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Friday 8th April 2011Ferryhill & Chilton Chapter Issue 516 Page 1
Published at:First Floor, Town Council Offices,
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Chapter Ferryhill & Chilton At the heart
Friday 8th April 2011Issue 516
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Police are continuing to investigate the death of a man who was struck by a car in Ferryhill on the evening of Sunday, March 27th.David Moore, 54, of Aidens Walk, Ferryhill, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in Wood Lane, near its junction with Brancepeth Road.A black Audi A3 was found abandoned nearby shortly afterwards.Police want to speak to anyone who saw this dis-tinctive car being driven in the Ferryhill area from around 7pm on Sunday. They particularly want witnesses to come forward who may have seen two men running from Brancepeth Road, where the car was abandoned just after 10.45pm, up to the Grey Terrace area of Ferryhill.At least two men ran
from the vehicle but may have separated shortly afterwards. One of them may have been bleeding from facial injuries.DCI Paul Goundry said: "Mr Moore was a hard-working family man and the men responsible showed complete disregard for the appalling injuries he received."It is crucial that anyone who has any information, however insignificant it may seem to them, contacts police as soon as possible."Two men arrested in connection with this incident have been released on police bail pending further enquiries.Witnesses are urged to contact Durham Con-stabulary on 0345 60 60 365. Alternatively, they can speak anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800
Police continue to appeal for key witnesses
Mainforth Boxing & Fitness Club, which operates from Mainforth Community Centre, is starting a new Boxercise club which will be run entirely for ladies.The class will start on Monday 11th April from 7.30pm and the charge is
just £3. For more informa-tion give John Hadwin a call on 0797 071 7023.The Boxing Club has been running for around 20 years and is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4pm till 7pm On Tuesdays and Thursdays
it is open 6pm till 7pm and Saturdays from 8.30am till noon. All the sessions are geared towards boxing and fitness. There are around twenty lads present most nights and the charge per session is only £1. Boys have to be 11 years or older to attend and new members are always welcome. Girls and ladies are also welcome, but staff feel some may be uncom-fortable in a class filled with males. This is the reason for the new ladies’ Boxercise class.The popular club is run by coaches John Hadwin, Derek Slater, Adam Bowman and Trevor Knight and this year is the first season the club has become affiliated. Recent successes include Billy Snaith, 23, who won a belt in the novices category and Jordan Knight, 15, who won the Junior ABA title and is now fighting in the Regionals and has been selected for England.“Why not come along to the club, meet new friends and become much more active and fit at the same time” said a spokesperson.
Boxing club fighting fit after twenty years
Billy Snaith, Lee Pearson, John Hadwin and Alex Storey.
Friday 8th April 2011 Ferryhill & Chilton ChapterIssue 516Page 2
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Chapter Ferryhill & Chilton
William Davison
Much loved Husband, Father and Grandfather.
Died 25th March, 2011In Australia with his family around him
He will be sadly missed
(Bill)
In Memoriam
Bob Bell
A beautiful memory dearer than gold, of a Dad and Husband whose worth
can never be told
(Ferryhill)8.4.09
There’s a place in our hearts no one can fill, we miss you
Dad and always willWe never ask for miracles,
but today just one would doTo see my door open and my
lovely Dad walk throughDad if you can hear us, we
love you with all our hearts
Loved and missed every day,
Jean and Sue
Bobby Bell
Memories of a dear Son and Brother
Thoughts go back to happy days when we were all
together
8.4.03
The family chain is broken now, but memories live
foreverNow with Dad
Look after one another
Gone but never forgottenMam & Sue
Birthdays
Julie Liddle
Happy 40th Birthday
With lots of love and best wishes,
David, Kieran, Kaine & Kurtisxxxx
7th April 1971
40!
Liam Craggs
Happy 13th Birthday
Lots of love, Mam, Dad, Sophie, Dan and all the
familyx
Ashleigh Robson
Nanx
Congratulations Ashleigh on your 18th
9th April
18!
Julie
Happy Birthday Jullie
Lots of love, Nicola & Joex
40!
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Michelle & Chris Pickford
Happy 25th Wedding Anniversary
5th April
Lots of love, Mam, Dad and all the family and the woofas
xxx
Acknowledgements
Derek & Ann StainesWould like to thank
everyone for the lovely cards, gifts and flowers
they received for their Ruby Wedding Anniversary
Love to all
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possible from a selection of mystery ingredients. After 15 minutes of frenzied cooking, the red team produced a delicious dish that was selected by the audience of fellow pupils as the winner. Darren Tinkler, Putting Fun Back into Food Manager, Chartwells, said, “It is surprisingly easy to be a creative and healthy cook, even at the age of 12 and 13 and today’s competition has proved this. Children love learning cookery skills
– it gives them the oppor-tunity to use their hands and get messy – and the live audience makes the whole experience more exciting and heightens pupils’ sense of achieve-ment. “All of the pupils seemed to have lots of fun but, perhaps more importantly, went away with some hands-on cookery skills as well as more practical knowledge about healthy eating and nutrition; it was a fantastic day.”
Garden waste collections in County Durham restarted this week following a winter break.The fortnightly collections resumed on Monday 4th April, with householders receiving leaflets giving details of their specific collection day.The following items can be placed in garden waste bins:• Small branches• Flowers• Leaves• Grass cuttings• Weeds• Prunings• Hedge clippingsBins should be left out for collection by 7am on the specified day.Garden waste is collected
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from about 156,000 homes across the county by the council and Teesdale Community Volunteers, known as Rotters.Last year, more than 17,000 tonnes of garden waste was collected and turned into compost or soil conditioner.Oliver Sherratt, Durham County Council’s head of direct services, said, “Now that the days are getting longer and the weather is getting milder, many of us are starting to get to work in our gardens.“It’s, therefore, the perfect time to remind people to start using their garden waste bins again so we can help reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.”
On your marks....get set.... cook!
The participating pupils at the cookery competition.
Dance the night awayChilton Community College will be holding weekly dance sessions from Monday 11th April.Classes will take place from 6pm to 7pm and again from 7pm to 8pm and will include salsa, zumba and
latin.All ages are welcome to attend for just £2, although under 16s must be accom-panied by an adult.For more information contact the college on 01388 720911.
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West Cornforth, Bishop Middleham and Windle-stone areas.The new board member will play an active role in deciding which projects should be delivered in order to meet local needs, contribute to consulta-tions and lend their skills, knowledge and local per-spective to continuing the success of the 4 Together
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Five of the Ferryhill Six present the cheque to Chris Allison of Macmillan Nurses.
The Mayor of Chilton, Councillor Margaret Walton and her Consort, Tony Walton would like to invite readers to their final fund-raising function. The Mayor’s Civic Dinner will be hosted at Chilton Workingmen’s Club on Thursday 21st April, commencing at 7pm and finishing at midnight. On arrival, guests will receive a reception drink followed by a superb five course dinner.Entertainment will be performed by band Regent
2 and vocalist Taylor K. There will also be an auction, raffle and tombola. All monies raised on the evening will be donated to the Mayor’s nominated charities; the Stroke As-sociation, James Cook Hospital (Botulinum Toxin Department) and Chilton Christmas Lights Appeal.Tickets for the event cost £20 and are available from the Town Council offices.For further information call into the Town Council office or telephone 01388 721788.
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The NHS County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust’s Talking About Cancer (TAC) team is working within the local community to help raise awareness of cancer.Information stands will be at venues throughout April focusing on bowel cancer awareness and a member of the TAC team will be there for you to talk to, along with leaflets and information for you to take away with you.Sessions will take place at Ferryhill Market Place on 14th April between 9.30am and 3.30pm, and Henderson House in Chilton on 21st April
Talking about cancer
between 10am and 11.30am.The awareness sessions aim 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 or Jill Wheatley on 0191 5692859.
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Telephone Jim on (01740) 654 751Mob: 07725 205 172This week in History
6 April 1320
The Scots reaffi rmed their inde-pendence by signing the Declara-tion of Arbroath.
7 April 1994
Massacres of Tutsis began in Kigali, Rwanda.
8 April 1820
The Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.
9 April 1860
The oldest audible sound recording of a human voice was made.
10 April 1858
The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell, was cast in Stockton-on-Tees.
11 April 1905
Albert Einstein revealed his Theory of Relativity.
The mayor of Ferryhill Peter Atkinson was happy to visit another Golden couple on Friday 1st April, when he presented a lovely bouquet of fl owers to Ken and Jean Welford.Ken, 71, was born in Wolseley Street in Ferryhill Station and went to school there while Jean, 68, is also a local girl born in Bertha Street, attending The Broom school.They were married at St. Luke's Church, Ferryhill and met at the Pavilion Picture House where Ken was the projectionist and Jean was working as an usherette. Ken left school and he started at the Pavilion in the village, then moved onto the ABC in Darlington. He later got a job at NEECOL in Ferryhill Station where he worked for three years before he found employment at Courtaulds in Spennymoor for ten
years as a machinist.In the meantime, he also went around the working-men's clubs showing fi lms. Ken said, “The clubs would be packed out. This was long before Sky TV”. He also went around in his van renting out videos, all around Chilton, Ferryhill and Spennymoor.Jean started work at Ferguson's T.V. Factory in Spennymoor until she was married.The couple moved to Darlington after they were wed, but returned to Ferryhill Station in 1963 to live in High Street. In 1975 they moved to Bede Terrace before moving to their current address in Ramsey Drive in 1985.After the family were at school Jean started at the V.G. Shop in The Broom, working there for twenty years until Jean and her sister Pam bought
the business from Cec Bainbridge. They stayed in the shop for another eleven years. At the same time, Jean was also active going around the clubs herself showing fi lms.The lovely couple have two girls and one boy. Sharon, Deborah and Nigel. They have six grand children and three great-grand children.Jean is a keen on knitting and does a lot of sewing. She still makes her own curtains and some of her own clothes.They both like walking, gardening and holidays, including cruises and going on bus trips.They celebrated their special day with a meal at the Village Inn at Kirk Merrington, then on Mother's Day had a lovely time with family and friends over a meal at Woodham Golf Club.
Poetry CornerCoalition Involvement
Like a teacher may break up a schoolyard fi ghtSo western forces mobilise their military might “Not more foreign confl ict” the rank-and-fi le moanAs a united air force establish a no-fl y zone.
Not a clear-cut manifestoClarifi cation is requiredParameters to be establishedBefore the fi rst round is fi red…..Is the General the target of our military campaign?Or protection of insurgents our strategic aim?
Perhaps it may be a romantic dreamOr a realistic appraisal of a contemporary themeAs Europe bands together against this tyrannical regimeThe camaraderie bonds our nations into a cohesive ‘team’.
Whilst altruism is an admirable qualityContrast ‘charity at home’ – one alternative policyAs we attempt to settle unrest on Middle Eastern soilcynics will openly question the rising cost of oil.
Resources spread thinly, a time to tighten one’s grip Make some economies, run a tight shipParochial concerns may rise to the foreShould our domestic concerns become a priority once more?
By C R Lee - Chilton
Golden couple celebrate 50 years together
Peter Atkinson with Ken and Jean Welford.
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Chilton Library has a new adult fiction selection on display entitled ‘In the Garden.’ The Garden Party by Sarah Challis is just one of the books on offer and is described as ‘A satisfying read about the swiftly running undercurrents in our lives, no matter how tranquil the surface may
appear.’To support the family history session at the library, which was held on 1st April, there is also a selection of books to help researchers with their family trees.A Book and Chat session is set to take place on Thursday 14th April at 2pm.
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wants to help improve the appearance of their local area, to find out what is involved and how they can get started. “We have a great track record in the prestigious Northumbria in Bloom and Britain in Bloom competi-tions and I hope that having experts from these organi-sations on hand will help enthuse many people.”There are a number of award schemes and campaigns run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), including the ‘In Bloom’ programmes. This year the society is also encouraging more people to get involved in the RHS ‘It’s your neighbourhood’ award. The award is open to volunteer led community groups keen to make their
local area cleaner and greener, whether it’s the street they live on or a small patch of communal land needing a revamp. Information will also be available for schools about ‘Growing together’, a competition recently introduced by Northum-bria in Bloom to recognise and reward the excellent work many education es-tablishments are doing to introduce young people to the benefits of horticul-ture.Anyone interested is invited to attend the event on Saturday 9th April from 10.00am to 12.30pm at County Hall in Durham. Places should be booked by calling 01207 218654 or email [email protected].
Easter egg appealThe Co-operative Funer-alcare in Parker Terrace is appealing for donations of Easter eggs following the huge success of last year’s appeal.
This year, all donations received will be shared between the children of women at local women’s aid refuges and local learning disability groups.
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The official opening of the New Sports Facility, football pitches and play area at Dean Bank Park will take place on Saturday 7th May. Ferryhill Town Council and Ferryhill Town Youth FC are organising the event, which will commence at 10.30am with the opening of the new Sports Facility by a professional footballer from one of the North East Premier Football League teams.
Following this the new play area will officially be opened by the Mayor, Councillor Peter Atkinson. From 11am there will be a football match between the original Ferryhill Youth Team and a similar team from Stockton on Tees.There will also be a youth seven-a-side knock-out competition and any youth teams wishing to enter this event should contact Mrs Rita Foster on 01740 651508.
For those not taking part in the football matches, there will be football associated play equipment to test people’s footballing abilities, with prizes being awarded to the winners. There will also be an infant’s fun fare, stalls, Punch & Judy, face painting and hot and cold refresh-ments available. Stalls for the event are £10 and anyone interested should contact John Rogerson on 01740 652157.
New Sports Facility to open
The Surtees Arms in Ferryhill Station has been voted CAMRA Durham pub of the year for the second year in a row.Landlord Alan Hogg said, “Susan and I are obviously
ecstatic at the result and thank everyone involved with maintaining the Surtees’ position as a premier real ale venue and important community local.”
CAMRA pub of the year
Computing courseA basic computing and word processing course will get underway at Chilton Library on Thursday 6th May. The classes will last
6-10 weeks and cost £15.Anyone interested in attending should contact the library on 01388 720251.
Park and run Calling all ladies looking to put your best foot forward and run for fun.County Durham women aged 16 or over can sign up to a fun run with a choice of three and five kilometre routes at Hardwick Park, Sedgefield on Sunday 15th May.The event is being organised by Durham County Council’s sport and physical activity team to highlight the wide variety
of fitness opportunities now on offer.Race organiser, Helen Tones, said, “This fun run is one of a number of activities and programmes to encourage more women to participate in regular exercise and take advantage of the health benefits this can bring. “What better way to have a go at recreational running than in the beautiful sur-roundings of Hardwick
Park.”Participants will each receive water and a goody bag containing a medal. Entry is £3. Deadline for entries is Monday 9th May. Registration on the day of the event begins at 9.45am, ready for a warm-up session at 10.45am and a race start time of 11am.For more information or to book a place call 0191 527 4738.
Important changes to bus travel Members of the public who are entitled to conces-sionary travel are being reminded that there are important changes to Durham County Council’s scheme.If you qualify for conces-sionary rates on buses in the county and you travel before 09.30am then, from now on, you will be required to pay a flat rate of 50 pence. This fee applies to each journey you take but only before 09.30am.Under the council’s previous ‘enhanced con-cessionary fares scheme’ there was no charge for journeys before 09.30am. However, large reductions in Government grants
mean that the authority can not afford to run this free service any longer.The national travel scheme, which is statutory, provides for free travel on local buses to the elderly and disabled between 9.30am and 11pm Monday to Friday and at all times on weekends and Bank Holidays.Adrian White, head of transport at Durham County Council said, “There are currently 128,000 pass holders registered in the county. This flat rate of 50p for travel before 9.30am will affect about 10 per cent of those residents. While I realise that these people will not be pleased about
it, the majority of pass holders will continue to enjoy the best travel scheme in the region.”This year Durham County Council must reduce its spending by £66.4m and over the next four years by £123.5m.As part of these savings the council has also had to look at how it subsidises bus services across the county. The final list of those services which the council will no longer be able to subsidise is now complete. It can be viewed on the council’s website www.durham.gov.uk.In practice 95 per cent of bus journeys will be unaffected by these changes.
Town band charity concertFerryhill Town Band will be holding a Charity Concert on Saturday 9th April, from 7.30pm at Mainsforth Community Centre.Tickets, priced at £3, are available from Ferryhill Town Hall, Thinford Farm Shop and all Town Band
members, or from Peter Atkinson on 07873275454.A spokesperson said, “It will be a night of music to suit all ages, with a special tribute to the late John Barry, composer of the James Bond theme, and many other film music titles.
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were postponed due to the bad weather. Noah won all three games in the round robin stage and attained the top score in the exercise section. After winning his semi-final he was narrowly beaten in the final. He was awarded the cup
for the top boy in the set exercises and was runner up overall. Noah plays at Ferryhill Indoor Bowls Club five nights a week. The club is based at Ferryhill Leisure Centre which is currently under threat of closure by the county council.
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