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Shildon & District At the heart
Friday 8th March 2013Issue 603
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Shildon features on Channel 4’s Bank of Dave
Mr Charles Acriviadis talks to Dave Fishwick from the Bank of Dave about the closure of Shildon’s banks.
The closure of Shildon’s banks became the focus of the nation last week, when the story was covered on Channel 4’s The Bank of Dave.The programme follows Dave Fishwick, a self-made
Burnley Businessman who became so disillusioned with the nation’s banking system that he opened his own ‘bank’, with the aim of borrowing money to ‘the little guys’ and donating the proceeds to
charity.Dave visited Shildon for the show after hearing about the closure of every bank in the town. He was greeted by a group of councillors and residents who talked to him about how the closures have affected them, including Mayor of Shildon Brian Stoker and Councillor Peter Quinn. Dave says of Shildon, “I’ve been all over the country on this campaign, I’ve met lots of people, but here in Shildon they actually need a community bank.“Everybody knows everybody, everybody talks to everybody. They would be able to know who they could lend the money to and who they couldn’t lend the money to.“This would work very similar to the way it works in Burnley.”If you missed the show, you can watch it until the end of March by searching for The Bank of Dave, series 2, episode 1, at www.channel4.com/programmes/4od or on the 4od app.
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Shildon’s Town Council meeting on Monday 11th March will note that, last month, Durham County Council approved a plan to build 287 dwelling homes and associated landscap-ing, including 3.9 hectares of community wildlife area, on land at Dale Road in Shildon.The plan for the develop-ment was submitted by Story Homes. Meantime, the County Council’s planning committee has also approved an applica-tion to build a mixture of two, three, four and fi ve bedroom properties at Redworth Road. This scheme will see 38 new homes built and the project will also include six houses under the Affordable Homes Programme, which aims to increase the supply of new affordable homes across the country.A number of previous ap-
plications for housing had been refused on the 1.37 hectare site, which was originally earmarked for industrial and business development. However, the planning committee meeting was told that there was a proven over supply of employment land in the area, and that there was also a requirement for housing. Concerns were raised about the welfare of bats that populate a nearby hedgerow, but principal planning offi cer Andrew Inch assured the committee they would be protected. The plan, which was submitted by Kenworth Ltd, was therefore approved.The Town Council’s meeting, from 6.30pm in the Council Chamber, is expected to rubber stamp the Dale Road project when it meets.
Approval for housing developments
Friday 8th March 2013 Shildon & District Town CrierIssue 603Page 2
In Memoriam Birthdays
ClassifiedsAll about local people...
Town Crier Shildon & District
George Pennington
God saw you getting tiredAnd a cure was not to be
So he put his arms around youAnd whispered ‘come to me’
7.3.12
Always in our hearts,Diane & family
The moment that you diedMy heart was torn in two
One side filled with heartacheThe other died with you
I often lie awake at nightWhen the world is fast asleep
And take a walkDown memory lane
With tears upon my cheeksRemembering you is easy
I do it every dayBut missing you is a heartache
That never goes away
Birthday Memories
Linda Ward
Always remembered
56 on the 9th March
Timxx
Mother’s Day Memories
Obey PeacockRemembering you on this special day Mam & Nana
Loved & missed always,Tina, Gary & family
xx
Happy Mother’s Day
Joan JimmiesonTo a special Mam on
Mother’s Day
Too dearly loved to ever be forgotten,
Pam, Jean, Celia, Philip & families
xxxx
This Mother’s Day We cannot shareBut in our hearts
You’re always there
Mother’s Day Memories
Obey PeacockHappy Mother’s Day
Thinking of you on this special day
Loved & missed every day,Mandy, Mally, Ryan & Brad
Karen MawsonOur first Mother’s Day
without you
Love you always, Emma & Vicky
xxx
Forever in our hearts & thoughts
Karen MawsonHappy Mother’s Day
Grandma
Layton & Siennaxxx
Miss & love you lots
Val Simmons
A loving thoughtA silent tear
A happy memoryOf one so dear
Special Mam, died 22nd December 2012
Love from Martin & Jenny
R.I.P.xxx
Val Simmons
Grandma I love youI want you to knowI will never forget
The love you have shownR.I.P.
Special Grandma
Love from Glenn & Ayeesha
Mother’s Day Memories
Eileen BakerHappy Mother’s Day Mam
I miss you so much
All my love always,Christine
Give Dad a big hug from me too
xxxxx
Eileen BakerWe miss you so much Nana
Sending you big hugs and all our love always,
Debbie, Peter, Emily, Donna, Vern, Lynsey, Shaun,
Kimberley, Kirsty, Lee, Ruth & all your Great-
GrandchildrenGive Granda a big hug
from us tooxxxxx
Olive RewcastleRemembering a very special
Mam on Mother’s Day
Love always,Sharon & Peter
xxx
Olive RewcastleThinking about our
Grandma & Great Grandma on Mother’s Day
Love you lots,Brian, Gemma, Kim & Annelise
xxx
Mother’s Day Wishes
Christine JohnsonHappy Mother’s Day Mam
Lots of love always,Debbie, Peter, Donna, Vern, Lynsey, Shaun, Kimberley,
Kirsty, Lee, Ruth & all your
Grandchildrenxxxxx
Doris HumbleHappy Mother’s Day Mam
Lots of love always,Peter, Debbie &
Grandkidsxxxxx
Louise WallisTo the best Mam
in the worldHappy Mother’s Day
Love Cameron & Reece
xx
Birthdays
Happy 60th Bro(aka Paul McCartney)
Love from Linda & Brianx
60!
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Alan RewcastleHappy 60th ‘Al’
Love Sharon, Peter, Brian, Gemma, Kim & Annelise
xxx
60!
Alan RewcastleHappy Birthday Alan
Love Di, Kev, Lisa & Jordanxx
‘Uncle Al’ RewcastleHappy 60th
Love Joe, Andrew & Christian
xx
Jason
Happy 40th Birthday
Lots of love from Mam & Dad (Foreman)
15.3.13
40!
Oliver Bennett
Happy 1st Birthday to our special Grandson
8th March
Love you loads From Nana & Granda Leys
xxx
Alan Rewcastle
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Congratulati ons on your 18th Birthday!
Have a great day
10th March
Lots of love, Nanna, Granda, Aunti e Julie,
Uncle Jim, Anna & Bethxx
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Have a fantasti c 18th Birthday
10th March
Love you loads, from Mam, Dad, Nathan & Grace
xxxx
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Happy Birthday
Love John
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Love Wayne, Tina & Kelvin
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Happy 18th Dan
10th March
Lots of love,Nanna & Grandad
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10th March
Loads of love,Mam, Dad & James
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Twenty-one-year-old old Ashley Gray of Albert Street was arrested and charged with criminal
William John Shanley, aged 32, of Gray Street, Eldon Lane, was due before mag-istrates at Newton Aycliffe recently to face three charges. It is alleged that on 31st January he drove a
damage recently after he caused damage to the door of a taxi during the early hours of Sunday 3rd March.
Shildon police are investi-gating the theft of a wing mirror from a vehicle parked on Byerley Road between 6pm on February 16th and midnight on February 18th. The wing mirror appears to have been snapped off with some force.
Wing mirror stolenDuring the early hours of Monday 25th February a car door was also damaged on St John’s Road. If you witnessed either incident or have any infor-mation about the offences, contact police on 101 and ask for the Shildon office.
Citroen Saxo, in Deanery Court, Eldon Lane, whilst disqualified and whilst being without third party insurance. Further, it is alleged that Shanley failed to surrender to bail on 8th February.
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The friends of Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon are staging an exhibition at the end of May called The Story
of Shildon Works.“If anyone has any photo-graphs and would be willing to donate to us or to allow us to make copies, we would
be more than grateful,” said a spokesperson. “Please leave your details at the library and Ken Wharton (Roger) will contact you.”
Shildon teenager, Jennifer Gooch, is organising a fun-draising coffee morning as she sets out to raise £1,700 for a life-changing 10 day expedition to Ethiopia. Jennifer is heading to one of the African conti-nent’s most dramatic and beautiful countries with World Challenge – a schools expedition company which educates through explora-
tion - where she will help build a school and educate the local children. Part of the programme involves the young people in planning and fund-raising their way to this experience of a lifetime. The coffee morning, which will be held at St John’s Church on Saturday 16th March at 10am, is just one of many fundraising
activities Jennifer, who is studying Maths, Biology and Chemistry at QE Sixth Form College, is planning.The coffee morning will include a raffle, tombola and cake stall.Jennifer is also accepting donations. If you would like to donate to help her realise this once-in-lifetime dream, call 01388 777324.
An aerial view of Shildon Works in full swing.
The story of Shildon Works
Coffee morning in aid of Ethiopia expedition
Directors’ fraud charges
The Directors of a Shildon-based accounting company have appeared at Newcastle Crown Court charged with fraud. Aidan Tait, 29, David Fisher,
28, Malcolm Maclean, 49, and Pauline Maclean, 49, were all Directors of Maclean, Fisher and Tait Accounting on George Reynolds Industrial Estate.
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Members of a local youth theatre group will be performing the hit show, Mamma Mia, at the Civic Hall in Shildon on Thursday 14th, Friday 15th and Saturday 16th March at 7.30pm, with a fi nal per-formance on Sunday 17th March at 2pm.The fi fty-strong cast of the C.A.T.S. group will be performing their version of the well-loved Abba musical, with all the well-known songs such as
With almost 3,000 people unemployed and long-term youth unemployment at almost double the national average in the Bishop Auckland constituency, Helen Goodman MP has joined with Bishop Auckland College, local employers and local employment and training organisations to launch Bishop Auckland Jobs Fair.Running from 10am-2pm on Friday 15th March, the free event will bring together a wide range of local and national employment experts and trainers to help local job seekers to apply for jobs or apprenticeships and to get ready for job interviews.Bishop Auckland College, The Prince’s Trust, Dale & Valley Homes and Premier Inn, 2D, Territorial Army and a range of local employers and volunteer recruitment experts will be on hand throughout the day to help job-seekers to identify local vacancies, apprenticeships and work
experience opportunities.National Careers Service will be providing a rolling programme of workshops helping job-seekers to understand the local labour market, identify their employability skills and gain help with applying for online vacancies.Helen Goodman MP, who is hosting the event, said, “Long term unemployment and youth unemployment in Bishop Auckland is a growing problem. Offi cial statistics show that just under 3,000 people are out of work in the area at the moment but I know that there are many who are getting by on savings or have been forced to move into lower paying or lower skilled jobs as the recession has hit.“We’ve got lots of talented people in the Bishop Auckland area, many of whom are struggling to fi nd a job at the moment. They’ve got the skills to do the work, they just need a helping hand fi nding the
right jobs or presenting themselves well in their CVs or at job interviews.“I’ve been astounded by the support from local people and organisations who are coming together to help tackle this issue. This event will be a great chance for people to get a leg up, so if you’re looking for work, want to move jobs or know someone else that does, please come along.“I am also pleased that our fabulous local Bishop Auckland Theatre Hooligans have agreed to open the Jobs Fair with a short sketch.”Camilla Race, Employment Services Manager at Bishop Auckland College said, “We are delighted to host the Jobs Fair at Bishop Auckland College. We have supported over one hundred apprentices into jobs since August last year and as a College we are committed to helping more people into jobs and to provide education and training.”
MP to host local jobs fair
The Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP is now recruiting for new public representatives to sit on the AAP Board. Public Representatives must live in or work in the area of Bishop Auckland or Shildon and must be over the age of 16. “The AAP Board positively welcomes applications
from all members of the community so that the Board represents a wide range of people,” said a spokesperson.If you are interested in receiving an application pack or would like to fi nd out more, call 01388 761569 or email [email protected].
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‘I Have A Dream’, ‘Money Money Money’, Take A Chance on Me’, ‘Chiquitita’ and many more in their two hour show.Tickets are all £3 each for the Thursday show, and £4.50 (adults), £2.50 (children aged 5-16) or £1 (children aged 3-4 and concessions) for all other performances. They are available to purchase by calling 01388 774838. For more information call www.cats-theatre.co.uk
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Threadbangers quilt showThe Threadbangers 2nd Quilt Show will be held at Heighington Village Hall on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March, from 10am to 4pm.There will be tea, coffee, home baking, sales table,
traders and a fantastic raffl e of quilts.Tickets are £3 each and all proceeds will be in aid of Help for Heroes. Tickets are currently available by calling 07403 214 188.
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Over recent weeks, Shildon police have received several reports from members of the public that youths have thrown snowballs and stones at their house windows. These reports are from several areas throughout the town and, in some cases, criminal damage has been caused when the stone has broken the window. Several youths have been identifi ed as being respon-
The Salvation Army in Cross Street, Shildon, will be holding a Jumble Sale and Coffee Morning on Tuesday 12th March from 10am. Admission is free and all are
Parish meetingResidents are invited to attend a meeting of Dene Valley Parish Council on
Monday 11th March, from 6.30pm, in the Prince Bishops Primary School.
sible for this behaviour and have been dealt with in a variety of ways, ranging from being arrested and attending the police station for interview, to being issued with harassment warnings and put forward for Anti Social Behaviour Orders. A spokesperson for the police commented, “Can all parents please be aware of these issues and make sure that their children are not part of the problem.”
Concerns over stone throwing
welcome.The Army will also be holding a Bake Off Bake Sale in aid of Comic Releaf on Friday 15th March, between 10.30am and 12 noon.
Jumble sale
Graeme Thomas Richardson, of Laurel Court, Shildon, reported to the court at Newton Aycliffe shortly after 9.30am on Wednesday 27th February but when his case was called, he was no longer on the premises. Information was brought from outside the courtroom that security staff had
ejected him from the waiting area due to his in-appropriate language and that there had been some suggestion that he had been drinking. The 19 year-old faces charges relating to an incident in Shildon on 16th February, when it is alleged that he damaged two doors, of value unknown, and that
he had in his possession a kitchen knife in Mill Street. Magistrates gave Richardson the benefi t of the doubt and did not issue a warrant for his arrest but instead adjourned matters in his absence, extending his conditional bail until 13th March, when he will return before the court.
Defendant goes missing
Everything 5p busThe St Cuthberts Care Everything 5p Bus will be visiting Shildon’s Civic Hall
Square (near the police station) on Tuesday 12th March at 9.45am.
On Wednesday 20th February, Neil Dodsworth, aged 21 of Queensway, Shildon, appeared before Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court. He was found guilty of driving/riding without reasonable consid-
eration for other road users, failing to wear protective headgear, having no insurance and driving otherwise than accordance with a licence. This related to an incident on 6th May 2012 when Dodsworth was identifi ed
by police offi cers riding an off-road motor cycle in Alma Road and Surtees Avenue in Shildon.Dodsworth was disquali-fi ed from driving for 6 months and ordered to pay a fi ne and costs totalling £330.
Guilty of driving off ences
This week in History
5 March 1963
The Hula-Hoop, is patented by Arthur “Spud” Melin. An estimated 25 million Hula-Hoops were sold in its fi rst four months of production alone.
The Imperial Patent Offi ce in Berlin registers Aspirin, the brand name for acetyl-salicylic acid, on behalf of the German pharmaceutical company Friedrich Bayer & Co.
Scottish-born 29-year-old, Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention - the telephone.
The February Revolution begins in Russia, leading to the abdication of Csar Nicholas II and eventually the communist revolution.
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Shildon's sprints and jumps group ended their indoor season in fi ne style at Glasgow's state-of-the-art Emirates Arena, whilst contesting the Scottish National Indoor Champi-onships. A record number of athletes from Scotland, Ireland and England gathered to contest the event leading to a very high standard across all the events.Saturday's efforts were led by Rachel McHugh in the u20w jumps. Rachel's season opening efforts earned her a bronze medal in the long jump, which she upgraded to a silver in the triple jump.With the promise of even greater rewards to follow this summer, Rachel left the event in a content mood.Georgia Hirst came down in distance to test her speed for the outdoor season and fi nished third in the heats of the u18w 400m in 62.5s.Sunday saw an outstanding effort from Ciara Hughes in the u14 girls 60m. Ciara successfully negotiated the heats and semi fi nal to contest a
competitive 60m fi nal.Ciara stormed through in the last 30m of the fi nal to record a personal best performance and narrowly miss out on a medal in a very tight fi nish, ending the race in 4th position. Also in this age group, Jade Hepple put in some fi ne battling performances to record pb's in both the long jump and 60m events. Not to be outdone, Emily Gledhill contested the u16g events from the lower end of the age scale to come through the 60m heats and semi fi nal to take her place in what was to turn out to be a super fast fi nal.Emily went on to fi nish in a creditable 7th place and lowered her pb to 8.18s in the event.Far from fi nished Emily followed this up by making the semi fi nals of the 200m and recording another personal best performance in what was her debut, on a diffi cult to negotiate tight banked track.Shildon’s other competing athlete in this age group, Courtnie Mills, also recorded two fi ne personal best performances in the long jump and 200m.
Athletes compete in Scottish Championships
Owens keeps Railwaymen’s Wembley dream alive
Shildon’s Wembley dreams were kept alive by a last gasp equaliser at Dean Street, where the Railwaymen faced stout resistance from Ascot United in the FA Vase Quarter-Final.The roar that celebrated Jamie Owens’s 92nd minute goal must have been heard across the entire town.This was a hard fought match on a heavy surface and Shildon quickly realised that Ascot would not be as easy a side to overcome as Brantham were in the previous round. But the home side didn’t help themselves when they conceded a sloppy goal on 34 minutes. A long ball forward by the towering centre back, Justin Clayton, was won in the air by Lee Boon, who continued his run into the space behind the back four before crossing to Rob Saunders, whose mistimed left foot shot from ten
yards was disastrously fumbled into his own net by Shildon keeper, Keith Finch.The lead allowed the visitors to close ranks and the second half was almost entirely played in the Ascot half, with the side from the uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division content to hit Shildon on the break.Twice the visitors could have ended Shildon’s dream but for last-ditch tackles by Robbie Briggs and Chris Hunter. But, in the end, and with time fast running out, the team’s never-say-die attitude was rewarded when Jamie Owens stretched to fl ick home Sam Garvie’s cross in the last seconds of normal time.The best chance of the extra-time period fell to Ascot with their last kick of the game. A free kick launched into the Shildon box caused confusion and up popped
the big defender, Clayton to blast the ball goalwards from four yards. It looked for all the world like the Railwaymen’s dream was about to be derailed but midfi elder, Robbie Briggs threw himself in front of the drive to save the tie. The sides will now replay on Saturday (9th March) at the Racecourse Ground in Ascot.Meanwhile, Shildon’s dreams of local silverware were ended on Monday night when Spennnymoor Town easily dispatched the severely depleted squad in the Durham Challenge Cup Semi-Final. Shildon, who could only name 13 fi t players, had to play the fi nal 35 minutes with ten men as more injuries affected the squad. In other club news, the winner of the £100 draw for February was ticket number 5, belonging to Les Chappell.
Jamie Owens wheels away in celebration as his 92nd minute goal rescues Shildon’s FA Vase quarter-fi nal tie at Dean Street. The sides will now replay this Saturday (9th March) in Ascot.
