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Dentists receive stamp of approval for ‘postage’ fundraiser

Practice Manager Fiona, along with the rest of the team at Ashby & Atkinson NHS dental practice on Main Street, recently im-plemented an innovative fund raising campaign.The idea was to encourage their patients to give their email addresses so that, rather than the practice having to pay postage costs sending out ap-

pointment reminder, they could be emailed instead. In return they had com-mitted to paying a local charity 50p for each email received.Many of the staff are based locally and are passionate about their community so they wanted the funds to go to a local project. They chose Shildon Alive! a Saint John’s Church project.

They counted up their col-lection of emails and also raffled an electric tooth-brush at Christmas, raising an amazing £123.Kathryn Jennings, Advocate for Shildon Alive! accepted the cash donation and after thanking the team ex-plained how much it would help. The money would go to two areas; the purchase of toiletries for the food bank project based at 19 Church Street, and to the community garden for young people in the town.Simon Ashby spoke to Paula Nelson, Project Manager at Shildon Alive, about the importance of encouraging people to keep regular dental ap-pointments along with a good dental hygiene routine and a healthy diet, explaining that it can improve job prospects and promote self esteem.For more information about registering with local NHS dentist Ashby and Atkinson call 01388 775104.For more information about Shildon Alive! food aid project and commu-nity gardening, call 01388 417600.

Sunday 26th March sees Saint John’s Church gather to celebrate Mothers. Mothering Sunday is tra-ditionally a time when families get together remembering Mams both present and no longer here.The service, at 9.30am in the church, will see children taking part,

flowers distributed and happy singing. Everyone is welcome.Saint John’s will also host a coffee morning on Saturday 25th March, from 10am – 11.30am with a selection of delicious cakes, quiches and home baking to take home, as well as friendly conversation.

Celebrate your Mam this Sunday

On the 3rd of March, staff and students from Green-field Community College visited Chillingham Castle in Northumberland for an historical ghost tour. Reputedly the most haunted castle in England, Chillingham was home to the famous Grey family since the 12th century.Originally, the castle existed to repulse the Scots and maintain the English border. Hundreds of Scots were tortured and murdered within the castle walls, with many

more hanged in the nearby forest.The tour started in utter darkness as the guide de-scribed the various ghostly sightings over the years and the remains of women and children found in the castle walls. Students spent two hours exploring the ancient building and, for many of them, experi-encing strange encounters. In the end, no one could face the thought of going home - everyone made sure to check under their beds!

Greenfield go ghost hunting

Friday 24th March 2017 Shildon & District Town CrierIssue 810Page 2

Passed Away Birthdays

Engagement

ClassifiedsAll about local people...

Town Crier

Shildon & District

WhitlockMarch 12th, peacefully in

hospital, of Shildon.

Alfred, aged 87 years, beloved Husband of the

late Doreen. Dearly loved Dad to Carol. Much-

loved Brother-in-Law to Margaret. Dearly loved

Uncle.

Funeral Friday March 24th. Will friends please meet at 12 noon for service in Wear Valley Crematorium. Family

flowers only, donations to the British Heart

Foundation.

Linda Ward9.3.57 to 25.3.08

Always remembered

Love, Timxx

Stuart Boddy23.3.2011

In loving memory of our dear Son Stuie.

Words cannot describe the sadness this day brings. It’s

been six years since that sad day you closed your

eyes and slipped away, but the pain is still as raw as if it

was yesterday.

Loved and missed always,Mam & Dad

xxx

Stuart Boddy23.3.11

Six years todayYou went away

Loved and missed so very much,

Nanna & familyxxx

Julia Pritchard(Nee Taylor)

Died 16th March 2017Aged 81 years

Loving Mother to Michael, Mother-in-Law to Dee.

Sadly missed, always remembered

Julia Pritchard“JuJu”

Now at peace

All our love,Jennie & Gary

In our home she is lovingly remembered,

Sweet memories cling to her name.

Those who loved her in life sincerely,

Still love her in death just the same.

Michelle Coulson

Love today and always,Mam & Dad, Pamela,

Peter & Annexxxx

28th March 2014

In Memoriam

Mother’s Day Memories

Vera ThornberryThinking of you Mam on

this special day

Sending all my love as always,

Your forever grateful Son,Mikexxx

Happy 10th Birthday

Michaela Fitzgerald

Love from Mam & Dadxxx

24th March

Happy 21st Birthday MichaelHave a brilliant day

Love, Mam & Chrisx

Michael Parker

21!

March 24th

Love, Nana & Grandadx

Michael Parker

Happy 21st Birthday Michael

Christine Parsley20th March

Happy 60th Birthday to the best Mam & Nanna ever

We all love you very much,Donna, Sall, Lori, Natalie, Ryan, Sean, James, Dylan, Beth, Xander, Jonah & Alex

xx

60!

Christine ParsleyHappy 60th Birthday

Christine,Thank you for everything

you do for me

Love, MamAlso thinking of my Son

Michael on this dayxx

Christine ParsleyHappy 60th Birthday to my

darling Wife, Christine

Love forever and always,Terence

xx

Helen Elizabeth Summerson

19th March 1977Happy 40th Princess

Lots of love, From Mam & Mike

xxHope you enjoy the party!

40!

Happy 18th Birthday Son!

Christian Watson

Love always,Mam & Patrick

26.3.99

18!

Birthdays

Wish to congratulate and wish them every happiness on their recent engagement

while on holiday

Mr Nathan Hanratty & Miss Hannah Quinn

Love you bothx

The families of

Acknowledgements

Marian GordonThanks everyone who came at short notice to her 70th

and for all the cards and gifts.

And thanks to everyone who organised it, you did

well.

Florence Margaret Bennett (Flo)

Wish to thank family and friends for cards, flowers and kind words. Special thanks to Holly Lodge Care Home for caring for our Mam and the

support they showed the family. Also, thank you

to Dr Chan and Hallgarth Surgery. A final thanks to Gibson’s Funeral Services for their professional and compassionate service.

The family of the late

From all Flo’s family

Acknowledgements

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St John’s Youthy with pets and pictures.

Youthy goes to the dogs

Saint John’s Youthy enjoyed an unusual night on Sunday 19th March, as the young people were joined by an array of furry friends. Dogs of every shape and size were accompanied by Guinea Pigs and pictures of the pets at home. Each person introduced their pet, saying a little about them, and with some hilarity as names ranging from Bella to Beans and

Buddy to Mash were shared. Prizes were given by Youth Worker Lucy Mann for a whole range of attributes including tiniest dog, and fluffiest coat. The pictures, mostly brought on phones, though in the case of Marshmallow the dog beau-tifully framed, also created humour with Amelia Clark-son’s ‘bulldog sticking his tongue out’ winning the

funniest category. Revd David commented, “In a world where stories of animal cruelty abound thinking about how we care for creation, the love animals freely give, and the joy they bring is really important.” With not a single accident in the church, the evening was a resounding success with happy pets and happy people.

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This week in History

The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.

March 1765

In England, The Football League, the world’s oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.

23 March 1888

Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobac-terium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.

24 March 1882

The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Lux-embourg as the first members.

25 March 1957

East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People’s Republic of Bang-ladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.

26 March 1971

The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.

27 March 1981

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Shildon Town Council, working in partnership with Jubilee Fields Com-munity Centre, Shildon Alive, Shildon Ignite, Health Express/PCP and Street Scene, have come together to organise a litterpick as part of the Durham Big Spring Clean on Wednesday 12th April.Local children will spend

the morning cleaning up their local area, before the event is opened up to the public at 1pm with special visitors and a free Easter disco.Under 8s must be ac-companied by a parent or carer. “Just turn up at 1pm and have a fun afternoon,” said a spokesperson.

Council organise litterpick

Shildon’s Children in Distress store in Church Street is currently running an Easter Raffle.There are 41 fantastic prizes to be won, includ-ing ‘His ‘n’ Hers’ watches,

wine & chocolates, Michael Kors accessories, toilet-ries, homeware and much more.Call in now for tickets.Winners will be drawn on Thursday 13th April.

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Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is the venue for a rally by the North East Emergency Vehicles Society on Sunday 2nd April.Approximately 60 classic emergency vehicles, classic commercial vehicles and classic cars are expected to attend.The display is due to feature at least five classic fire engines, along with a classic ambulance, a

classic police car, and ap-proximately five classic Land Rovers. Classic cars expected to attend include a display of 10 cars from the TVR Car Club.Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is open daily from 10am, and parking and admission are free of charge. For further information contact the museum team on 01904 685780.

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Bowel cancer screening: Have you received your kit?The County Durham Well-being for Life service is working in the local com-munity to promote bowel cancer screening and en-courage men and women to take part.Wellbeing for Life are working in partnership with local GP surgeries and community venues to give men and women in County Durham the opportunity to find out more about bowel cancer screening.1 in 14 men and 1 in 19 women will be diagnosed with bowel cancer during their lifetime. There were 41,300 new cases of bowel cancer in the UK in 2014. The NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme invites all men and women aged between 60 and 74 for screening every 2 years. You need to be registered

with a GP to receive the screening kit. If you are older than 74, you can still have screening every 2 years but you won’t automatically be invited. To receive a screening kit after the age of 74, phone 0800 707 60 60. People younger than 60 aren’t eligible for the bowel cancer screening test, but can have bowel scope screening. It is important to know your body and get checked out if anything changes that is not normal for you. If you have symptoms, are worried about a family history of bowel cancer, or worried about your bowel health in any way, speak to your GP.Vicki Moffat, Wellbeing Co-ordinator said: “The bowel cancer screening kit is a

home test kit and checks for the presence of blood in a poo sample. It has been shown to reduce the risk of dying from bowel cancer by 16%. You carry out the test in the privacy of your own home and a full set of instructions come with the kit. It may sound a bit un-pleasant to do, but it could save your life.”Bowel cancer screening aims to find cancers early. Very early bowel cancers are usually easier to treat, may need less treatment, and are more likely to be cured. It is important to take part in your bowel screening whenever you receive the kit.For further information, contact Vicki Moffat, Well-being for Life Coordinator (East Durham Hub) on 0191 5274150.

Activities coordinators at Holly Lodge Care Home on Maddison Street, Stacey Purvis and Steph Waites, both attended MIDAS driver training recently to enable them to drive the Shildon Community Bus.They put their new-found skill into action when they borrowed the bus and took residents for a shopping trip to the local Homebase store, where they pur-

chased lots of garden items and a BBQ.“We would like to thank Homebase for the items they very kindly donated for the home and a big thank you to the Shildon Community bus for the loan of the bus,” said a spokes-person.The home then enjoyed a very lively afternoon on Monday 20th March when

Holly Lodge staff pass driver training for community bus

Chris Millett made a return visit.“Chris is very popular with everyone at Holly Lodge, it was a great party atmosphere enjoyed by residents, family, staff and our fantastic friend of the home Margaret Jones, who contributed to the fun and laughter as always. We all look forward to the next visit from Chris Millett.”

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Cllr Trish Pemberton is pictured on her appointment as Town Mayor in May 2016.

Sudden resignation of Mayor surprises Shildon Town CouncilShildon Town Council reacted with surprise to the news of the sudden resignation as Town Mayor of Councillor Trish Pember-ton on Sunday 19th March.Leader of the Council, Allan Walker confirmed that Cllr Pemberton’s resignation was received on Sunday morning, stating that she was resigning as Mayor, effective from Monday morning, 20th March. The letter also stated that Cllr Pemberton is with-drawing her candidature for the forthcoming town council elections. Cllr Pemberton, who had previously lost her Labou Party selection meeting for the County Council elections was expected to stand again for local council.No reason had been put forward in the letter for Cllr Pemberton’s resignation as mayor and withdrawal from the local elections.Shildon Town Council’s Town Clerk, Tracey Bellas

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The Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP Board is recruiting for Board members within the public representative category.This is an opportunity for those with a keen interest in their local community to join a dynamic and pro-active Board which has successfully delivered a number of projects throughout the Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP area since the formation of the Partnership in June 2009.The role itself is not onerous, in terms of time commitments, there is a requirement to attend a Board Meeting every two months, and preferably to have input to at least one of our Task & Finish Groups who take a lead in addressing our local priorities. The role is about sharing your valuable local knowl-edge and being passionate about your community – helping to make a differ-

ence in our area.If you would like more information about the role of a public representative, or would like to receive the full application pack, contact a member of the Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP team on 03000 268663 or bishop-shildonaap@durham.gov.uk who will be happy to help you either over the telephone or in person.Once your completed ap-plication is received, a member of the AAP Team will be in touch to outline the next steps.“This is your opportu-nity to become directly involved in what’s going on in your local area and we look forward to hearing from you,” said a spokes-person.For further information visit www.durham.gov.uk/…/Representatives-wanted-for-Area-The deadline for applica-tions is Friday 24th March 2017.

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confirmed the resignation saying: “Councillor Pem-berton has resigned from her role as Town Mayor but remains a councillor.“The resignation of her role as Town Mayor will be reported at the meeting of the Town Council in April

and we will seek to appoint a Town Mayor for the re-mainder of the democratic year.“No emergency meeting of the council is required as in the meantime the Deputy Mayor will cover Mayoral duties.”

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Local councillors join David Priestley Health Express Trustee, Gordon Elliott DCC Head of Partnerships & Engagements, Jim Atkinson Architect, Natalie Davison – Terranova Health Express Trustee, Anna Lynch Health Express Trustee, Jane Ruffer Health Ex-press Trustee, Gary Atkinson VEST Construction outside the new Health Express Hub.

Shildon to host Health Express hub

A new approach to com-munity health and wellbe-ing is being launched in Shildon.The Health Express Hub is being developed in Rest House, Hackworth Park and aims to help residents of Shildon and the sur-rounding community live longer, be healthier and lead happier, more ful-filled lives. An extensive renovation of the Rest House building will take place to provide Health Express with a base in the town. The building will serve as a community hub not only for the resi-dents of Shildon but also for neighbouring towns in the surrounding area including Bishop Auckland and the East Durham Rural Corridor, with a minibus to help transport local people to sessions.

The Rest House will be the main hub for activi-ties including college in the community relaxa-tion pamper days, health trainers’ clinics and an ex-tensive events programme and will be the main base for the Health Express team. The development of the building will take place throughout the spring with an official launch later in the year.A spokesperson said: “We want Health Express to show it’s possible to create a ‘healthy town’ ethos within Shildon and the surrounding areas. It will engage directly with other health stakeholders and most importantly the local community to improve

their health outcomes by giving them a place to try new activities and to meet and make new friends.” Funding for the project comes from the Area Action Partnership (AAP) Neighourhood Budget. The Health Express project was launched in 2012 with a range of partners including Bishop Auckland and Shildon AAP, Public Health, Durham Dales and Easington Clinical Commissioning Group, South Durham En-terprise Agency, livin – the social housing provider, the Primary Care Partner-ship and other members of the community to take a strategic approach to im-proving health outcomes locally.

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Well Being For Life will be holding a coffee morning in aid of Cancer Research on Thursday 6th April, between 10am and 12 noon.Working together with the Foundation of Light and Health Express, the event will take place in the Foun-dations building on Church Street (opposite Costa Coffee). Enter the Great Shildon Bake Off, where your treats will be judged by local Town Council representa-tive Kath Regan. There will be prizes for the top three bakes, with 1st prize being

two tickets to a Sunderland match!Second prize is tickets for a tour around the Stadium of Light and 3rd prize is an Easter hamper.The Foundation of Light will be running activities as well as a little fitness competion. A spokesperson for the event said, “This is for a great cause and we really hope to see lots of familiar and new faces come along to the day.”For more information call Lauren on 07525 815173, Elliot on 07736 295598 or Jamie on 07711 590423.

Bake cakes to win Sunderland tickets

The next Games and Craft Night at the Methodist Church will be held on Friday 31st March from 7pm.

Entry is just £1, which includes refreshments. Everyone is welcome, in-cluding children who are accompanied by an adult.

Games night

A free exercise class will be taking place at Shildon Methodist Church for 8 weeks, beginning 23rd March between 6pm and

7pm.For further details, or to book a place, contact Jamie on 07711 590423 or Lauren on 07525 815173.

Free exercise class

Police are appealing for witnesses after a vehicle was damaged whilst parked in College Street, Shildon, sometime between 9pm on Friday 17th and 7am on

Saturday 18th March. If you have any information call 101 and ask for the details to be forwarded on to PC 2180 Wright, Police reference Cri00043193.

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David Beavis, Leslie Beavis and Alan Wilson have repaired the family and returned them to their rightful spot on the village green.

Village’s favourite family returns to Middridge

Residents of Middridge are pleased to announce the return of their ‘family’ on the Green.The damage they sustained last year has been repaired

by three volunteers from the village, David Beavis, Leslie Beavis and Alan Wilson, with the cost of the materials being provided by Middridge Parish Council.

“The ‘family’ are really pleased to be back home but would welcome all motorists slowing down as they go past them,” said a spokesperson.

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With only three weeks to go, students and staff at Greenfield Community College are working flat out, recreating the magic of the giant hit musical ‘We Will Rock You - for schools’.The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth. Globalisation is complete. Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It’s a safe, happy, ‘Ga Ga’ world. Unless you’re a rebel.

Unless you want to rock. On iplanet all the musical instruments are banned. The company computers generate tunes and every-body downloads them. It is an age of boy bands and of girl bands, of boy and girl bands and of girl bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls anyway. Nothing is left to chance, hits are scheduled years in advance.With Ben Elton’s hilarious plot line and live perfor-mances of Queen’s classic hits, this production will

get you rocking in your seats! Tickets are on sale now priced £5 and £2.50, avail-able from Greenfield Com-munity College’s Aycliffe campus school office. Show dates are the 4th, 5th and 6th April at 7pm.“Come along and have a great evening,” encour-aged a spokesperson for the school.For information contact The Performing Arts Department on 01325 300378.

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Spectrum Roller Skating Club would like to say a big thank you to our community for all the support we have received. In less than three years the club has established and af-filiated to FARS (federation of artistic roller skating) and made it to a National Com-petition, exceeding our expectations. We are very lucky to have phenomenal skaters who are dedicated to roller skating and com-mitted family support, but our community pulled together to assist the club and helped us (as coaches) to help the skaters to achieve their dreams.

We are very lucky to have support from Spectrum Leisure, Willington who agreed access to their fantastic mini bus and our parent Lisa Godwin who volunteered to endure the 15 hour round trip to Haywards Heath for our recent National Competition.Local councillors provided funding to purchase club kit. This enabled the team to feel united and more professional. The skaters said they felt more confident and like they belonged together.

Thank you to all the club skaters and families who helped with fundraising in order for us to get to Haywards Heath. Thank you to B&M Shildon who allowed us to bag pack to raise funds. Thank you to Shildon Alive who have provided free fruit healthy snacks, the members of our church community and SCYPAN who support us. All of this hard work allowed our five skaters to take part in a national competition, watch top class skaters - learn and develop, gain experience and become inspired. We appreciate this so very much.

Tracy Stevens, Spectrum (North East) Roller Skating Club.

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Amar Purewal fires home from 20 yards to give Shildon the lead against Seaham Red Star at Dean Street on Saturday 18th March. Photo: Tom Clegg.

Shildon return to winning ways but bow out of title race

Shildon collected maximum points from their last two league matches but with North Shields continuing their winning streak, the Railwaymen cannot now catch the league leaders and, while it has been in-evitable for some weeks, it is now officially con-firmed that they will be relinquishing their league championship crown at the end of the season. However, for now they remain the reigning cham-poions and on Wednesday, March 15th, they travelled to bottom club Guisbor-ough Town and came away with all three points after a 4-2 win, although the match was not as clear cut as they might have expected.Guisborough shocked Shildon by taking the lead after 9 minutes through

Anthony Hume.Parity was soon resumed when Shildon were awarded a soft penalty which Matty Robson converted at the second attempt after the initial kick was saved.The Railwaymen then went ahead after 25 minutes when star man Lewis Wing’s long range thunder-bolt crashed into the roof of the net. Wing, who has signed terms with Premier League Middlesbrough and will join them at the end of the season, then added his second and Shildon’s third before the interval.Shildon were reduced to 10 men on 40 minutes when Matty Robson pulled back last man Steve Roberts, but the sending off didn’t prevent them from increas-ing their lead in the second half before a late Guisbor-

ough consolation for a 4-2 final score.On Saturday, 18th March, the Railwaymen saw off Seaham Red Star by 2-0 at Dean Street, although they had goalkeeper Nick Liv-ersedge to thank for saving several one-on-one efforts as the visitors regularly broke the offiside trap. First half goals from Amar Purewal, followed by a trademark Lewis Wing free kick were enough to ensure all three points and provide a welcome boost in confidence ahead of a League Cup semi-final en-counter against high flyers, South Shields. The competition repre-sents Shildon’s last hope of gaining, and retaining, silverware this season being another trophy of which they are the current holders.

Having won promotion last season, Shildon AFC Under 12s took time to adapt to the competitiveness of the new league with results and luck often being against them.By the time they travelled to Normanby on Sunday 19th March they found themselves just above the relegation zone with three games to play.From the kick off, Shildon dominated the play, pinning Normanby in their own half and creating several chances. Midway through the half Shildon’s pressure finally paid off when Michael Gaffney scored a well taken volley to give the visitors a lead they held on to until the break.Shildon continued to dominate the play in the second half and soon Micheal doubled the lead before going on to score twice more, collecting a

hat-trick and the man of the match gong.Coach Andrew Finch said: “Every player in every position gave their all to secure the three points.“The final score of 0-4 flat-tered Normanby as it could have easily been 10.”Shildon AFC under 12s are: Elliott Finch; Rory Francis; Ethan Hunter; Luke Whit-taker; Leo Whelam; Reece Vasey; Cole Layfield; Brandan Woods; Anthony Jary; Liam Whittaker; Michael Gaffney; Charle Crinion and Kian Dixon.Next season the team goes to 11-a-side and are hoping to sign at least two players.Anyone interested can contact the side through ‘Shildon Community Football Centre’ Facebook page or by visiting the Scouts Field, West Road at 10.30am on Saturday mornings and asking for Andrew Finch or Alan Layfield.

Under 12s show grit in relegation battle

Shildon Town Bowling Club’s spring meeting will be held on Saturday 8th April at 10.30am in the Civic Hall.

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Bowling club meeting