Friday 14th January 2011Shildon & District Town Crier Issue 493 Page 1

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Talking about cancer in ShildonThe NHS County Durham and Darlington Community Health Services’ Talking About Cancer (TAC) team is working within our local community to help raise awareness of cancer.The Talking About Cancer team can:• help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel, breast and lung cancers; • promote the NHS screening programmes for bowel, breast and cervical cancer and• provide awareness sessions to community groups and organisations to talk about cancer, the signs and symptoms and the screening programmes available. Information stands will be at Shildon Sure Start on Byerley Road on Tuesday 18th January, from 9.30am to 11am. A member of the Talking About Cancer team will be there for you to talk to, along with leaflets and information for you to take

away. Since prevention is one of the most important cancer-fighting tools, it is important that cancer be detected as early as possible before it spreads.Research shows early detection of breast, bowel and lung cancer and increased awareness of the NHS screening programmes and how to access them will increase survivability rates and ultimately save lives. The awareness session aims to provide good quality, easy to understand information about the signs and symptoms of cancer along with the screening programmes available. The intention of the session is to encourage members of the public who may be concerned to visit their GP sooner. If your group or organisa-tion would be interested in having an awareness session, contact Karen Moore on 0191 5692823.

This week saw the completion of a project which was started by the Shildon Youth Council for a Youth Shelter and toddler swings in Hackworth Park.The Shildon Youth Council secured funding for the

project after consulting with young people in the town to provide a facility where youngsters wanting somewhere to go can meet and socialise. It is hoped that the shelter will reduce youths hanging about in

the town centre and street corners and reduce the risk of minor damage that can take place when they meet in unsuitable places.Funding was secured from the Youth Opportunities Fund and AAP Neighbour-hood Budget money, provided by Councillors Garry Huntington and David Hancock.Dan Howden, Youth Councillor, said, “We are very pleased that funding was granted and the shelter will give young people a place in which to hang out on a night with solar lighting and Bluetooth music. We are grateful to Cllrs Huntington and Hancock as well as the Youth Opportunities Fund for granting the money”.The Toddler Swings will enhance play facilities for toddlers and children within the natural play area and hopefully will appeal to families to use this area along with the other outdoor equipment.Shildon Town Councillors supported this project and agreed to fund future maintenance and insurance of the facility.

Youth shelter and swings now ready

The Youth Shelter in Hackworth Park provides somewhere for youngsters to meet up and socialise.

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In Memoriam In Memoriam Birthday Memories Birthdays Birthdays

ClassifiedsAll about local people...

Town Crier Shildon & District

Chloe Louise Clark18-01-10

A sweet little AngelAsleep in Heaven

Loved and remembered every dayLove Nana

xxx

Chloe Clark

Always missedNever forgotten

Love Mam, Lauren & Lewisxxx

18th January

Our princess

James Lack4th January 2009

It’s 2 years since you went away, but it only seems

like yesterday

Never forgottenDoreen & Joe

Christine Smith13.1.46

Very sadly missed

Love always,Tommy & Duke

xxx

Christine SmithThinking of you on your

Birthday Mam

Lots of love,Sue & Jamie

xxx

Miss you so much

Christine SmithWish you were here so we

could give you a hug on your Birthday

Lots of loveKieran & Jack

xxx

Christine SmithThinking of you on your

Birthday Mam

Lots of love,Chris & Sarah

xxx

Forever and always in our hearts

Christine SmithGrandma

Missing you,Nicole, Martin

& Cameronxxx

It would have been your 65th Birthday

Lisa KirkbrideLisa, who is with the Angels

for her 50th Birthday

Love and miss you,Mary, Albert,

Vicki & Jay-leexxx

Lisa Kirkbride12th January

50th Birthday

Always rememberedJanice, Barry

& family

A Birthday wishWe send to youNot on a card

Like we used to doBut written in goldOn a cloud aboveAnd sent to youWith all our love

Lisa Kirkbride12th January

Happy 50th BirthdayMissing you always

Janette, Dawn & families

Birthday Memories

Birthdays

Kai Hopwood

Lots of love, Dad, Rebecca, Kane, Nanna June, Marilyn, Dave, Liam,

Billy, Tammy & Connerxxx

16.1.11

Happy 12th Birthday

Katie Walton

Now aged 11

Love always Grandma, Granda, Mick & Molly

12th JanuaryAbbi Grace

Happy 2nd Birthday Princess

Love you loads,Mammy, Daddy & Megan

xxxxx

16th January

Abbi Claydon-Wood

Love you loads,From Grandma & Granda

xxx

January 16th

Happy 2nd Birthday to our little Princess

Abbi Claydon-Wood

Love you loads,From Aunty Kelly

xxx

January 16th

Happy 2nd Birthday to my special little Niece

Rebecca Hopwood

Lots of love, Dad, Kai, Kane, Nanna June, Marilyn, Dave,

Billy, Liam & Tammyxxx

13.1.11

21!Happy 21st Birthday

Lewis Raine

Happy 18th Birthday

Love from Mam & Dadxxx

18!

Lewis Raine

Happy 18th Birthday

Lots of love from Tasha, Paul & Chloe

xxx

January 15th

Carl Baker

Love from Mam, Dad & Stewart

xxx

Happy 21st Birthday

Carl Baker

Love from Nanna Paulinexx

Happy 21st Carl

Elaine Miller

Lots of love, Claire, Carl, Jordon Lee & Callum

xxx

Happy 40th Birthday18th January

40!

Ryan Miller

Happy 13th Birthday Ryan

Lots of love,Mam & Dad

11th January

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January 10thHappy 50th Graham

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Audrey Armitage, wife of the late Mike, announces

the Engagement of her youngest Son, John Michael,

to Claire Elizabeth Wade, Daughter of Roger &

Christine Wade of Batley, Yorkshire.

Acknowledgements

Ann & Paul FletcherWish to thank relatives

and friends for their care and concern, after losing a

beloved brother.Thanks also for the sympathy cards and

beautiful flowers received.Ray suffered for months but

is now free from pain.God bless you Ray, have eternal rest, you were

one of the best.

Always love you Ray,Beloved Sister, Ann

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Dancers turned out in force for a Christmas Dinner and Party Dance organised by Graeme Scarlett at Shildon Masonic Hall on 18th December. Eighty guests enjoyed a four-course Christmas dinner before taking to the dance floor to celebrate the festive season in style.

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The dance was hailed a great success by all who attended, and requests for tickets for the 2011 event have already been received. A grand raffle held on the evening raised £160 for the charity Help for Heroes. The date for the next dance is Saturday 17th December 2011.

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Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information about the following incidents:• Overnight on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th December, a sneak-in burglary was reported at 10 West Close, Shildon. Stolen during the burglary was; a black purse, a mobile phone and a quantity of money. • In the early hours of Monday 3rd January, seven people were arrested for various offences following a disturbance in Primitive Street, Shildon.One person has been formally cautioned and the remaining six have been bailed pending further investigation.• Overnight on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th January, the locks of several garages in Larch Avenue were damaged. Nothing was stolen.• An emerging trend has appeared regarding unoccupied dwelling house burglaries in the Eldon area. Since October, two properties in New Row and two in South Row have been targeted. Invariably copper boilers, pipes and cookers are removed.Please be vigilant as these crimes occur at all times day or night. If you see or hear anything which causes concern, please inform the police.• In the early hours of Sunday 2nd January, staff disturbed two male intruders in the Holly Lodge Care Home, Chapel

Police appealsStreet, Shildon. The males fled empty handed. • Shortly after midnight on New Year’s Eve a male was the victim of an unprovoked assault as he made his way home. After passing the King William Pub in Cheapside Shildon and walking past the bus station he proceeded to walk along the path that runs behind Burnie Gardens and Cedar Grove. This path is known locally as the black path. It is believed that somewhere in this area the male was assaulted and sustained injuries to his face and head which resulted in hospital treatment. This assault is very similar to the incident reported on Christmas Eve that occurred at the rear of The Jubilee Fields Community Centre. The same individuals may be involved.• Between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Thursday 30th December a blue Ford Focus was broken into in Albert Street and a wallet was removed. • On Boxing Day evening between 10pm and 11pm, a handbag was stolen from the upstairs function room of the Old Shildon Working Men’s Club. Contained within the bag was; a Nokia X6 mobile phone, a set of keys and between £10 and £15 cash. • A garage was broken into in Auckland Terrace between 2pm on Christmas Eve and 2pm 8th January. Two red coloured

vintage Lambretta Motor Scooters were taken. These scooters are very distinctive and well known to those involved within the vintage scooter scene. The theft has been circulated nationwide.• A chain securing entrance gates to Eldon Hope Farm was cut between 4pm on 7th January and 9am on 8th January. The following items of property were stolen; 2 used Mercedes gearboxes, a quantity of steel galvanised posts, 2 channel girders (14’x 8”), 2 galvanised trailer chassis with large tow hitch, 2 4’black drive gates, 6 steel stands and 2 JCB buckets.• Two plate glass windows at Shildon Civic Hall were damaged between 9am on New years Eve and 9am on 4th January. • Damage was caused to a window at a house in Maple Avenue between 7th and 10th January.• Unknown people entered an industrial compound on Dabble Duck Industrial Estate between 8.05pm and 8.30pm on Sunday 9th January. The three intruders are captured on CCTV and can be seen carrying canisters and a length of pipe. They approach a vehicle in the compound where they proceed to remove £150 worth of diesel from the vehicle. If anyone has any informa-tion at all pertaining to any of these incidents, please contact Durham Police on 0345 60 60 365.

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The Learning Team at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is inviting readers for a free tour or talk at the museum every month. Join the Learning Team on Wednesday January 19th for your chance to learn more about how a steam locomotive works, using the sectioned replica Rocket as an example.The sectioned locomotive was built in 1934 by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns. The original Rocket, which beat Shildon-built Sans Pareil in the famous Rainhill Trials race,

featured crucial innova-tions such as a multi-tube boiler, blast pipe and direct drive from cylinder to wheel. These design ideas laid the foundations of steam locomotive practice for the next 150 years, and the sectioned replica allows observers to see what made it so special.There are sessions at 11am and 2pm on Wednesday January 19th, and it’s free to join in. However, places are limited so you’ll need to pre-book – for more infor-mation, call the museum on 01388 771439.

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In the early hours of Saturday 1st January a burglary was reported at Cedar Grove in Shildon.A short time later, police searching the area recovered the outstanding property and arrested a man. As a result, Anthony James Cooke aged 26 of Wordsworth Road, Chilton

was charged with burglary, affray and possession of an offensive weapon. Cooke was placed before the remand court at Newton Aycliffe where he was given conditional bail until his next appearance on 13th January. The conditions include an 8pm until 7am curfew and not to enter Shildon.

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Tearaways hooked on pantoYoung members of The Tearaways Youth Theatre Group have entered into final rehearsals for their production of ‘Peter Pan’ this year. The producers of the show are apologising in advance for making it such an extremely happy family show, in which you will be subjected to music, laughter, dancing, slapstick and lots of comedic boos and hisses towards Captain Hook. Get involved with the old “He’s behind you” routines

and watch out for custard pies!There are four performanc-es at Shildon Civic Hall, starting on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th January at 7.30pm and continuing over the weekend on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th January at 2pm. Tickets can be pre-booked priced at £4 adults and £2.50 for children and concessions, by calling 01388 774 838 or 07747 826 324. Alternatively you can purchase them from the Town Crier office.

Have a say on local issuesResidents in Bishop Auckland and Shildon can find out how local issues are being tackled when the local Area Action Partner-ship (AAP) meets later this month.The Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP board will meet on January 27th, between 6pm and 8pm at

King James 1 Community Arts College in Bishop Auckland.Residents are invited to attend to observe proceed-ings.To attend the event or raise any issues they would like the board to address, call Sharon Scott on 01388 761 569.

A Shildon man has been cleared of rape after a jury took just 30 minutes to come to a unanimous not-guilty verdict.Keith Robertson, of Thomas Street, had been drinking with his accuser in her home when they began to kiss. Robertson, who is known as Jake, admitted giving the woman love bites and said they touched one another, before she suddenly said, “You’ve just totally raped me.”He came face to face with the woman who accused him of rape during the

Durham County Council has proposed several changes to subsidised bus services affecting the Shildon area.It is proposed that the 1B service between Tow Law and Darlington - via Bishop Auckland and Shildon - have its subsidies withdrawn from

8pm Monday to Saturday, meaning the service will no longer operate after this time. The 1B will also be withdrawn on a Sunday, as will the 5A, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Darlington, via Newton Aycliffe and Shildon.The number 7 bus between

Shildon and Spennymoor will have its subsidies withdrawn for its Saturday service, whereas the 896 will have its entire subsidy cancelled.The final decision will be made in mid-February and the changes will be imple-mented on Sunday 17th April.

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trial, and she was warned by the judge for screaming abuse at the Shildon man.Judge John Walford presiding over proceedings at Teesside Crown Court warned the woman about her conduct just seconds after she entered the witness box.The woman, who is in her 40s, yelled at the accused, “you liar, you’re a liar” during her cross examina-tion.She appeared to take exception to some questions lodged by defence lawyer Brian Russell, who suggested she

consented to parts of the sexual activity. The woman admitted kissing with Mr Robertson, 51, but denied any heavy petting.Under cross examination from Mr Russell, the woman denied concocting “an utterly ridiculous account” and being extremely drunk and unable to remember the events of the evening.She accepted drinking more than four litres of what she described as “lethal” Jacks cider, but denied leaving to purchase another three litre bottle to share that evening.

Shildon man cleared of rape

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Care home deputy accused of assaultThe deputy manager of a local care home has denied a charge of assaulting an elderly resident when he appeared before Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court at the weekend.Alan Young, 53 of Armstrong Drive, Willington, pleaded not guilty to common assault on the resident of Redworth House Care Home, who is in his 70s.We reported in October

of last year that a member of staff from Redworth House had been suspended pending a police inves-tigation into an assault allegation. The Byerley Road Care Home provides care for elderly dementia sufferers and people with learning difficulties. Mr Young was released on unconditional bail and is due to stand trial in Newton Aycliffe in April.

On Sunday 2nd January a 25 year-old male from Larch Avenue, Shildon was arrested on suspicion of burglary on 30th November.The arrest was the result

of further evidence obtained during a house search. The man was bailed pending forensic results and referral to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Forensic evidence leads to arrest

Church moves to new locationThe Oaks Church, which was based at Shildon Sunnydale Leisure Centre for the past three years, has recently moved

into the Jubilee Fields Community Centre on Jubilee Road.The church will be holding a ‘taster’ introductory service on Sunday 30th January from 10am.A spokesperson said, “It will be a taster of what we are about as a church and also an introduction to what our vision is for the local community.”The service will be followed by a ‘coffee shop social’ with homemade cakes.

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Margots Hairdress-ers in Church Street, Shildon raised £1,600 for worthwhile causes during 2010. The many charities to benefit included Cancer UK, the Great North Air Ambulance, the Butterwick Hospice, the Salvation Army and the local premature baby unit, as well as The Town Crier. The charity fundraising kicked off in 1982 with a quest to raise £40,000 for a hydro therapy pool for the mentally handicapped at Newton Aycliffe. The pool was official opened five years later in 1987.Thereafter, the staff could not stop fundraising with barbecues, disco's quizzes and sponsorships for fancy

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This season’s league winners are Shildon Railway Institute, with The Flag & Whistle taking the runner up spot. The Institute were also ranked highest in the league doubles, captains and overall competi-tions. The league player of the season trophy was

awarded to C. Brass of The Flag & Whistle.The league presentation night is held at the Railway Institute on Friday 21st January. If any new teams wish to join the new league this year a meeting is due to be held on Monday 31st January at the Railway Institute at 8pm.

What a start!Heighington AFC Boys Under 8s played their first ever friendly games on Sunday against Kader Juniors. It was a very cold morning but all the team were very excited, as were a lot of the parents. In the first game both teams worked hard in the middle of the pitch with Heighington Boys having the better of the chances. The Heighington team took the lead early in the second half thanks to Spencer Soakell, who slotted home after a mazy run through the opposition.Heighington were then gifted a second when Jacob Richardson fired the ball into the back of the net. The game finished 2-0 to Heighington Boys with

man-of-the-match being awarded to Cameron Brassell.In the second game of the morning the team reacted amazingly to a team talk from managers David Brassell and Paul Soakell.Heighington AFC Boys Under 8s finished the game 11-0 Winners, 2 goals from Cameron Brassell, 3 goals from Jacob Richardson, 4 goals from Spencer Soakell, 1 goal from Keiran Shingler and 1 goal from McKenna Longstaff capped off an amazing team perfor-mance. Man-of-the-match was awarded to Spencer Soakell. “A Big Well Done to the whole team who gave 100% on a very cold winter’s morning,” said a team spokesperson.

Shildon beaten by Spennymoor in the LeagueShildon AFC finally played their top of the league game away against league favourites Spennymoor Town on Tuesday 11th January and were disap-pointed to lose 2 - 1.In an end-to-end entertain-ing game, Moors had most of the attacking play in the early stages without creating any real chances, then on 15 minutes, Moors Gavin Cogdon’s shot was well stopped by Shildon keeper Keith Finch. Half time approached with both teams cancelling each other out, with both defences solid, not allowing any open opportunities. After 64 minutes Moors took the lead when Craig Ruddy won the ball inside the box and set up Adam Johnston who

lobbed the ball over the keeper.The home side went 2 - 0 up on 75 minutes when Adam Johnston scored his second goal of the night from the edge of the box with a low drive into the bottom corner. Three minutes later Shildon should have scored, but Chris Hughes missed an easy chance from only 6 yards out. The Railwaymen pulled a goal back after 88 minutes when Gary Brown fired a brilliant 25 yarder into the top of the net giving keeper Simon Bishop no chance. Near the end, Shildon nearly grabbed a point, when from a corner the ball was headed goal-bound, but it was cleared off the line by a Moors defender.

Final Score: Spennymoor Town 2 Shildon 1 The winning numbers of the club’s Grand Christmas Draw are listed below.1st £100 Cash No. 8732nd £50 Cash No. 11483rd £25 Cash No. 27204th Country Manor Wine 3Ltr No. 19295th Three Barrels Brandy No. 5676th Vsop French Brandy No. 47th Grouse Whisky No. 3318th Red Wine No. 18879th Thorntons Special Toffees No. 121510th Tia Maria No. 103611th Box Roses No. 273312th Thorntons Chocolate Selection No. 226313th Large Picture No. 281814th Picture Frame No. 577.

12This week in History

January 1998

Nineteen European nations agreed to forbid human cloning.

13 January 1968

Johnny Cash performed live at Folsom Prison.

14 January 1938

Norway claimed Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.

15 January 1559

Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.

Adolf Hitler moved into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.

17 January 1998

Paula Jones accused President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.

16 January 1945

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