Friday 7th March 2014Shildon & District Town Crier Issue 654 Page 1

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Friday 7th March 2014Issue 654

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Local community and volun-tary groups in the Sedgefield area have benefited from over £20k in funding from the local Clinical Commission-ing Group (CCG), to support mental health and wellbeing.NHS Durham Dales, Easing-

ton and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the organisation responsible for planning and buying the majority of health services in the area, set aside the pot of money for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Inno-

vation Grant. The initiative was supported by the Health Networks in each area and, using a similar format to the well-known television series Dragon’s Den, the CCG asked the local voluntary and com-munity sector to pitch their ideas to a panel of ‘Dragons’, which included local GPs. The successful projects were presented with a certificate to mark their award. They were:• North East Autism Society

- £6,461 – Working in the Newton Aycliffe area to support healthy eating and exercise for toddlers with autism and associated learning difficulties

• Shildon Saint John’s Church Community Garden - £8,500. Healthier lifestyle through gardening and healthy eating.

• Cornforth Partnership £9,566 - First Steps to a healthier lifestyle.

Each applicant was asked to link their project to the CCG’s strategic objectives, to put forward innovative proposals and embrace the project goal to ‘Improve the mental health and wellbeing of individuals in the localities of Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield.’

Community groups benefit from local NHS ‘Dragons’ Den’

The successful projects from the Sedgefield area pictured with the panel of ‘Dragons’ (front, seated) after receiving their Mental Health and Wellbeing Innovation Grant certificates. CCG Chair, Annie Dolphin is pictured front row, centre.

Safety group offers cheap alarmsThe Shildon Community Safety Group currently have in stock 200 GSM alarms to help protect your property.The alarms work by detect-ing intruders by using an infrared sensor (PIR) that dials your mobile phone and/or your next door neighbour, plus one other number, informing that an intruder has been detected.They can be set to activate a very noisy alarm or can be set to silent. They are battery operated and require connection to a landline telephone. The cable and adapter to connect are included.A spokesperson for the SCSG said, “As there are only 200, we expect these to go very quickly. The cost is £16 including vat, which is less than cost price to us and cannot be bought cheaper.”For more information call Neville on 01388 778300 between 10am and 2pm Monday, Wednesday or

Friday. If calling at another time, leave your name and number and Neville will call you back. The Community Safety Group are also applying for funding for other equipment, including SAD (seasonal affective disorder) lighting and external solar panel security lighting.Anyone interested in these products should call Neville on the above number and register their interest.“Should we be success-ful in acquiring funding, once again the costs to you would be at cost or less than cost price,” continued the spokesperson.The SCSG are also warning residents about a tel-ephone scam, whereby the caller leaves a message asking you to return their call by dialling a particular number, which costs a great deal of money.“If it is a number you don’t recognise, don’t ring them back.”

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Passed Away

Birthday Memories

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March 2nd, suddenly, but peacefully in hospital, Jean,

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Devoted Wife of the late Sidney. A loving Mam to

Keith and June and Mother-in-Law to Gail and Michael.

A beloved Gran, Nanny, Great Gran and Great Great

Gran. Dearest Sister to Doris and the late Ruby & George, also a dear Aunt and good friend to many.

Will family and friends please meet for Service at Shildon Methodist Church on Thursday 13th March

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The Original Factory Shop in Shildon is celebrating its 10th birthday and will be holding a fun day on Saturday 8th March.Activities will include face painting, nail decorating,

competitions, tombola, a cake stall and much more.All proceeds on the day will go to the Butterwick Hospice.“Come along and join in the fun,” said a spokesperson.

Factory shop’s 10th birthday

Shildon Police are appeal-ing for information about the theft of fencing materi-als from a small compound located off Spout Lane. Enquiries have revealed that those believed to be responsible were loading

fencing onto a vehicle de-scribed as a ‘red flat bed’ at the location at approxi-mately 10.45pm on 26th February. Anyone with any further information is urged to call 101.

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The Stephenson Locomo-tive Society – North East Area, is holding a public meeting on Saturday 8th March at 11.30am at Lo-comotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon.David Bate will give a

digital presentation on ‘Shildon 150 in retrospect’. All are welcome and admis-sion is free.The public meeting will be followed by the Annual General Meeting of the society.

The Busy Bees fundraising group made a fantastic £700 between the 21st and 24th February, which was made up from a table top sale, raffle, brantub and donations.A spokesperson for the ladies commented, “The people of Shildon always give us outstanding support and it is really appreciated. Special thanks go to the Town Council, who gave us the use of the Rest House for free, which was certain-ly a big help and we hope to have use of it again in the future!“Remember our funds are shared out to lots of local charities such as Butterwick Hospice, Air Ambulance, Breast Cancer, Alzheimers, St. John's Church, Salvation Army, Triple Appeal, Free-man's Hospital Heart Unit, Samaritans, Zoe's Baby Hospice, Help for Heroes, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Centre Stage, James Cook Baby Unit, Large Produc-tions, Scouts, Anthony Nolan Trust, North East Cyber Surgery, Stockton Sea

Cadets, NSPCC and SENSE (deaf and blind people).”The group are looking for (old and new) clothes, shoes, hats, belts, handbags and unwanted gifts for

brantubs and raffles, as well as any bottles of cheer for a bottle raffle. For more information ring Marion Henderson on 01388 774519.

John Hewitt, of Park View, Shildon, was due before magistrates at Newton Aycliffe recently to face a charge of failing to comply with the requirements of a

community order. It is alleged that the 24 year-old failed to attend appointments on 11th December and on 21st January.

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Jonathan Liddle, formerly of Langdale Walk, Bishop Auckland and now at South Row, Eldon, will return before magistrates at Newton Aycliffe on 21st May, after being released on unconditional bail fol-lowing his not guilty plea.

The 21 year-old faces a charge that on 9th February, in Eldon Lane, he allowed himself to be carried in a Ford Transit Flatback, knowing that the vehicle had been taken without the owner’s consent.

Not guilty plea

Busy Bees have been buzzing again!

The ladies from the Busy Bees fundraising group.

Women’s Prayer

A Women’s World Day of Prayer service will be taking place on Friday 7th March, from 2pm at St John’s Church.

The guest speaker will be Reverend Liz Cummings.Refreshments will be avail-able afterwards and all are welcome.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a Shildon man was injured in a colli-sion in Bishop Auckland.The incident took place at the B&Q Roundabout (Bob Hardisty Drive) in Bishop Auckland at 3.15am on Sunday 2nd March, when a

Renault Clio collided with metal railings surrounding a pedestrian crossing.The 30 year-old man, who was a rear passenger in the vehicle, suffered internal injuries, including broken ribs and a punctured lung.The 19 year-old driver,

who was also from Shildon, along with three other passengers, were either unhurt or suffered minor injuries.Anyone with information is urged to call Durham Police’s Road Policing Unit on 101.

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‘Brides’ raise funds for the NSPCC

A charity Fashion Show in aid of the NSPCC took place at Redworth Hall on Monday 3rd March.

The event was hosted by Image Bridals in Bishop Auckland and featured bridal, bridesmaids, prom

and evening wear. A fantas-tic £500 was raised on the night, which will be match funded by Barclays Bank.

The models show off Image Bridals’ beautiful range of wedding gowns.

Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is holding an open day for school groups in years 9 and 10, in association with National Science and Engi-neering Week. Engineering, Past, Present and Future, aims to give school groups a broader understanding of engineer-ing and the range of career options available.

Fourteen companies are registered to take part on the day including; Teesside University, New-castle University, Nissan, Siemens and Royal Navy Engineering. Together they will cover different types of engineering including; chemical, mechanical, civil and marine.Visitors will also have the opportunity to meet the

team from Locomotion who restored the A4 Locomotive ‘Dominion of Canada’. Dominion of Canada will be on display at the museum along with her sister engine, Dwight D. Eisenhower.For more information or to book a place, contact Anthony Attle (anthony.attle@durham.gov.uk) or Mike Leddra (mike.leddra@rtcnorth.co.uk).

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An awards ceremony for the winners of Shildon Town Council’s Sid Chaplin Short Story competition took place on Wednesday 26th February.Talented Shildon youngster Rebecca Henderson, from Ash Grove, won the junior 14 to 17 year-old age group, as well as the award for the best story from a resident of Shildon.Also in the junior section Lauren Heighington, of Raby Gardens, Shildon,

won the 10 - 13 year-old group while Connor and Ryan Usher, of Jubilee Crescent, won the under 10s category.Victoria Hoare, of Hamp-shire, won £200 for the best story by an adult.Andrew Stainthorpe, of Barnard Castle, was second, winning £150 and Derrick Gilbert, of Bri-dlington, East Yorkshire, was third and received £75.Denise Chilholme from Whitby’s work was highly

commended, while Leonard McCabe, from Dar-lington, was commended for his piece of writing.The junior section winners were given £50 prizes. Judith Stafford, competi-tion organiser, said, “The judges were very im-pressed by the quality of the writing and with the standard of the stories.“We had just short of 160 entries from across the world this year and one entry came from France.”

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Police are continuing to in-vestigate a number of thefts of plant machinery and building materials from the building site at Spout Lane. Enquiries by officers have revealed that, on a number of occasions, local residents have seen persons acting suspiciously at the time offences have been

taking place, but have not reported it immediately via the emergency 999 call system. Residents are urged to call the Police immediately if they see either individu-als or indeed suspicious vehicles on, or on the pe-rimeter of the site, at times when the site is closed.

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The Shildon Community Bus has been running for over 20 years, providing community transport in Shildon and the surrounding areas (approxi-mately an 8 mile radius) at affordable prices. They have two sixteen seater buses, one of which one has a wheel chair lift.All drivers are trained and tested to the MIDAS standard, a DVLA approved standard, and assessors are fully trained and certified.Groups can register to use the service at a small annual affiliation fee of £20 for the year. The Community Bus is used by a broad spectrum of groups, ranging from Scouts and Guides through to more senior members. The groups are able to book a bus for trips to any destina-tion; such as local shopping

trips or days at the seaside. Groups are also able to nominate their own drivers and The Community Bus will train and test them to meet the required standard. Charges are based on the mileage used, at £1.20 per mile for the first 60 miles then 80p per mile thereaf-ter.The Community Bus is always looking for volun-teers as well as groups who wish to join, and as a totally voluntary organisation they always welcome sponsor-ship and support of any kind. Anyone interested in using the service should call 01388 773666 between 9.30am to 12.30pm Monday to Friday, or call in at the Shildon Methodist Church Hall (office at rear of hall) during these times.

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The Friends of the National Railway Museum – North East are holding a talk at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon, on Saturday 29th March at 11.30am.

Les Paul will give a talk on ‘Aerial views of Tyne and Wear in the 1970s’ inside the Hackworth Room, which is in the Collection Building.All are welcome and admis-sion is free.

Stephen Lee Sanderson, formerly of Dennison Terrace, Ferryhill, and now resides at Edward Street, Eldon Lane, recently attended the Magistrates’ Court at Newton Aycliffe. He pleaded guilty to two charges of burglary from garages in Osborne Terrace, Coundon, where, on the night of 9th February he stole a tyre, a foot pump and fireworks. On the same night he stole a torch from a vehicle belonging to Kembles Motors in Coundon. The defendant asked for

several other offences to be taken into consid-eration and matters were adjourned until 20th March, when the Probation Services will provide a pre-sentence report. The District Judge altered bail conditions in order that the defendant’s curfew, from 8pm - 6am, could be monitored by electronic tag. A youth, who assisted Sanderson by acting as look-out, will appear before the Youth Court on 24th March.

Burglaries and theft

Neal Gallagher pleaded guilty to a charge that on 20th December, in Coop-erative Street, Shildon, he grew 30 cannabis plants.The Crown claimed that this could be labelled as a cannabis farm capable of supply and requested full forfeiture and destruction of the drugs and equip-ment, as well as indicating that the matter should go to Crown Court.

The District Judge told the defendant’s solicitor that he did not intend to give his client false hope but matters might be dealt with at the Magistrates’ Court. In the meantime he re-quested a full pre-sentence report, leaving all options open, from the Probation Services. Gallagher will return to the court at Newton Aycliffe on 12th March.

Cooperative street cannabis cultivation

Aerial views of Tyne and Wear

Jumble SaleThe Salvation Army on Cross Street is holding a Jumble Sale on Tuesday 11th March from 10am.

Admission is free and there will be refreshments avail-able to purchase.All are welcome.

Age UK’s ‘Come Dine With Us’ project, which has been running as a pilot over the past 18 months in Shildon, Durham, Stanley, and Bishop Auckland, has been selected to receive a Big Lottery Fund Silver Dreams Flagship Grant.A spokesperson for Age UK commented, “This is fantastic news for older people in County Durham. The grant will enable us to substantially increase our project’s activities and deliver it in new areas of the county.“Through the project we will be working to improve older people’s ability to access, grow, cook, and enjoy healthy food together, whilst raising awareness of what consti-tutes good nutrition as we get older. “The current health pro-motion messages such as low fat and small portions are not suitable for many older people who are un-derweight and may be at risk of malnutrition. “Our nutrition course, which includes a board game, has proved very popular and we are looking forward to rolling this out to reach more older people.“We are also taking this opportunity to rename our project. The new name will be ‘Come Eat Together’.“We will also have a new website at www.comeeat-together.org and a new

Age UK Scheme wins lottery funding

Chris Fletcher (Development Manager), Harriet Gibbon (Chief Executive) and Sara Collins (Development Worker) celebrate the good news.

email address; comeeatto-gether@ageukcountydur-ham.org.uk.” There are two events held in Shildon each month. The Dine & Dance is held on the first Wednesday of the month at Shildon Civic Hall, costing £5 per person. Starting at 12 noon, the friendly Civic Hall staff serve a hot nutritious meal followed by tea / coffee and biscuits. After lunch, you can enjoy a couple of hours of live tea dance music with Graeme Scarlett playing plenty of well-known songs. Graeme also provides opportunities for people to learn dance steps from those who are more experienced.

Then, on the last Monday of the month, also from 12 noon, Clare and Jane at Platform 7 Cafe at Lo-comotion provide a warm welcome to older people to ‘Come Dine with Us’.It is £4.60 for a delicious hot meal with a dessert and freshly brewed tea or coffee. The staff and volunteers at Locomotion then provide an exciting calendar of talks, Shildon5movies, museum tours and train rides to make each lunch club very special. If you would like to take part, or for more informa-tion, contact Sara Collins at Age UK County Durham on 0191 374 0930.

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To encourage people to become fitter and healthier in 2014, Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) and Local Motion are organis-ing a free six week course to help you kick start the ‘new you’. This is part of the Local Motion programme which promotes the health benefits of active travel and PCP’s aim to improve people’s health and well-being. The Healthy Lifestyle Course will be running at Jubilee Fields Com-munity Centre in Shildon

for 6 weeks, starting on Wednesday 12th March from 10.30am till 12 noon, and will run weekly until Wednesday 16th April. Each week provides a new activity people can try (so don’t worry if you miss a week):Week 1 Wednesday 13th March – Healthy Indian Cookery WorkshopWeek 2 Wednesday 19th March – Guided Health WalkWeek 3 Wednesday 26th March – Zumba SessionWeek 4 Wednesday 2nd April – Nordic WalkingWeek 5 Wednesday 9th

April – Sound Therapy and ReikiWeek 6 Wednesday 16th April – A group activity of your choice.There will also be the op-portunity to discuss future training and volunteering opportunities.If you would like more in-formation or would like to take part in the course, contact Catriona Grime at PCP on 01325 321234 or email catriona.grime@pcp.uk.net or Joe Cogdon at Team Local Motion on 03000 268007 or email joe.cogdon@durham.gov.uk.

People taking part in the course can enjoy a range of activities, including Nordic Walking.

‘I Can Hear The Bells’, ‘You Can't Stop The Beat’ and ‘Good Morning Baltimore’ are just some of the well-known songs that CATS Youth Theatre Group will be performing in their musical adaptation of Hair-spray at the Civic Hall next week. The 47 young people will be staging four shows, on Thursday 13th, Friday 14th and Saturday 15th March

at 7.30pm, with a final per-formance on Sunday 16th March at 2pm.Tickets for the Thursday performance only are all £3 each, while for the Friday to the Sunday shows, tickets are £4.50 for adults, £2.50 for children (5-15) £1 for children (3-4) and £2.50 for concessions.Prebook tickets now by calling 01388 774838 or 01325 313363.

Visit Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th March for your chance to see the world of railways in minia-ture.The Model Motion event brings together railway modellers from all over the North East and will feature a range of model railway layouts – including ‘Aylehouses’ by Ormesby Hall Model Railway Group and ‘Dale Foot’ by Durham Modellers.

There will also be displays by Shildon Model Railway Club and the North East Meccano Society.What’s more, there will be a selection of trade stands offering all you need to create your own model railway.In addition, for a small charge, visitors will have the chance to enjoy a steam train ride behind Furness Railway No. 20 – the oldest standard gauge steam locomotive still working in the UK.

You can’t stop the beat!

Railways in miniature

Shildon Town Council’s March meetings will be held in the Town Council Chamber on Monday 10th March from 6.30pm.The agenda includes a planning application for shop and flat refurbish-ments at Church Street Post Office.A meeting of Dene Valley Parish Council will take place at Prince Bishops Primary School on Monday 10th March from 6.30pm.An Extraordinary Meeting of Eldon Parish Council will

be held on Tuesday 11th March at Eldon Community Centre from 6.30pm. This meeting is being held in order to consider a request from St Mark’s Church to the Parish Council, giving notice that it wishes Eldon Parish Council to assume responsibilty for mainte-nance of the church yard under the provisions of Section 215 of the Local Government Act, 1972.Members of the public are invited to attend all of the above meetings.

Council meetings

DVDs still available!The Crier’s Souvenir DVDs, featuring over 140 photos from The Great Goodbye event at Locomotion, have been selling like hot cakes!They are now available to collect from the Town Crier for just £5 each.We are also able to post

copies for an additional £1.50.For more information, or to order DVDs, call 01388 775896 or email crier@talk21.com.All funds will go towards the running costs of the paper.

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The next meeting of the Shildon AFC Supporters’ Club will be held on Sunday 16th March at 11.30am

in the Clubhouse, Dean Street.New members are always welcome to attend.

Shildon’s U13 girls were at it again in Manchester last week as they closed their indoor campaign in style.Maddie Wells once again raced to victory in the 60m sprint with Rachel Bennett following in her slip stream. Maddie’s (8.35s) perfor-mance equalled her own club record for the 3rd time in a month with Rachel (8.44s) also re-cording another grade 1 timing, which are only awarded to athlete’s who have achieved times that are within the top 10% recorded by the U.K’s u13g athletes. Rachel moved onto the 200m where she turned the tables on Maddie by claiming victory in a new pb and club indoor record of 28.01s, which earns her a current U.K ranking of no.3 in the event. Maddie’s time of 28.49s also ranks her in the U.K top 10.The club’s middle distance members have also been involved in a number of events this week. Cameron

Boyek was in action over in Ireland at the Atlone International. Racing over a mile Cameron finished in an excellent time of 4m 04.4s to claim 3rd place.The Croft relays saw Chloe Fairclough claim 3rd place in the u11g race (7m 28s). In the u11 boy’s race, Jay Adams (9m 23s) finished 3rd with Nathan Slater (9m 58s) close behind in 4th.This was the boy’s first experience of competition and both deserve praise for their efforts. Meanwhile in the U15 boy’s relay, Harrison Dalglish (7m 01s), Ryan Watson (6m 57s) and Ethan Edwards (6m 42s) finished 6th team.Over in the senior Ladies Elizabeth Wood (13m 28s), Amy Etherington (11m 57s) and Shannon Ross (15m 34s) combined to finish in 5th place. Lizzie Cramb was the only runner to make the trip up to Alnwick for the 5th NE Harrier League meeting on Saturday 1st March and she was rewarded with the 4th fastest time of the

day in the u15g race. With only one meeting remain-ing Lizzie currently sits in 2nd place in the overall g.p series.Hackworth park run will be celebrating its 1st birthday on the 8th March and a cake will be available to the runners to help replen-ish their carb levels!Hackworth park run is free to enter and takes place at Shildon’s Hackworth Park every Saturday starting at 9am. Race no.51 saw David Beadle finish top Shildon runner in a new pb of 21m 07s. Ryan Watson followed in 21m 32s with Gary Bain-bridge completing the con-tingent in 24m 07s. Shildon Running & Athletic club is open to anyone from the age of 8 upwards. If you are interested in joining the club, go along for a free try-out session. For details of club nights and times to suit your age group, check out www.Shildonrunning.co.uk or email secretary@shildon-running.co.uk.

Supporters’ Club meeting

SHILDON AFC UPCOMING FIxtUreS

Saturday 8th MarchAway v Hebburn Town

Monday 10th MarchAway v Team Northumbria

Saturday 15th MarchHome v Morpeth Town

Saturday 22nd MarchAway v Billingham Town

Saturday 29th MarchAway v Guisborough Town

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Shildon Running Club weekend round-up

Shildon AFC are through to the final

Shildon AFC are through to the final of the Durham Challenge Cup after a 3 – 1 home win against Consett on Wednesday 26th February. They will play Spennymoor in the final at Heritage Park, home of Bishop Auckland, on Good Friday, 18th April, with a 10.45am kick off.The game was an evenly matched affair in the first half. A Ben Wood shot was cleared off the line and, shortly after, his left foot shot hit the post.Minutes later, Consett took the lead when a cross from the right was easily tapped in by No 10 Michael McKay.On 29 minutes Shildon were level when keeper Chris Elliott kicked the ball

straight to Ben Wood who fired into an empty net.Half Time: Shildon AFC 1 Consett 1.In the 2nd half both sides had chances. First Shildon’s Craig Ruddy hit the bar then Consett’s Matthew Slocombe just missed the target.On 79 minutes the Railway-men were 2 – 1 up when a corner from Mark Hudson found Darren Richardson, whose powerful header was unstoppable.With 8 minutes left, Sam Garvie was red carded for a two footed tackle.Shildon secured the win near the end when captain Mark Hudson hooked the ball over the keeper into the roof of the net.Final Score: Shildon AFC 3

Consett 1.Goalscorers: Wood 29, Richardson 79, Hudson 86.Subs: Brackstone for Jones 16, Garvie for Gruelich-Smith 66, Hodgson for Ruddy 74.Man-of-the-Match: Ben Wood.“A good competitive game, with both teams playing open football,” said a spokesperson.

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