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/
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/
By The Northern Echo A 4ft statue of St Giles, which stands above the entrance porch of the 900- year-old St Giles’ Church, in Gilesgate, Durham City, has been restored in a seven-day project. Read the full article at the Northern Echo on http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9989705.Healing_saint_recovers_after_restoration____surgery___/
Four sisters will make history today when they finally break down the barriers of an all-male preserve that has survived for nearly 700 years.The quartet – along with two of their daughters – will be simultaneously sworn in as the very first women members of the City of Durham Freemen’s ancient craft guilds at a […]