop black-market ing which gives customers of this butcher an unfair advantage over honest people, and an unfair advantage and excessive profi t to the butcher compared w i t h s imi lar tradesmen who conduct their business i n an honest man­ner , " concluded M r Freeman. This k i n d of offence strikes at the meat r a t ion ing system i f i t is allowed to go unchecked."

M r 11. H e w i t t , for Pat t inson, said there could be no class of trades­man at the present t ime in a more difficult posit ion than the butcher A t a tune when other tradesmen l ike grocers and so ou were seeing their supplies becoming more p len t i ­f u l , butchers were seeing their sup­plies d imin ish ing , and they had to face on the one hand the housewife and t r y to convince her tha t the microscopic r a t ion of meat was a l l she was en t i t l ed to , and on the other hand, i f thee housewife was convinced butchers were maligned by the Min i s t e r of Food himself for overcharging.

Pa t t inson , said M r H e w i t t , had carried on business for 14 years i n such a way as not to need i l l i c i t s laughter ing for the purpose of i n ­creasing his custom. He had a reputa t ion i n the vi l ia^e which was second to none, and t h a t reputa­t i o n was extended t o the d i s t r i c t .

Noeds of the Housewife. I t was a; terr if ic t empta t ion to

butchers who were endeavouring to supply the needs of the housewife w i t h unite inadequate allocations. The shortage was of course the faul t of no oue. I t was not the faul t of the M i n i s t r y of Food, bu t i t was ai terr ible t emp ta t i on t o a butcher when he was faced w i t h his custom­ers c ry ing out for addit ional rations and occasionally butchers f e l l i n to the t empta t ion af i l l i c i t slaughter­i n g . . .

I n th is case, said M r H e w i t t , Pa t t inson was charged w i t h slaugh­t e r i ng three sheep, and tha t was al l the magistrates were en t i t l ed to convict himi on. He could no t understand why the M i n i s t r y of Food should b r i n g i n matters which were qu i te extraneous t o the case i n suggesting there were other skins and what -not found i n the garden, and ye t they d id not charge Pa t t inson w i t h t h a t . H e asked the bench to exclude from the i r minds any th ing bu t the three sjieep, and added. " I f the M i n i s t r y see fit not

to charge h i m w i t h any th ing else,

you h .ve no al ternat ive bu : to deal . . . i t o M I tor m a t . t i e is i m t i o u n d yii t>, o; a . ^ t i l i n g else, nor :i..s he .....vi a lor outer cases to no Liken >,ii J urn., derat ion.

" i i t o e M i n i s t r y had been sat:'--lied ne u a u no in . i c i n c i , o.ier to a.iy o i l i e r charge," d . i l i r c d M i I I . iv: l. " tucy won.a Lot have i i c s u u . . d to nave n n i u ^ u i those charges, because they Have chai i jcu linn . w i i i a s nniiiy oifenci . i a s t l i c j i i n i i d . i i re , s i l n - u i wuo has bee.i ftorivi-ig nude,' .he g r e a t o t possible l i i l i i c u . i . i c s . l i e I I . i s he'a a n li ' re-praaeliao.e character .n t ies d i s t r i c t mr a number of years, and this is a tase where you would not be doing a disseei vice to the public i f you dealt w i t h h im len ien t :y ."

He added there was no suggestion tha t Pat t inson had been overcharg­ing for m u t t o n to his customers, or tha t he was en t i t l ed to overcharge i n respect of the three sheep car­cases found by the M i n i s t r y .

M r Freeman pointed out tha t on defendant's own admission the other 18 animals, the hides and skins ol which had been found i n the gar­den, were kih'ed d u r i n g the past two years. The M i n i s t r y could have taken proceedings against i h im for those. " T h e defendant own statement about those 18 anim­als ," said M r Freeman, " was that ho k i l l e d them himself and no one else was invo lved . "

The defendant added in his state­ment " There is only one t h i n g 1 ask. Get i t over as quick ly as pos­s ib le ," and when he was asked i f i t had been a weekly occurrence, he said, " No, i t was more l ike month-i y - ' :

Farmer 's F la t Denial . John Den ham (45) . farmer, of

Dent Gate F a r m . Laiigteydalo. denied charges of unlawful ly supply­ing three slieep t o Pat t inson, and fa i l ing to record the movement of the animals. He was represented by M r H e w i t t .

The magistrates found h im g u i l t y and imposed a fine of £25 i n the first case, and a fine of £5 i n the second.

M r Freeman said the circum­stances arose out of enquiries in the previous case, and as a result of certain in format ion given by P a t t i n ­son to the police, Detective Co l l i n -son and Sergt. McDonald , i n com­pany w i t h the two inspectors from the M i n i s t r y of Food, visi ted Den-ham's fa rm. W h e n Detective Col-l inson t o l d Denham he had reason to believe t h a t he (Denhain) had supplied certain animals t o P a t M i i -son, defendant said, " I am saying no th ing to-day ."

La te r , he was alleged .to have said. " Yes, I d id le t h im have a •bit of stuff. H e came and asked me and he is a decent feli 'ow." H e was fur ther alleged to have said m rela t ion to hides and skins o i other animals found in the butcher 's garden, " The calves w i l l be mine and 1 have let h im have a few sheep now and again. The last he got was three sheep i'ast Wednesday." Den-ham was then asked i f he had been paid by cheque, and he was alleged to have said, " No, you don ' t use cheques on them jobs ." Aga in , he was alleged to have said. " I have beeit s i l ly , and have lived long enough to know bet te r . "

Denham, on oath, f la t ly denied the offence re la t ing to the suppiy of three slieep to Pa t t inson . H e ' said t ha t when in terviewed, he denied the charge. He knew noth­i n g about the mat te r u n t i l the police went to see h i m . " I to ld the police officers t h a t i f they had a l l the in format ion I had given over t a l k i n g t o men l ike t h e m long since," he said.

" The only t h i n g I said which resembled a confession was when 1 said ' ' I f you say that , i t w i l l be r i g h t . ' This case is the cl imax of a good b i t of persecution 1 have had i n th is mat ter , I denied, hav ing made a confession a'bout i t . and I to ld them to get o i l w i t h the case i f they had one.

" I am ent i re ly innocent ," he added, and when cross-examined by A i r Freeman, he said he was not the only farmer who had Ayrshire cat t le .

Ai r H e w i t t , addressing the magis­trates , said the case rested on an alleged verbai confession by Den-ham to the police.

Eggleston is to be favoured w i t h an organ reci ta l by A r t h u r Al iu tu , F .R.C.O. . L . R . A . M . , on -Monday, October 9 th . at 7 p i n . , i n the H o l y T r i n i t y Church. Af te r the lec i ta l there w i l l be a sale of f r u i t and vegetables i n the Schoolroom (pro­grammes I s . eaoh). Proceeds are for the upkeep of the organ.

The resui't of the collection taken on three nights i n the Scala Cinema by k i n d permission of the manager (Sir Swindle) , i n a id of the N . S . P . C . C . to ta l led £26 2s. 8d.

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Jewellers & Silversmiths 26, Market Place, Barnard Castle

M - i f , - ; ] C i s t l e l?c;a! Corn i l nil •"Wednesday decided to levy a •V.en. a l !•';«••. averae :ig 8s. in t ' ;e

. t>>und i ' • • • ti'ne various t a r i - l u s for the half-year ending M a n ' i . l i s t , l i t ) . t gc . r wit i a d u n i ' J i t . m < '.';••_'! "tble t i sevt :n l j t t i h is as s"c .1 r a l . ' t .

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, now c;i t r y i n g out. Egglcston.

The Surveyor presented the fol­lowing report of the su'b-conini ' t l 'e on the i r meet ing he'd at Kgglestoil on Tuesday. 22nd Augus t . 1950. to consider a site, for housing. Present: Messrs Siddell and Hage ( M i n i s t r y of H e a l t h ) . Air Ogden ( M i n i s t r y of Town and Count ry P l ann ing ) , M r Booth ( .Ministry of A g r i c u l t u r e ) , .Messrs Hell, Smi th . H . S. Thomp­son. H . 11. H a l l , and Surveyor.

The meet ing opened w i t h a re­sume of the six sites tha t had been considered previously and the dead-

Jock t h a t had arisen either on the SRie hand by the M i n i s t r y of Argri-"'•ulture or on the other by t h e M i n i s t r y of Hea l th .

.. The six sites wore reviewed and i t was stressed 'by the Council 's deputa t ion tha t there must not be | m y excessive costs, as regards site works and outside services, and th is side of the question was most impor tan t and must be considered.

T i n ' School site was then inspec­ted and as no one present could give the requirements of the K d u c i t i o n A u t h o r i t y , the site near the Post Office was inspected. This site had been suggested previousi'y. The owner of this land. Air H . Ba in -hridge. was a t hand, and he was tsked to jo in i n the discussion. He

objected to any land being taken away from h im but he was most emphatic about the par t icu lar por­t i o n adjoining his calf paddock. I I I D was a case of t a k i n g some of his l and he preferred i t being to the nor th of his m i l k i n g byre. This sug­gestion was accepted and the site inspected. This site, the first pro­posal ever made ( s l igh t ly amended I is very level, has a road frontage, central to the village and easy to develop. The A l i n i s t i y of A g r i c u l t u r e re­presentative wi thdrew the i r former objection and as the site was agree­able to a l l parties i t was ful ly a ' p roved .

I t was pointed out tha t water would have to be brought on to the site f rom Gordon Bank and this would cost approximately £150. The remainder o l the services were on the f ront road. The approval was for .six houses. The owner of the i'and to be approached w i t h a view-to his sel l ing the area required.

The County P lann ing Officer sug­gested . tha t a layout he prepared and he would give i t his immediate a t t en t ion .

The report was approved and adopted.

The C l e r k stated he had ap­proached Ai r 11. Bain-bridge, Post Office, Eggleston. the owner of the selected site, and he had replied s t rongly objecting to the sale of the i'and at any va lua t ion .

The Clerk also stated t h a t i t appeared tha t there were only three live applications for Counci l houses a t Eggleston, when i t was decided t h a t the Eggleston Parish Council be asked to obta in fur ther applica­t ions, and also to use wha t in f lu ­ence they may have to persuade Air Bainbridge to sell the land to this Counci l .

Eggleston Public Conveniences. The Clerk reported receipt of

p lanning approval from the Durham County Council for the erection of these conveniences near the Bead­ing Room a t Eggleston. The Clerk also stated t h a t he had approached Air E . Hu tch inson , the owner of the site, regarding purchase by the Council , and al though a reply m w r i t i n g had not been received i t was understood t h a t he was not w i l l i n g to sell the land. The Clerk was ins t ruc ted to ask Air Hutchinson to reply i n w r i t i n g .

Proposed Public Conveniences at Ing le ton .

The secretary of the Infj leton Women's In s t i t u t e wrote asking i l i t was possible for a public conveni­ence t o be erected a t Ing l e ton . I t was recommended t h a t the Women s I n s t i t u t e 'be informed tha t i n the opinion of the Council there is no need for a public convenience at Ing le ton .

Refund of Rates. Sta iu ton No. 2 Camp, Westwick

N o . 3 Camp. H u m b l c t o n No . 4 Camp.—The Clerk reported tha t the above camps had been only pa r t l y occupied and he had discussed w i t h a representative of the Treasury Valuer the question of cont r ibu­tions i n l ieu of rates on these pro perties when agreement had been reached as fo l lows :—

Sta in ton. No . 2 Camp.—Contr ibu­t ions to be granted on £175 in l ieu of £1,674 from 1st October, 1948. to 31st March , 1950, and contr ibu­t ions to be granted on £.'500 in lieu of £175 f rom 1st A p r i l , 1950.

Wes twick . No . 3 Camp.—Contr i ­but ions to be granted on £2(X) in lieu of £1,367 from 1st January, 1950.

Humble tou . N o . 4 Camp.—Con­t r ibu t ions to be granted on £150 in lieu of £1.540 from 1st A p r i l . 1949. to 31st March , 1950, and contr ibu­tions to he granted on £1.540 in l ieu of £150 from 1st Apr i i ' . 1950.

The Clerk 'further reported t h a t consequent upon the above adjust­ments there is due to H . A I . Treas­u r y the sum of £3,842 I t s . , being contr ibut ions i n l ieu of rates over­paid.

I t was recommended t h a t the Clerk ' s action be approved and a refund amoun t ing to £3.842 l i s . be made t o H . M . Treasury.

The Tiustees of the Bowes Museum .have appointed a s M u t e u u i Assistant . Aliss Joan Thornberry.

,B.A- . of Dar l i ng ton .

Mrs W r i g h t w i t h her fivs sons ( I . and

I t is w i t h keen interest that we learn ol the progress made bv the Barnard Castle band d o i n g the last year The 'membership has in­creased, a n d . w i th the support of the lot-ail people, tin-,- have (Seen able to equ i | themselves w i t h l e iv uni t i t t ins it the cost of £260.

One interes t ing f<ature w i t h regard to the ham), is the support given by the W r i g n t fa i in 'y of which ten are members—live sons and five giai i ' l s ims. The eldest son. Mi -Tees Nicholson W r i g h t , has been associated With the band .since -he was eight years of age .and has lo •his credit 15 years of service. The Second sen. A i r Maurice W r i g h t (bandmaster) , .has been a member for 32 years and has also plaved i l l Easingtoii Coll iery Band.

Al l s J . W r i g h t , who is a fire old ("; r stian lady of 7(i years, has , , V e r y mason t o be proud of the record of her- sons' and grandsons' w o k and interest i n the band.

She belongs to an o ld Barnard Castle family of the name of Hur ivnr l h. who were quarry on in is at Shipley. Her husband, t in - late A l - Jaines W r i g h t , was a foreman in the old flax m i l l m Brirtgognto. and was a great snortsm.an. wanning many trophies w i t h his sk i l l a- a runner- Ai r W r i g h t , sen., died many rears ago and his wife was left to h t i n g up a family of nine chi ldren. She is a-i active member of the Con­gregational Women's G u i l d and attends whenever health permits i t I'c.ssible Recently she received from Camilla a silver cornet t o be used by a member of the family . I t had bean sent by a Air Coates. who had been a 1,'rominoiit member of the Barnard Castle hand 50 years ago, and who. on a r r iva l in Canada had also le-nied a band.

The Barnard Castle Ban I has vis i ted Crys ta l Palace five t imes and on their first v i s i t won the 4th pr:ze. the present bandmaster, A i r Maurice W r i g h t , p l ay ing solo cornet. '

On one of these occasions when t r ave l l i ng on hlle bus in London, a silver cornet was accidentally lef t in the bus. When the bandsman, discovering th i s , the bus had dis­appeared and so he waited u n t i l ;t made its re turn journey, and w i t h a s:gh of relief, found the precious ins t rument jus t where i t had been left.

M r Af W r i g h t recalls his old band­master t e l l i ng of how when playing in the neighbouring villages, a fa-nier « » < watching the t romro ' i e

'ayer m i l l i n g bis ins t rument i n and out- Cneble to under* t a r d the streuous movements any longer, lie tu rned to a bandsman and said qi iest ioninglv " T h o u ' I I stand the-e and sen a foliar fi le hissel t i bits afore t h o u ' l l help h i m . " He though t the ins t rument had stuck.

Two or three years ago was a t ime of s t ruggle to keep the band going, and there is no doubt tha t the determinat ion of these lew keen musicians 'has proved a t u r n i n g m i n t i n the his tory of Barnev Band.

A t one t ime there wits a member­ship of eight or ten . Now the hand consists of 25 players, amongst whom are six young boys about the age of eight to twelve. Owing to shortage of instruments, no fur ther players can be accepted, but i t is the determinat ion of the bandmaster and his colleagues t h a t money w i l l he ' ra i sed to purchase these v i t a l and expensive ins t ruments to sup­plement the present hand.

Many engagements have been already fulfil l e i since acquir ing the new uniforms and many invi ta t ions have come from surrounding d is t r ic t s which they hope to be able to accept- The social amenities of the town have been enhanced by the presence of the baud, and the people of Barnard Castle and su>r-rounding d i s t r ic t s should be proud of i ts progress.

We know t h a t the people' of Teesdale jo in i n wishing a l l mem­bers of the band every success i n the i r loyal and unst in ted service.

L A I T.

to r.) James, Maurice, Tees, Trevor Alan.

E V E N W O O D P A R I S H C O U N C I L

Conn. I t . I . Parkin occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of the Eveuwood and Barony Parish Coun­cil held i i i the Haiiishaw Council Schools, when i t was reported tha t Conns. Aliss Brown. J . G. S l am thorpe. M . Arn i son . F . Ki i shford . N . S. Baw and W. F . Brown , in conjunction w i t h Durham County Council representatives, had Made a survey ol footpaths and bve-wavs at Lands and •Windmi l l . A i r ' H a r o l d Mason, the Clerk , stated be was awai t ing estimates from ti le N 'o i th -Kastern Elec t r ica l Board for 20 addi t ional back street l igh ts .

i t was decided that (ill w a i t lamps bo replaced w i t h 150 wa t t lamps at the fol lowing po in t s : Vic­toria Street, Bank l o p , Church Corner and the Co-operative s iores . The Clerk was ins t ructed to contact the manager of telephones, ream - t -ing :\ l i gh t in the Lands Bank tele­phone kw.sk, and also the N o r t h -Eastern Elec t r ic i ty Board for an estimate for e ight street Isgbts a t Lands Bank.

I n connection w i th the Durham County Council 's Hea l th Services scheme for the assistance of the aged and a i l i ng in their own homes, a committee was formed w i t h live represeittalves of the Par ish Council , five representatives ol the Women's Ins t i t u t e , over which the Chairman of the Parish Council w i l l preside.

Held ovsr: Br i t i sh Legion Mem­oria l Service, Poem ( A u t u m n ) , Letters " Q u i va l a " and "Cen t r e -ga t iona l i s t " and Liberals Policy, L ibrary List , Occassional Notes a id other items

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B A R N A R D CASTLE C H A M B E R OF T R A D E A N D

P U B L I C I T Y S O C I E T Y .

Mercury Calendar COMING EVENTS.

October. I . \ V ' : i - t I ) ' ve. .stapit<n. I . w h i s t Drive and D a m e . Jlowe, .'. l):> e. Beading Koom. M n k l c -

ti»:» 10. S.- ' i . i ! and Dance. D u l l H a l l . 12. W h i s t Dr ive anl Dance. St. ) • ) ,

Mary ' s Church In s t i t u t e . ' l 13 W l n ^ t l i t vc and Nopal , S ta r t -

l o r t h Sihool . !. . As. nhly H a l l . M ddle-

t i i r - i n - T i i sda lc . 2J. O'axo Floral Dance. W i t h a m

H a ' l , I lo 1 a.m. 20. V i s i t to Cothersloi ie of Wols-

in -ham Male Voice Choi r . 20. Bowes Y . K . C . Debate & Dance. 21 . Cia!ns-o'-l?cck Show. 2"). W h i M Dr ive and Dunce a t

Cotlu rs i i i i ie Br i i i l . ' - g i o . i ( . i i h .

26. Annual Chun h Sale of W o r k . Church I n s t i t u t e .

27 Hallowe'en Dance. Bowes. 27. W h i s t Drive and Dance a t

O v i n t t o n In s t i t u t e . 31 . A l l H i l ' o w e ' e n Dance. I.at l i n g - .

ton H a l l . November

3. Whi s t Dr ive and Dance. Read-Room. Mlck l e ton .

10. W h i s t Dr ive , Da l ton SHSML 4

20, 2 1 , 22. Barna rd Castle A O . & 1). Society (Dramat ic Section) in " T h e Paragon," a t the V i c t o r i a H a l l .

24. Bowes Y . F . C . Quiz and Dance. 30 T r i n i t y Method i s t C h u r c h

A i>111inn Fayre. December.

9. Xmns Fayre, S t a r u o r t h V i l l age H a l l .

22. Annua l Ninas Fare. Wheat D r i v e and Dance. Bowes

S H I R T S Popular Prices!

"ROCKET" MFN'S W E A R SHOPS

Anthony Donald L t d . near "Boots" BARNARD CASTLE

also at M idd lesb ro . D u r h a m & D a r l i n g t o n

T A N F I E L D L E A C H O I R CONCERT-

Impor t an t .

'TVi iK above Society w i l l shor t ly be 1 issuing a new G U I D E BOOK,

for Barnard Castle and Teesdale. W i l l a l l those who wish to take advantage o i the advertisement pages p/oase con ta r t me a t once, and also those who w i l l have accom­modat ion for vis i tors , as we wish to have a fu l l l i s : ready for the expected large demand du r ing the Festival of B r i t a i n and the local Pageant. This fist w i l l cover the whole of Teesdale and include a l l those who have accommodation H i fa rm houses. F u l l details of th is service can h e obtained from the H o n . .Secretary, together w i t h l u l l in format ion re the new Guide.

I f anyone has any ideas they wotn'il l ike inc lud ing in the Guide, and w i l l let me know, they w i l l be placed before the Commit tee lo r consideration.

H . R. WOOD, H o n . Sec. Publ ic i ty Society,

3, Galgate. (Phone 286)

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O n Saturday, 3 ' l th Senlcmber. 1950. t h i ; lamoiis Nor th -coun t ry choir paid a r e tu rn vis i t to Barnard Castle. Their tower ft took place in the Congregational Ch inch , H a ' l Street, where an entbils-astic au l i eme were treated to a-veri table feast of music M r Jack Henderson was cha i i inan . and introduced t . . ' various items, which included " And The C ' o r y . " f r o m Hand l 's •• Messiah," the au ' i i e in " H a * * Calmly The Even ing . " by Klgar . and a group of Negro spii tuals . The programme was i n t c i persc l w i t h many humorous songs an I mono­logues, which d e m o n s t r a t e the v e i s a t i l i t v of this l a i i i au - '_"oup of singers. Conductor W i l l anis I - to be congratulated on Ins t r i o r ' s successes at the N o i t h of Eng land Musical Tournament and at the Ry ton Fes t iva l . 1950

T H E Y B O U G H T A HOUSE W I T H T H E I R W I N N I N G S .

A young <aiiiple in Wales hate jus t won enough money t o buy a house, and so thev say i t is con­clusive proof of the Legend of the 300 year o ld W i s h i n g Cork Tree. Another couple had a piece of L u c k y Cork senl to them by a rela­t ive and got an empty house two days afterwards. A lady in Dun-caster sent for a piece ami « o : i £3,000 on a penny (mints p o t l . A wife gave her d o u b l i n g husband a piece of L u c k y Cork for his b i r t h ­day and two weeks after he won £1.50(1. A mother ~ciit each of her sous .i- piece and one of them wui l £1.003 i n a swivpstakc. I f you would l ike fur ther part iculars , send Stamped addressed ellvelo |H- i n Wish ing Cork Tree. Cumbe-iu-Teignhead. Devon.

The month ly meeting of Licensed Vic tua l le rs was held in bhe JJ 'ue Be l l Hote l on Monday niieht. A i r H a r r y L< wson presided. Attendance was poor, out of 30 members in Barnard Castle and d is t r i c t , only e ight at tended. I t was suggested that we hold our annual -whist d r i ve and dance in the near future or some social function, but th is w i l l have to be 'left in abeyance u n t i l the next meeting when i t is hoped a better attendance would b r i n g more ideas and suggestions. I t was •Iccded t h a t M r J . D. B e l l , o f Staindrop. be reimbursed from Association funds, the £2 10s. expenses, etc.. incurred r e c o r d i n g mollies from a cider firm.

B A L D E B S O A L F . ' A G R I C U L T U R A L .SOCIETY

•IA7/ISH to thank the Barna rd V V Castle Fi re Brigade for the i r

p rompt a t t en t ion to the fire at Hn-ry: also P.C. Shcspperd and M r W . Alderson, who w i t h o u t delay telephoned the Brigade; and to any­one else who helped in anv way.

W . E . 1CETON, Secretary.

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