Durham’s oldest performing arts company, facing a fight for survival, has been thrown a financial lifeline by the city’s freemen. The award-winning Durham Musical Theatre Company, formed in 1908, is, staging a programme of glittering three-hour shows at the Gala Theatre in a bid to secure its future. An ambitious medley from “The best of […]
By The Northern Echo The City of Durham Freemen donate £7,000 to Durham mental Health Centre Read the full article at the Northern Echo on http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10648589.Mental_health_centre_bosses_overjoyed_at_public_support/
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- […]