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Friday 6th January 2017Shildon & District Town Crier Issue 799

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At Shildon Town Council’s December meeting, coun-cillors received Durham County Council’s proposals to remove a total of fifty lighting columns in Shildon: eight along Busty Bank and 42 along two stretches of the A6072 Shildon bypass.Councillors added their concerns to those previ-ously expressed by Shildon Running Club, saying in the draft minutes of the meeting that there were fears about “personal safety, and the perception of personal safety” along Busty Bank.“The footway is frequently used by a significant number of the general public as a walking/cycling route to and from work at the South Church Enterprise Park also as a route to Eldon and Bishop Auckland,” say the minutes.Councillors expressed similar concerns about the removal of lights

along the Shildon bypass with the minutes noting that: “Concern also be expressed on the proposed removal of lighting columns on the Shildon By-Pass (Road A6072) as this is a footpath used by members of the public and particu-larly the Shildon Running and Athletic Club who use the footway as part of their training regime. The removal of street lighting would be a personal safety matter to users.”Feedback from the Town Council and Running Club will be used before a final decision is made on the removal of lights.Having learned of the proposals to remove the lights in the Town Crier (issue 796, County Council propose to remove 50 street lights), Shildon Running Club expressed their objection to the pro-posals, warning that the

Town Council support for lighting concerns

Continued on page 3

The bells were ringing two days before the New Year in Hackworth Close as Jean Foster celebrated her 100th birthday.

Jean brings in the New Year with centenary birthday party

A card from the Queen was complimented by a bouquet of flowers from Shildon Town Council, personally delivered by Town Mayor,

Cllr Trish Pemberton.Jean was born in Freville Street and went to St John’s School, leaving at 14 years of age when she moved to Scarborough to work in services for a year before moving to London for three years.She returned home from London and worked at the famous Doggarts store in Bishop Auckland as an agent, remaining in the job for the next 28 years.In 1939 she married Norris, who passed away in 1968, at St Andrew’s Church in South Church. Norris worked as a riviter at Shildon Shops.The couple moved to Scott Street after their marriage and Jean remained there until she moved to her present address 24 years ago at the age of 76.A keen globe trotter, Jean has travelled all over the world, including to Russia, Canada, North America, the Far East and all over Europe.She celebrated the special occasion surrounded by family and friends.

Centenarian, Jean Foster is presented with a bouquet of flowers by Shildon Town Mayor, Cllr Trish Pemberton, on the occasion of her hundredth birthday on 30th December.

Friday 6th January 2017 Shildon & District Town CrierIssue 799

Passed Away In Memoriam In Memoriam Acknowldegements

ClassifiedsAll about local people...

Town Crier

Shildon & District

Suddenly on 23rd December

Fred Brownless

Family flowers only please. Donations in memory can be made for the Riverside View

Care Home, Darlington.

Of Shildon

Family and friends are invited to Wear Valley

Crematorium to celebrate Fred’s life at 11am on Monday 9th January

Hannah Collingwood

Love from us allx

25.12.16

Christmas day you went away, up above with the

one you love,But we still cry a tear every night for you to be back in

our lives.

So Angels up aboveWrap Hannah up in loveWe loved you from the

startIt won’t stop, it’s from

the heart

Funeral to be held at St John’s Church, 12.30pm Tuesday 10th January by Rev Graham Collingwood

(Son). Wake at Old Shildon Club.

Joan Blackett

Love from all your familyxxx

11th January 2007Treasured memories of a dear Mam and Grandma

Missing you still and always will

Ray Clarkson

Loving Sister Ann, Paul & family

Treasured memories of a dearly loved Brother

Patricia WalkerAnd dearly loved Sister

(Nee Clarkson)My broken heart will never

mend,My memories of you will

never end,My tears will never dry,

My love for you will never die

Joan Pearson

Your loving Husband George and Sons Richard, Tony

& Alanxx xx xx xx

20.12.200610th Anniversary

Memories of someone special

It’s difficult to understandWhy you’re no longer here

Yet sometime’s, when I close my eyes

You feel so very near

For you were someone special

And much loved in every way

That’s why you’re still remembered

With affection every day

You left me with warm memories

And they are mine to keepWe’ll never be apart

The bond between us was too deep

If I could have one wishOne dream that could

come trueThen I would wish will all

my heartFor one more day with you

Christmas Memories

Ann Scott

Always remembered,Garry, Donna, Harley &

Jasminexxx

Our first Christmas without you

Ann Scott

Always in our hearts,Garry, Donna, Harley

& Jasminexxx

Can’t believe its been one year since we lost you

3rd January

Birthdays

Kathleen

Lots of love,Christine, Clyde & Mam

7.1.17

Happy 60th Birthday Kathleen

60!

Congratulations

Haines & Richardson

Wishing you both all the very best for the future,

love from Mam, Granma, Andy and not forgetting

Darciex

Congratulations on the Engagement of Charlie

Haines and John Richardson on the 17th December 2016.

MacKay & Dawson

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Charles AcriviadisThe family of the late

Would like to thank the residents of Shildon for

rallying round on this very sad occasion. We are truly

humbled by all the love and support. Special thanks to the venerable Shirley Griffiths for the service

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Town Council add to Running Club’s street lighting objection

switch off could lead to the demise of the successful club, which has produced several nationally-ranked athletes: “At least once a week we use one, or both, of the roads where the proposed lighting changes are,” they said.“If the proposed changes are confirmed it would be too unsafe for the running club to use either route and we would be left with very limited long run op-portunities that start and finish in Shildon. “As we have several members training for springtime marathons (and have had every year) they may be forced to move to other running clubs to train with and ultimately this may jeopardise the continuation of the senior group completely.”In an emailed response to the Running Club on behalf of Cllr Brian Stephens, Durham County Council’s Head of Technical Services,

John Reed said: “I can advise that the Council’s proposal to remove the street lighting is part of the ongoing Street Lighting Energy Reduction Project which was approved by the Council’s Cabinet on 12 December 2012.”However, he went on to say that: “The consultation on the risk assessments is still open and I can confirm that [Shildon Running Club’s]comments will be taken into account before the risk assessments are final-ised and final determina-tions made. “If Shildon Town Council would like to discuss the risk assessments then I will be pleased to offer them an on-site meeting with our independent Road Safety Auditor.“If following the consulta-tion on the risk assessment we determine that the street lights are safe to remove they may still be retained under a Service Level Agreement funded by Shildon Town Council.

“If this option is of interest to Shildon Town Council then we will be pleased to provide a quotation.”A similar Service Level Agreement was imple-mented in Ferryhill and Chilton when lighting along the A167 bypass was threatened in 2015.Ferryhill Town Council agreed to pay Durham County Council £3,324 per annum in order to keep 37 columns switched on along local stretches of the bypass after the County Council declared it would no longer pay for them from the county budget.The ten-year service level agreement meant that the County Council will continue to maintain the lights for the next ten years. In order to finance the agreement, Ferryhill Town Council said it would fund the agreement by raising the annual Council Tax by £1 per annum for the lower bands and £1.50 for the highest band.

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Durham County Council is planning to remove eight street lights along Adelaide (Busty) Bank as well as 42 lights along the Shildon bypass. Image: Google Earth

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A free weekly group is launching in Shildon this month, aimed at helping people look good and feel great.Well being for life will host the session every Thursday, between 5.30pm and 6.30pm at Sunnydale Leisure Centre from 12th January. Members can take part in a weekly weigh-in, receive advice on healthy eating and learn about diet and nutrition.“Shift those extra Christ-mas pounds and come and join us!” said a spokesper-

son.For more information contact Jamie Measor on 07711 590 423.If getting fitter is also part of your New Year’s health kick, Well being for life is also hosting a new gentle circuit for beginners class at Shildon Methodist Church.The class starts on Tuesday 10th January, between 10am and 11am.To book a place, or for more information contact Lauren on 07525 815 173 or email [email protected].

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The Salvation Army on Cross Street, Shildon, re-commences its monthly Jumble Sale - which takes place on the second Tuesday of the month - on

Tuesday 10th January from 10am.Admission is free and there will be lots of bargains and refreshments available to purchase.

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Mike Stansfield is to give an illustrated talk at Middridge History Society on James Raine (1791-1858), the black-smith’s son from Ovington near Barnard Castle who became a learned scholar, as well as an ecclesiastical

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Members of Spectrum North East Roller Skating Club raised over £478 at B&M Bargains.

B&M save the day after Asda cancel skaters’ bag pack

Spectrum North East Roller Skating Club have expressed their appre-ciation to the manager and staff of Shildon’s B&M Bargains store, who kindly allowed the group to bag pack after a last minute cancellation at Asda in Bishop Auckland.A spokesperson for the group said, “Our children were all geared up and had decorated buckets ready to raise funds at Asda when, to our surprise, we went to sign the forms only to be told that they had cancelled our Christmas bag pack.“We are aware that our club was not the only cancellation, they also cancelled a team raising money for cancer research. We made some phone calls and were amazed to be given two fantastic slots at Shildon B&M.” The team went along on Saturday 17th and Friday 23rd December and had lots of fun in store, packing bags and raising awareness of the

artistic roller skating club, which trains at Sunnydale Leisure Centre on Sundays between 2.30 and 4.30pm. The customers at B&M generously donated £478.82 in total, which will go into the club’s fund to be used towards transport to competitions next year. “Thank you B&M for making this happen, your support is appreciated so very much,” continued the spokesperson.Skaters also fund raised at the Christmas proces-sion and have been busy in the town working with Shildon Alive to help with organising, wrapping and delivering parcels to the community. They also

joined in with carol singing and taking Christmas gifts to bungalows in Shildon. The club then had a fan-tastic Christmas Party at Planet Leisure in Newton Aycliffe which included roller skating, buffet, disco and a visit from Santa. The club’s next focus is its Club Show - Joseph and his Amazing Techni-colour Dreamcoat - held on Sunday 15th January at Sunnydale Leisure Centre at 3pm. Tickets are avail-able on the door (adults £3, children £2). For more information like the group on facebook at www.facebook.com/spec-trumartisticrollerskating/

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The children performed Christmas Carols to residents and their families.

Timothy Hackworth pupils bring festive cheer to residents

Children from Timothy Hackworth Primary School visited Holly Lodge Care Home on Maddison Street before Christmas, where they performed Christmas

Carols for the residents.A spokesperson for the home said, “The children are always very popular with the residents when they come in to sing and

make time to chat with everyone. We would like to thank the children, as well as Mrs Tillotson for organ-ising the visit and for her continued support.”

The next meeting of Shildon and District Flower Club takes place on Monday, 9th January at 7.30pm in Shildon Civic Hall, when historian Robert Hillary will give an illustrated talk entitled Raby Through the Ages.This will be followed on

Monday 6th February with the monthly flower arrang-ing demonstration entitled Around Every Corner, pre-sented by Area Demonstra-tor, Audrey Foster, from Whitby.These events are free to members and £5 for visitors (pay on the door).

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From the 1940s until the turn of the century, many County Durham villages had their own football team competing in one of several local leagues. These leagues were well supported during this time, often with more than one division.Durham Amateur Football Trust’s “Grass Roots” exhibition – on display at Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon from Monday 16th January to Thursday 16th February – displays photographs of a selection of these teams

throughout this period.The Auckland & District League is the main one featured, but it is hoped that other local league teams from Crook and Darlington will be on show also. In addition, there will be a display of trophies awarded to league and cup winners over the years.Locomotion: The NRM at Shildon is open daily from 10am to 4pm, and parking and admission are free of charge. For more information, call the museum on 01388 777999.

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From its very beginnings, The Salvation Army has been instrumental in helping people who face hardship. This has been the case here in Shildon for over 100 years.

The supply of food parcels has been a regular part of support given and it continues as we work together with the Durham Christian Partnership in our Food Banks which operate on Monday (2 – 4pm) and Thursday (10am – 2pm).

The first “Job Centres” were created by William Booth long before any government thought of it and here in Shildon our Employment Plus centre runs on a Wednesday morning from 9am till 12 noon, giving people an opportunity to not only do job searches online but also educational courses with support if required, in a warm, friendly, safe and encouraging environment.

Again this Christmas, we have been heavily involved in toy, gift and food distribution. Over 400 children (from birth to 18) in the locality that Shildon Corps serves have received toys and gifts.Families struggling to make ends meet have received food parcels.So why does The Salvation Army do all this? Because of our Christian faith and commitment to God and following one of our mottos – “With heart to God and hand to man”.So how has this all happened?

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It’s pantomime time at the Civic Hall... Oh Yes It Is! And the annual Tearaways Youth Theatre show this year is Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. A spokesperson for The Tearaways said, “The group have kept to the traditional story of Snow White, along with the familiar names of the Dwarfs. You will be able to boo and hiss at the awful Wicked Queen, cheer as the valiant Prince rescues the young Princess, have a good laugh at Chuckles the court jester as well as Plant and Heck

the two henchmen, as they bungle their way through the show. “The group have provided lots of music, songs and dances throughout the two hour show for your enter-tainment too.”Performances are taking place on Thursday 26th, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January at 7.30pm, with a final show on Sunday 29th January at 2pm. Tickets, priced at £5.50 for adults and £3.50 for children, can be pre-booked by calling 01388 774838.

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This week in History

King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England’s slide into civil war.

4 January 1642

Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, a traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment.

5 January 1757

The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or de-stroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.

6 January 1839

Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand’s west coast.

7 January 1931

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his “Fourteen Points” for the aftermath of World War I.

8 January 1918

The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.

9 January 1822

A 60’s celebrationTravelin Band will be re-turning to Elm Road WMC for the annual John Hay Memorial 60’s Celebration Night next month.The event will be hosted by Joe Allon, former New-castle, Chelsea and Hartle-pool footballer, plus other surprise guests.There will be sounds from the 60s and 70s from bands like The Who, the Beatles, Bad Company, Smokie and

the Bandits, the Searchers and the Small Faces.There will also be a bumper auction, raffle and tombola.All funds raised will be in aid of Diabetes UK, the Prosthetic Limb Centre at James Cook Hospital and Shildon Football Club, all of which played a large part in John’s life. The fundraiser takes place on Saturday 4th February from 7.30pm till late. Tickets, priced at £6, are available from Elm Road Club or by calling Sue Charlton on 07443 042 862, or Andrew Malcolm on 07717 204 325.


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The students enthralled in the match, which was a 4-0 victory for the home side.

Greenfield students travel to Old Trafford

On Thursday 24th November a group of 28 students, from both the Aycliffe and Shildon campuses of Greenfield Community College, trav-elled to Old Trafford to see Manchester United versus Feynoord in the Europa League tie. The trip was part of an English Department incen-tive to promote motivation and attainment for a group of Year 11 students in the run up to their mock ex-aminations. Miss Reay, from the English Department, commented,

“In the run up to the trip students worked extremely hard to ensure that they secured the amount of points necessary” while Mrs Goodfellow, Subject Lead for English, said “The change in attitude toward work has continued even after the rewards trip”. Mr Dover, who was in agreement, added that the incentive helped students to develop the key skills needed to be successful in their GCSE exams next year.On the journey down to Manchester the students

were excited to see the game and they were not disappointed as Manches-ter United had the full team out (meaning that students got to see Rooney, Ibrahimovic, Mata and Pogba etc), not to mention it was a 4-0 victory for the home side. “Hopefully this will be the start of many motivational incentives and will have given the year 11 students involved the boost they needed to ensure that they achieve the best they can in June,” continued Mrs Goodfellow.

Shildon Police are appeal-ing for witnesses to come forward to help them track down the culprits respon-sible for damaging a silver Vauxhall Astra, which was parked up securely to the rear of Cheapside.The incident occurred on

New Year's Day at around 2.35am, when both wing mirrors were smashed, the windscreen was broken and the bonnet and front bumper were damaged.A witness has stated that he saw four youths wearing dark tracksuits and body

Police appeal after car is damaged

warmers committing the damage before running off.“If you know who was behind this, or have any information, please ring 101 and ask to speak to PC 2788 David Brawn at Bishop Auckland police station,” urged a spokesperson.

Residents of Plevna Mews displayed their caring side in the festive season when they generously donated to help raise funds for the cancer treatment of four-year-old Jacob Jones.Jacob is the great-grandson of Plevna Mews resident, Morris Wilcock and when his sister, Sylvia came knocking, residents of 31 homes in the Mews dug deep to raise £150 towards Jacob’s treatment.In a statement on his just-giving fundraising page, Jacob’s mother relates his story: “Just over 2 years ago (Aug 2014) my son, Jacob, was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblas-toma, something you never expect as a parent. “Although, devastating as it was, treatment soon started. “His doctor explained that Jacob would need 18 months of intensive treat-ment involving chemo-therapy, radiotherapy, im-munotherapy and surgery. “At the end of his treat-ment, Jacob’s scans

showed no sign of disease and that he was in remis-sion. “Although this was a fantastic achievement, unfortunately, due to the aggressive nature of the cancer, it returned within a few months. “Jacob has since under-gone further rounds of chemotherapy, which have proved to be successful. “He is now in remission for a second time. “We are striving to raise the funds needed for Jacob to access a Neuroblas-toma vaccine, which is not available on the NHS, nor through other UK provid-ers. “This should give him the best chance of staying cancer free and living the full life he so deserves.”Anyone who would like to donate to Jacob’s cause can do so by visiting his fund raising page at justgiving/fundraising/jacobjones.More information is also available at Jacob’s Facebook page: facebook.com/04jacobjones.

Neighbours dig deep for brave Jacob

Shildon residents have been helping brave young Jacob Jones in his battle against Neuroblastoma.


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Shildon & District

Shildon AFC’s Community Football Centre is hosting coaching sessions for children aged 4-6 years old starting on Saturday 7th January.The sessions will take place at the Jubilee Centre on Jubilee Road. The first session attended is free of charge and the sessions are intended to lead to children playing for Shildon AFC in the TJFA (Tees Junior Football Alliance) League from Sep-

tember 2017.All coaches are FA Level 2 qualified and hold valid CRB checks and first aid qualifications.The coaching will be split into two sessions: the first from 9.30-10.15am is for children of Nursery and Reception age and the second, from 10.15-11am is for children of Year 1 school age.For more information or to book a session, contact Evann on 07747 818481.

Mini soccer classes at Shildon AFC

Lewis Wing (No. 10), wheels away after finally breaking West Auckland’s resolve in the Durham Challenge Cup 2nd Round tie on Tuesday night. Photo: Tom Clegg

Chairman issues rallying call ahead of Shildon’s FA Vase tie

Shildon AFC go into the last 32 of the FA Vase on Saturday when they entertain highly fancied Atherton Collieries from the North West Counties League.Atherton are expected to bring a large follow-ing to the game and Shildon Chairman, David Dent has asked for the support of the town for the big game: “The game against Atherton repre-sents a really exciting tie. “Whilst they will no doubt install us as favourites, we are well aware of the quality within their squad and to go and beat Penrith away as comprehensively as they did in the last round is a good illustration of their abilities.“We know that Atherton will bring a large following to the game and to help Shildon progress I know the management team and players would really appre-ciate the backing of a big Shildon crowd. “We have a fantastic squad with some past FA Vase winners in the team who will thrive in front of a big crowd. “Let’s get behind the team, come to the game in red if you can and let’s make it a

carnival atmosphere. “If we win on Saturday we are only three rounds away from the final at Wembley, so let’s see if we can push the crowd on Saturday north of 500.”The game kicks off 3pm at Dean Street but the bar and gates will be open from 12 noon.Meanwhile, Shildon prepared for the game with a comfortable 2-0 away win at West Auckland in the Durham FA Challenge Cup on Tuesday night, 3rd January.Two second half goals from Lewis Wing were enough to see the Railwaymen progress to the third round of the County Cup on a bitterly cold night at West.Shildon controlled the game from start to finish, creating a host of chances but failed to capitalise on their superiority. The pattern was set in the first minute when Lewis Dodds hit the post before Lewis Wing fired just wide.On 23 minutes another Dodds shot was cleared off the line by Dale Elgie. Shildon finally got their just reward after 55 minutes when Amar Purewal put Lewis Wing through and he beat keeper Gareth

Shaw easily. Near the end Wing scored his second to cement Shildon’s victory.The win means Shildon have completed a hat-trick of wins against local rivals over the festive season.They defeated Newton Aycliffe 1-0 away from home on Tuesday 20th December with Anthony Bell scoring a last minute winner before strolling to a 3-1 home win against Bishop Auckland on Boxing Day. Dan Parker opened the scoring with his second goal for the club on 17 minutes before Lewis Wing underlined Shildon’s first half dominance with a double before the half time interval to give Shildon an unassailable lead at the break. A second half Andrew Johnson goal for the visitors proved no more than a consolation as Shildon coasted to victory. Shildon have now won their last five league matches against the Two Blues and with Tuesday night’s win against West Auckland have now installed themselves as the dominant side in local derbies. Saturday’s FA Vase tie will test their strength at a national level.

SHILDON AFCSCHEDULED FIXTURES - JANUARY(NORTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION ONE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)

SATURDAY KICK OFF: 3PM, MIDWEEK KICK OFF: 7.30PM

Saturday 7th JanuaryFA Vase 4th Round

Home v Atherton Collieries

Tuesday 10th JanuaryAway v Chester-le-Street

Saturday 14th JanuaryAway v Guisborough Town

Wednesday 18th JanuaryHome v Whitley Bay (League Cup 3rd Rd)

Saturday 21st JanuaryAway v Sunderland RCA

Saturday 28th JanuaryAway v Ashington

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The latest Shildon AFC Supporters’ Club lottery was drawn on Sunday 1st January at the football ground social club.The numbers drawn from the bag were: 3, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 14. There was no winner of the £600 jackpot prize. The consolation prize of £25 was won by H Stacey of Shildon.The jackpot now rolls over to £650 and players need

to select the winning 6 number combination from the remaining 15 numbers to collect the top prize.Tickets, which cost £2, can be bought at Rakeesh Convenience Store on Main Street, Main Street News, the One Stop Shop on Byerley Road, the football ground on match days and online via Paypal by emailing [email protected].

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