By The Northern Echo Leaders of City of Durham Freemen welcome 11 new members into their eight surviving craft guilds in a ceremony at Durham Town Hall. Read the full article on the Northern Echo at http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10031088.City_freemen_set_modern_membership_record/
John Heslop, chairman of the Freeman of Durham, and Mayor, Councillor John Wilkinson, with the 11 new members during the event at the Town Hall, in Durham. The latest intake includes: brothers Duncan and Martin Browell, from Alnwick and Craster, Northumberland, respectively; brother and sister Peter Gilroy and Claire Wigham, from West Yorkshire and Witton-le- […]
By The Northern Echo Freemen set a modern-day membership record, topping 200 for the first time in living memory. Read the full article at the Northern Echo on http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10027199.Modern_day_record__as_Durham_freemen_top_200/