Members of a top marching jazz band returned from a national competition in Wales with an extra spring in their step after winning no fewer than a dozen first prizes and five runners-up spots. And leading the charge was Elijah Stabler (pictured) who at just three years old was judged to be the best mini […]
A ceremonial event to mark the start of King Charles III’s reign, took place in Durham Market Place on Sunday (11 September 2022) at 1pm. The High Sheriff of County Durham Mrs Shona Harper-Wilkes, read the Ascension Proclamation at 1pm on the balcony of Durham Town Hall, where hundreds of people gathered to witness this […]
Apprentices working for Durham University’s estates directorate have been handed the “key” to new computer and software equipment to support their training – thanks to the city’s freemen. CRAFT APPRENTICES “KEY IN” TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES Apprentices working for Durham University’s estates directorate have been handed the “key” to new computer and software equipment to support their […]
A community group is literally rolling out the carpet as it puts the finishing touches to the refurbishment of a special adult teaching unit. FREEMEN HELP WRITE NEW CHAPTER IN LITERACY COURSES FOR THE JOBLESS Durham Community Association, based in Shakespeare Hall, in Durham City’s North Road, is completing the face-lift thanks to a £600 gift […]
A specialist centre providing temporary 24-hour respite care to people with learning difficulties is benefiting a second time from the latest round of charitable awards from Durham City’s freemen “ALEXA” SPEAKS UP TO LIFT THE MOOD AT SPECIALIST RESPITE CARE CENTRE Over two years ago Hawthorn House, a county council-run complex at Newton Hall and staffed by […]
A plea for help from a storm-hit charity supporting local people with learning difficulties or recovering from mental health problems, has been answered by Durham City’s Freemen. HURRICANE TAKES THE WIND OUT OF CHARITY’S SAILS At the end of last year the LionMouth Rural Centre, a community project based at Broadgate Farm, near Esh Winning, was […]
Durham’s’ freemen saluted an historical new milestone in their long and colourful past with a day of special public celebration in the city’s centre on the weekend of Saturday, May 14 BUTCHERS’ CARVE OUT A NEW LANDMARK IN DURHAM’S CENTURIES-OLD HISTORY In 1520, during Henry V111’s reign, the freemen’s Butchers’ Company was granted the legal right […]
NEW ARRIVALS REINFORCE LINKS ACROSS FOUR CENTURIES Two men, whose family’s north east roots straddle at least four centuries, have been sworn in together as Durham City Freemen at the May Guild Day in the town hall. Father and son Jervis and Jasper Smith were welcomed into the Drapers’ Company during the ancient ceremony, presided over […]
A charity’s move to offer direct help to vulnerable homeless women, struggling with “complex and multiple needs,” has been underwritten by a gift from Durham’s freemen. Against a background of constant struggle to raise funds Durham Action on Single Housing (DASH) – a non-profitmaking organisation founded in 1972 – still pressed ahead with the project. […]
A civil engineer, who played a key role in the re-building, re-shaping and repairing the fabric of Durham during the latter part of the 20th century, has been sworn in as a freeman of the city. Bryan Proud, who as director of operations led the city’s entire 500-strong manual workforce until his retirement over 20 years […]