We are delighted to learn that Peter will become a fully time-served Joiner late this year when the college course he has been attending comes to an end. In 2012 Durham City Freemen worked with the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral to establish the sponsorship of a craft apprentice. The Dean and Chapter selected […]
Trustees’ chairman Roger Norris, who has stepped down after 20 years at the helm, has been praised by his peers for his outstanding contribution to the modern-day “re-birth” of the city’s freemen. Roger, then deputy librarian at Durham Cathedral, was invited to become a trustee in 1988 and took over chairmanship in 1995. Numbers of […]
Teenager Beth Elliott has been sworn in as a Durham Freeman today becoming the youngest ever recipient of the title in the near 700-year history of the city’s ancient trade guilds. It is also believed that Beth’s installation into the Masons’ Company – where she joins her dad John and granddad Bob – will make […]
An ancient order of freemen has appointed two new leaders. Eric Bulmer and Bob Elliott will serve as wardens of the City of Durham Freemen’s plumbers’ and mason’s companies, respectively. Mr Bulmer, of Brandon Village, follows in the footsteps of his great-great-grandfather who joined the freemen in 1851. Mr Elliott, of Gilesgate, can trace his […]
Sisters Sarah Nattrass and Vicky Heslop, Rebecca Wright and Sandra Allison are sworn in as members of the City of Durham Freemen in a ceremony at Durham Town Hall. Sisters Sarah Nattrass and Vicky Heslop, Rebecca Wright and Sandra Allison were sworn in as members of the City of Durham Freemen in a ceremony at […]
A priest who worked alongside the late Mother Theresa is one of six newly installed Freemen of Durham City. Reverend Joan Donkin, who worked alongside the famous nun on the streets of Calcutta, said: “It is wonderful that the daughters of Durham are now a part of the city’s traditions.” Among those carrying on family […]