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Shildon & District At the heart
Friday 23rd August 2013Issue 627
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Wrapped up in a coat and scarf is not the way most of us have been dressing at the moment.
However, for Naomi Tom-linson, just returned from the Philippines, the UK weather is decidedly chilly.
Naomi, daughter of Revd. David, Vicar of Saint John’s, established and runs a charity in Payatas, the poorest part of Manila, and works with street children and working children.Living amongst those she works with, Naomi has set up a drop-in centre, cur-rently feeding and educat-ing over a hundred children each day. Many of the working children start work at 2am, working through until lunch time when they take a break, during which they are able to call in at the centre for a meal, get a nap, have a class, and then sleep before the next night begins. Alongside the centre the charity runs a street football programme with hundreds of children enjoying the game. Naomi is in the UK for six weeks and will be speaking at Saint John’s Church about her experiences on Monday 2nd September at 7:30pm. All are welcome.
Naomi home from the Phillipines
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Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon is reaching new audiences as part of a major History and Heritage campaign this month.The museum has been showcased alongside other heritage attractions in Durham as part of Visit County Durham’s national marketing campaign.Heritage is the second of three themes in an overall project funded by £450,000 from the Govern-ment’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) administered by VisitEngland and with match funding to the tune of £210,000 provided by Durham tourism operators and local partners. Sarah Towers, Marketing Communications Officer at Locomotion said, “We are delighted to be part of this campaign – it is a great opportunity to promote the museum to the wider audience via a combina-tion of outdoor advertis-
ing, online advertising on high traffic websites along with working with national newspapers. “We hope that by working together, the partners can demonstrate to potential visitors there are many different opportunities for visitors to Durham.“The county has wonder-ful history and heritage attractions. “Durham has so much for visitors to enjoy from railway heritage, to Victo-rian character, castles and arts and architecture and we hope that many more people will be able to enjoy the fantastic range of experiences on offer”.The museum is currently receiving profiling on the campaign website www.thisisdurham.com/heritage which features information on all the key historic attractions from across the county.Locomotion is open daily and admission is free.
Locomotion launches national campaign
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In Memoriam Birthday Memories Birthdays Births Congratulations
ClassifiedsAll about local people...
Town Crier Shildon & District
Dennis Holmes
Loved and remembered every day, from Daughter Carol &
Grandsons Adam & Alexxxx
Treasured memories of a dearly loved Dad & Granda
15th August
It’s been one year since you passed away
A difficult year without you in our lives
Wishing we could see your smile and touch your
hand again
Ella Ingledew
Love Robert & Paulinexxx
Memories of a dear MamDied 22nd August 2012
The parting came so suddenly
We often wonder whyThe hardest part of all
Is we never said goodbye
Those we love remain with us
For love itself lives onCherished memories
never fadeBecause one love is gone
Those we love can never beMore than a thought apart
For as long as there is a memory
They live on in our heart
Ella Ingledew
Alan, Elaine, Graham & Jude
Never more than a thought away
Loved and rememberedEvery day
Mam & NanaDied August 22nd 2012
Ella Ingledew
Barrie, Pam, & family
Memories are a keepsake to cherish all life through
But ours are very special Mam, because they are of you
22nd August 2012
William Moffett
From your loving Wife Peggy and all your family
Gone but not forgottenHappy Birthday
25th August 2013
Betty Corner
Love all the family
To a special Mam/Gran23.8.29
Today is your BirthdayYour first away from home
Instead of cards and flowersWe send our love and
prayers
Betty Corner
Love and miss you forever and always, from all the
family
23.8.13
Loving thoughts and happy memories on this first Birthday without you
Birthdays
Edith Robinson
With love from Peter, Marjorie, Jayne, Chloe & Ava
Happy Birthday Mam
24th August80th Birthday
80!
Edith Robinson
Love from Roland & Denise
Happy 80th Birthday Mam
Edith Robinson
Love from Mark, Sarah & Charlie
Gran, Happy 80th
Edith Robinson
Lots of love from Louise & John-Paul
Happy 80th Birthday Gran
Sheila Thompson
Love from Stephen, Stephen, Michelle, Tegan, Kian, Christine, Carol, Lynn
& familiesxxx
Happy 60th Birthday Sheila
60!
Edith Robinson
From all the family & Margaret
Love and best wishes on your 80th Birthday
Edith Robinson
From Sydxxx
Love and best wishes on your 80th Birthday
24.8.13
80!
Matthew Burdess
Love from Diane, Geoff & Chris
Best wishes on your 21st Birthday Matthew
21!
Amy Taylor & Jonny Dunn
Love Mam & George
Thank you for our beautiful Grandaughter
Sienna
Also, our amazing NeiceLove Aunty Danielle, Uncle
Gavin & Uncle Chris
Also, lovely Cousin for beautiful Olivia
xxxx
Congratulations
Beth Olivia Alderson
Proud Nanna & Granda Fieldson and family
Congratulations on excellent grades
And Mam, who supported you all the way
Good luck at London Uni
Katie Hawes
Love you loads,Mumxxxx
Congratulations on achieving A* AAA in your A Levels and getting into Durham University to study Law
I am SO proud of you
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At around 5pm on Saturday 27th July, a teenage boy cycled to a shop on Auckland Terrace, Shildon, but on coming outside he discovered that his cycle, valued at £350, had been stolen. He went back inside the shop and told the shop-keepers, who called the police. At Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court, Liam Fowler and David Oakley pleaded
guilty to the offence.Fowler, aged 23, of Edward Street, Eldon Lane, also pleaded guilty to assault-ing a police officer who had gone to arrest him and pleaded guilty to assaulting the boy’s father, who had gone to retrieve the bike. Fowler has recently served a nine months prison sentence for affray and possession of an offensive weapon and had previously served twelve months for
robbery. Oakley, aged 20, of Stargate Close, Newton Aycliffe, is currently serving a twelve months supervision order for criminal damage and assaulting a police officer.Fowler will now return to the court at Peterlee on 5th September, whilst matters in the case against Oakley were stood down in order for the Probation Service to provide a pre-sentence report.
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On 10th May police executed a search warrant at a property in Main Street, Shildon, and found a large quantity of cannabis, stored in bags in the kitchen cupboards.At Newton Aycliffe Mag-istrates’ Court, Gareth Graham Wakefield, aged 23, pleaded guilty to pos-session of the Class B drug and was sentenced to a twenty four month conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs and the Victim Support Sur-charge totalling £100.The court heard that the defendant suffered from learning difficulties and, to help with his independ-
ence, his mother and stepfather had assisted Wakefield and his partner in setting up their own home together. However, when another man came to lodge with them, problems arose and it was he to whom the larger amount of the cannabis belonged. In mitigation, Wakefield was said to have received “a huge wake up call” and had since stopped smoking cannabis and ceased his association with certain people. The defendant and his partner have now returned to live with their respec-tive parents.
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An exciting new lottery game is coming to Shildon as the Shildon AFC Support-ers’ Club prepares to launch its brand new weekly Lotto Draw competition.Unlike the National Lottery, the Supporters’ Club Lotto continues to be drawn until it is won, and each week it becomes easier to win - and the prize money grows larger.The weekly draw begins with a jackpot prize of £400 and players must select 6 correct numbers from 20. However, if it is not won, the following week’s prize fund increases by
£50, while the numbers decrease by 1. So to win £450, players must draw 6 correct numbers from 19 and so on.The weekly draws, which will take place each Sunday evening at the Dean Street clubhouse at some time during the Supporters’ Club Quiz Night, which begins at 8pm, will continue until the jackpot is won.Each week the jackpot is not won, one participating ticket will be drawn out and will win a consolation prize.A number of local stores, including the One Stop Shop on Byerley Road and
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some local pubs will be stocking tickets, which cost £2 each. Tickets are also available from supporters’ club members. Readers should keep an eye out for posters around the town, or visit the sup-porters’ club website at shildonafcsupporters.co.uk for more information.Profits from the lottery, which is licensed with Durham County Council under the Gambling Act (2005), will go to Shildon AFC Supporters Club’ and the club committee has also pledged to donate some of the money to selected local good causes.
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The Pioneering Care Part-nership (PCP) is looking for volunteers to help with a project aimed at improv-ing the health, wellbeing and quality of life for local people in Shildon and sur-rounding areas. The PCP Health Buddy Scheme is aimed at people living in or around Newton Aycliffe, Bishop Auckland, Shildon, Spennymoor, Sedgefield and Ferryhill who may feel isolated, lonely or vulnerable, to regain their independence and confidence. As a Volunteer Befriender/Health Buddy you will develop a trusting rela-tionship with clients, help them with shopping or attending medical appoint-ments, encourage them to
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The closing date for entries for the 25th annual Sid Chaplin Short Story Compe-tition is fast approaching. Entrants are invited to submit a short story of no more than 3,000 words by the closing date of 31st August. The fee is just £2.50 for adults but is free for junior entries.The first prize in the compe-tition is £300, while the first
runner up will be awarded £150 and the second runner up will receive £75. There will also be prizes for the best entries submitted by juniors, as well as a prize for the best entry from a resident within the Parish of Shildon for both adult and junior categories.Entries should be typed on A4 paper using one side only with pages numbered. There is no limit on the
Deadline approaching for short story competition
number of entries, but they should be submitted sepa-rately and not be marked with any form of identifica-tion. They should be sent to Shildon Town Council, Council Offices, Civic Hall Square, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 1AH or al-ternatively emailed to [email protected]. For the full list of rules, contact the Town Council.
Leslie Marie Gibson, of Brougham Court, Peterlee, pleaded not guilty to stealing a quantity of jew-ellery when she appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court recently. It is alleged that, between September 2007 and July 2012, the 42 year-old stole goods in excess of £15,000 from Darren McCormick Jewellery Ltd., a distribu-tion company based in Redworth Road, Shildon.
William Edward Hopwood, of Burnie Gardens, Shildon, failed to appear before Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court and a warrant for his arrest was issued.
The magistrates agreed with the Crown Prosecu-tion Service that, due to the breach of trust and length of the alleged of-fending, the matter was not suitable for the Magis-trates’ Court and the case will go to the Crown Court, Durham, on 4th Septem-ber. The defence made no representations and the defendant was released on unconditional bail.
The 46 year-old faces charges that, on Saturday 3rd August, in Shildon, he used threatening words and behaviour and resisted a police officer in the ex-ecution of his duty.
Jewellery theft sent to Crown Court
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In the early hours of Friday 16th August, Jack Gray of Fir Tree was stopped by police officers in Fir Tree after being found driving a Ford Ka without a licence.He was dealt with for several offences and the car was seized.Overnight on Wednesday 14th August a Vauxhall Vectra parked on Salisbury Terrace, Shildon had all four tyres punctured.
Overnight on Sunday, 18th August, burglars broke in to an outhouse on Elm Road, Shildon and stole a screw-driver, which was later found nearby.Anyone who can help trace the perpetrators of either of the above crimes should contact Shildon Police on the non-emergency 101 number or call crimestop-pers anonymously on free-phone 0800 555 111.
Brian and Alice Grindley, along with family members and friends, enjoyed a celebration to have their marriage blessed at St John’s Church, Shildon, on Sunday 4th August.Presiding over the ceremony was Rev’d David Tomlinson
and the couple wished to extend their thanks to everyone who attended: “Thanks to the congregation for the friendly welcome, and to Reverend David for a wonderful blessing,” said Mr Grindley. Brian and Alice were joined
by family, including oldest son, Shaun and his wife, Tasha, Daniel and partner Lana and Dean and partner Vicky.After the ceremony, the couple continued the cele-brations with a family meal at the Civic Centre.
Brian and Alice enjoy marriage blessing ceremony
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Shildon’s young athletes were showcasing their talents across the length and breadth of the UK last week. Liverpool was the venue for the Northern age group Championships and the athletes had to compete against not only their com-petitors but horrendous wet and blustery condi-tions. However, never to be deterred, Georgia Hirst took to the track and quali-fied for the final of the U17 women’s 300m, where against a national class field she finished in a cred-itable 6th place. U14 girl Jade Hepple made the long journey to Aberdeen for the Scottish National age group Cham-pionships and encountered similar weather conditions to Liverpool. Nevertheless, Jade gained valuable experience in her first competition of this magnitude and finished in a solid 5th place in the heats of the 100m, a feat she
On Sunday 25th August the annual fundraising cricket competition will be held at the Sportsfield (the BR). The event, again organ-ised by Michael Lumley, is in aid of the charity Pancreas North and is held in memory of his grand-mother Sheila. Four teams, each of which pays for the pleasure of playing, will be drawn into two semi-finals, the winners of which will play the final.
After a disappointing midweek defeat in the league against Crook Town, the Railwaymen were at Garforth Town, near Leeds on Saturday 17th August in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup and were comfort-able winners.With a strong wind behind them, Shildon took an early lead when keeper Dominic Smith’s poor clearance was pounced on by Ben Wood, who returned the ball inside his near post.
For the first time this season, both of Shildon Railway Cricket Club’s senior games fell foul of
repeated in her first outing over the 75m hurdles. Over in Manchester, Cameron Boyek returned to 800m action where he recorded a time of 1m 53.21s in the BMC grand prix.Meanwhile, closer to home, Shildon’s Park runners returned to action on home ground. Hackworth Park Run is held at 9am each Saturday and is free to enter. Gary Bainbridge was 1st Shildon runner home in 5th, followed by Eddie Murphy in 10th. U11 girl Leah Ru-therford was in action at Whitley Bay in the Notan Quad kids event. She gave a very good all round per-formance recording a time of 11.5s for the 75m, 2m 14s for the 600m (pb), 3.59m in the long jump and 6.42m in the throws. In the final NEGP event at Monkton Stadium, senior man, Scott Michael contin-ued to progress by lowering his 400m pb and finishing 2nd in the 200m.
Team captains Michael, his father Dave and work partner Paul Harnett, of Middleton Road Garage, along with a team largely drawn from Elm Road WMC led by Michael Roberts, will battle it out for the trophy.There will be a raffle with all proceeds going to support this worthy cause. Entrance is free and the bar will be open. The first game commences at 10.30 am.
Shildon looked dangerous and increased their lead on 25 minutes when Ben Wood’s cross was fired home from 12 yards by Sam Hodgson.Just after the half hour Shildon were awarded a free kick, which captain John Brackstone whipped in, onto the head of Jamie Harwood for 3 - 0.After the break, with a three goal cushion, Shildon relaxed letting Garforth into the game, and just before the hour they pulled a goal back when Gary
the weather.At Castle Eden, the 1st XI had reached 85 for 6 when the rain forced the draw, Richie Arnott again proving his worth with 37.At the Sportsfield a team of real “golden oldies” represented the 2nd XI, as again the Railwaymen were left a depleted squad to choose from, due to several players being at Ripon Races. The side’s ag-gregate age was well over 500 but it was youngster Thomas Moss who showed the way with a fighting 42 from the total of 93 all out.
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Weather’s first win
Storer found Alex Booker, who fired low past keeper Lewis Graham.On 77 minutes Shildon’s Carl Jones cleared off the line, then 3 minutes later Shildon restored their 3 goal lead when Town’s keeper Smith misjudged a high ball as it bounced over him for Darren Richardson to hook the ball into an empty goal.Near the end, Town’s Tawanda Rupere was given his marching orders after his 2nd yellow.Final Score: Garforth Town 1-4 Shildon AFC.
Castle Eden, at 50 without loss, looked set for a comfortable win but the weather intervened to save the home side, who were kept waiting until 6.35pm by the visiting captain, in vain hope of restarting the game. Saturday sees high-flying Burnmoor visit the Sportsfield in the first team’s clash and the match will be sponsored by County Councillor Henry Nicholson and his grandson Harry.Bank Holiday Monday sees the first team at Evenwood, both fixtures being revered for the second team.
Ben Wood fires home from 22 yards to give Shildon AFC the lead at Garforth Town in the FA Cup last Saturday. Shildon will face Penrith at Dean Street in the next round.
Last weekend, on Sunday 18th August, 153 birds of the Old Shildon Homing Society Club were liberated at 8.30am in Newark, 112 miles from Shildon. The first bird arrived home at 10.41am. The results were as follows: (1st) M M Stabler & Sons; (2nd) W Stotto &
Homing SocietySon; (3rd) JB Younghus-band; (4th) M M Stabler & Sons; (5th) Jewkes, Son & Harbron; (6th) M M Peacock & T&J Brown.The club’s results are updated each week on the West Durham Amalgama-tion website at www.wda-pigeons.co.uk.