Proggy masterpiece Weather perfect for village Fun Day

No. 64
www.interchange.bowburn.net/
September 2012
Sun Day in Bowburn
Weather perfect for village Fun Day
H
undreds turned up to enjoy the Fun Day on Saturday, 8th
September, at Bowburn’s community centre and youth club.
The weather was perfect (a rare thing for fun days in Bowburn!).
Over 30 stalls and attractions were put on by local groups and individuals, and everyone had a great time.
The event was formally opened by
Cllr Dennis Morgan, as ex-Chairman
of Durham County Council, who cut a
ribbon to signal the launch of the youth
club’s new garden. He thanked the many
charitable trusts, councils and other
bodies that had funded both this and the
recent big improvements to the community centre.
Amy Brown, a member of the youth
club, presented Joanne Eden, our area
youth worker, with a bouquet and certificate of excellence (something she
usually does to others!), in recognition
of her wonderful work in Bowburn over
the last seven years, and of her recent
achievement of a B.A. Honours degree.
Soon after that, Elsie Shaw and other
members of the Durham Clayport
Matters Group formally presented
Martin Ridley, as chairman of the community association, with the magnificent
proggy mat that now graces the entrance
to the community centre.
And meanwhile families, old and
new, were turning up to test their skills,
lose their money or win magnificent
Proggy masterpiece
T
he latest creation of the Durham Clayport
Matters Group, who meet regularly at
Bowburn Community Centre, has been hailed “a
masterpiece”.
The new Welcome
Mat, now permanently
d i s played inside the
entrance to the Centre,
was formally presented to
the chairman of Bowburn
Community Association,
Martin Ridley, during the
Fun Day on 8th September.
“This is a masterpiece”,
said Martin. “We are very,
very grateful to all those
involved.”
The wall-hanging was
designed by Shirley Slater
and put together by members of the Matters Group,
at their weekly meetings, over the last several months. It includes
24 intricately
woven pictures,
each representing a group that
regularly uses
the Centre.
The Matters
are a self-help
group w h i c h
was founded at Clayport
Library in January 2003,
thanks to the manager
there, Geoff Pratt, and
Elsie Shaw, the group’s
chairman and founder. At
first, they were supported
by New Col l ege an d
then by Education in the
Community. After classes
were set up at Bowburn
as well, they gained
Lottery funding. The
Welcome Mat project has
been funded by the Area
Action Partnership and
local councillors – though
the skills contributed by
the group’s members are
surely priceless.
Rug Fest and Open Day
The Matters will hold
a grand Rug Fest and
prizes, buy bargains, fall off the bucking
bronco, have their faces painted, explore
the Deric youth bus and the fire engine,
admire the youth club’s new garden ­(and
other facilities in both buildings), and to
refresh their bodies at the two kitchens
and their memories as they met up for a
good gossip in the sunshine.
Congratulations to Gary Hutchinson,
who drove the idea to revive Bowburn’s
fun days, to the youth club and the community centre, and to all those who
organised stalls and attractions for the
rest of us to enjoy.
Open Day, at Bowburn
Community Centre, on
Saturday 3rd November,
11am-3pm. Admission
is free. “This is a chance
to socialise with other
groups, members of
the public, family and
friends”, said Elsie Shaw.
There will be a display
of proggy and hooky mats
and wall-hangings, braiding, knitting, weaving
and spinning. Stalls will
include a raffle for a small
hooked rug, crafts, tombola, bric-a-brac, cakes
and Rug Aid. Members
of the group will hold free
taster sessions in proggy
and hooky mat making.
Tea and coffee available.
For further details,
please e-mail: shirley.
[email protected] or
telephone Pat Crossley on
(0191) 584-8212. See also
www.durhamguild.com
Cllr Dennis Morgan opens
the garden and (below)
rides the bronco
Amy Brown says “Thank
You” to Joanne Eden
What did you think?
T
he Fun Day organisers are keen to know what
people thought of this year’s event. Should it be
held annually? If so, was this the best time – on the first
Saturday of the autumn school term, 11am till 3pm?
What improvements would you like to see?
Please leave word at the community centre or the
youth club, or e-mail: [email protected]
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Nature Notes
by Richard Cowen
he weather this summer has been appalling. Constant rain reduces the number of
flying insects, so insect-eating birds find less food. Swifts in particular seem to have
gone back to Africa early this year. Even so, there have been some good moments.
T
My first this summer was with a reddish body, emerald
a black and yellow banded damselfly and banded demoiinsect landing next to me in selles appeared along with
the garden. I took a photo- emperor dragonfly.
graph and sent it to others
Dragon and damselflies
to see what it was. It was a really are attractive insects
banded heath crane fly, more with long, colourful bodies.
associated with heathland As with so many things these
than gardens. Its
days, if you have
wasp-like coloradifficulty identition no doubt is
fying them, you
used as a defence
can find British
against predadragonflies on
tors. Not rare, but
the web with
unusual in places
pictures to help.
Juvenile bullfinch © R. Cowen
such as ours.
But when around
I’ve been looking for drag- water at this time of year, it is
onflies around the ponds in always worth looking to see
the Nature Reserve. They’d what there may be and, better
been few in number until still, to try to identify it.
early August. Then common
Butterflies have also been
blue and blue-tailed dam- uncommon for much of the
selflies started to appear. The summer but recently quite
common blue is probably our a few have appeared in the
most common damselfly, a Reserve. Ringlet, a medium
smaller version of dragonfly, sized brown butterfly with
with blue and black bands on small rings on its underwing,
its body. The blue-tailed is less is perhaps the most common
striking but has a luminous but there are also Meadow
blue tail, which gives it its Brown, Small Heath and Small
name. Then common darter, Skippers in some numbers.
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It has not all been doom and
gloom on the bird front this
summer. Swallows and House
Martins are congregating in
large numbers on the wires,
getting ready for their long
migration south. Some young
birds such as Whitethroats
can be found in the hedges
around the Reserve. And I
have had three welcome visitors to my garden during the
late summer.
A male Bullfinch is always a
stunning sight and one came
to the feeders for a couple
of weeks, bringing at least
one offspring. And another
stunning bird, the male
Yellowhammer, also visited a
few times along with female
and young.
Willow Warbler is common
around the Reserve but this is
the first year I have seen them
in the garden. As insect eaters,
they are not interested in the
seed feeders, but they were
flitting around the trees in the
garden a couple of times looking for food.
Active Life Centre to celebrate
T
he Active Life Centre @Coxhoe will celebrate its first full year on
Saturday, 3rd November. “We’re inviting our community to this
special anniversary event, to say Thank You”, said Melanie Adams,
Centre Manager. There’ll be live music and a festive atmosphere for the
whole family. The fun starts at 7pm.
Melanie also invites terested please e-mail
And much, much
people to get involved. M e l a n i e a t m e l @
“We have numerous a c t i v e l i f e c o x h o e . more is going on, too:
opportunities for vol- co.uk or ring (0191) scouts, cycling, concerts, parent & toddler
unteering”, she said. 377-3245.
She also wants to group, badminton,
“These include coaching sports and fitness thank all those who squash, table tennis,
activities, working voted for the Active basketball, tennis,
with children in our Life Centre at the 5-a-side football…
To find out more,
youth clubs, helping AAP Participatory
with the pre-school Budgeting event on visit www.activelistay and play ses- 2 1 s t J u l y . “ W e ’ v e fecoxhoe.co.uk or
sions, maintenance been awarded £2,728, follow on Twitter – @
and building work, which we’ll use to ActivLifeCoxhoe –
and organising social p u r c h a s e q u a l i t y or Facebook – www.
innovative health and f a c e b o o k . c o m /
events and groups.
activelifecoxhoe.
We are seeking fitness equipment.”
people in our
community
who are interested in helping
people become
more socially
and physically active
and improving
their health and
wellbeing.”
If you’re in-
Fri 5th Oct. – Sound of the
Sixties – Dance to our
resident D.J.
Sun 28th Oct. – Music
Through the Decades –
Re-live the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s
and 90’s.
Sat 3rd Nov. – 80's Disco
Party – Put your dance moves into
action and enjoy the music of the 80’s.
Fri 16th Nov. – Sweet 70's Night – Put
your dance moves into action and enjoy
the music of the 70’s.
All £12.95 per person.
Includes 2-course chef's choice buffet.
Arrive 7.00pm, party till 12.00 midnight.
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0191 3773465
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Excellent pass rates
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Durham County Credit Union
Your Community Bank
Anderson’s
Bakeries
Bringing convenient and affordable
financial services to you
• Flexible and Convenient Loans
• Safe and Secure Savings
• Christmas Club
• Your own Paypoint Card
• Dividend on Savings
• Free Life Assurance
• Young Saver Accounts
• Low Interest Rates on Loans
To join, just come along to Bowburn
Community Centre
Fridays 11.00am to 12 noon
or ring 0191 375-7677
See also www.durhamcountycu.co.uk
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Crowtrees Lane,
Bowburn
and Church Street,
Coxhoe
Open: Monday—Friday
8.30am—4.15pm
and Saturday
8.30am—12.00 noon
Tel.: 377-0200
Cakes For All Occasions A Speciality
www.my-cakes.co.uk
R&C
Builders
for general building
work, extensions and
renovations
tel.:
(0191) 377-9656
Opening Hours:
Mon–Fri: All day to 5.30pm
Sat: 9am–12.30pm
(No closing for lunch)
National Lottery open till 6.00pm
on Wednesday
Post Office Services plus:–
Free Cash Withdrawals (most banks
& building societies);
Cash/Cheque Deposits (most banks);
Travel Money (Euros over the
counter) & Travel Insurance;
Moneygrams; Top Ups – Mobiles,
Electric & Gas; Fishing Licences;
Photocopy & Fax Services; Dry
cleaning; Wide Range of Greeting
Cards; Stationery; Cold Drinks and
Confectionery
Telephone: (0191) 377-0360
Cry from the Heart
Band booked again for next year
by Pat Wilcock
he story behind the “Edith Cavell” banner, since it was removed from an
ippax Band, from Leeds, proved to be every bit as good as expected, on
attic where it had lain for many years and lovingly restored in 2005, has
this year’s Durham Miners’ Gala Day, and have been booked again for
fascinated many, historians and local residents alike. The banner now hangs next year – Saturday 13th July 2013.
This was the first time the band has
in our Community Centre once known as “The Miner’s Welfare Hall”, “the
played
at the Big Meeting, though
“Welfare” and the “’Tute”.
T
Early this year, members of local
groups came together to discuss a project
set up by the Banner Group. This was to
explore different sources of information
which would lead us to better understand
why the lodge banner was designed to
carry Edith Cavell’s portrait/likeness to
the Durham Big Meeting in 1920 – a
controversial decision in its time, as this
was the first time a recognisable woman
had been portrayed on a banner.
The resulting drama project with
Jack Drum Arts was performed to a
full house on the eve of the Gala. The
play was written by Laura Emerson, and
together with Tom Burton, who also
played the part of the artist, met with us
on a weekly basis and miraculously created the drama. Jack Burton who was
responsible for recorded sound and light
systems also acted a part.
The young artists with Jack Drum Arts
showed their ability to do really engaging high quality work around important
subject matter. The cast, including local
children, gave its best performance on
the night, just the third time we’d had
the use of the stage. Music to set the
mood was played by young musicians
from Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange
schools, who played “The Bowburn
March” and “Gresford” (Miners’ Hymn).
“Lightly Row” was also played for us by
pupils from Bowburn and Shincliffe
Primary Schools.
The story was partly told through
the words of typical letters to and from
Belgium, newspaper articles, radio
broadcasts and telegrams and also drawing on local knowledge and publications. In 1914 Bowburn was mainly the
“Colliery rows” which were built after
the first shaft was started in 1906. We
know that at least two hundred men,
many working at the pit, went from
Bowburn to fight in the First World
War. Around fifty men were killed. The
exuberant energy and sensitivity of the
children in the cast was used with skill to
help us to feel the human story behind
the banner: the execution of nurse Edith
Cavell by German authorities for assisting British soldiers to get home, and the
way in which her memory is revered,
still, in a mining community.
For more information about Bowburn
men who died in World War I, see
“Durham Men of the Great War”, by
John Davison (2002), published by the
History of Education Project, School of
Education, Durham University.
New Photoshop
course
A
new course on how to use Photoshop to manipulate and improve your digital images will start at
6.30pm on Tuesday, 25th September,
in the Computer Suite in Bowburn
Community Centre.
Following the success of two earlier
courses, Ian Boseley has kindly volunteered to run another one. The only
charge, of £17.50 for ten weekly sessions,
will be to cover room-hire and the cost
of sundry materials.
People wishing to attend are advised
to contact Ian beforehand, to book a
place. Please e-mail him at ianboseley@
hotmail.com
Opencast inaction
T
he Bowburn Opencast Action Group (BOAG) is likely to be wound up
next month.
The group was formed in January
1990, following an application by R. & A.
Young to extract 1.25m tonnes of coal by
opencast at Cassop Moor (“Whitwell”)
and a drift mine from there towards Old
Cassop. Its battle against that application was unsuccessful. The Secretary of
State allowed it, after a public inquiry
into the County Council’s refusal, and
R. J. Budge started opencasting in April
1994. This continued for three years (but
did not include a drift mine).
Meanwhile, in 1995, the group took
up the cudgels against two further applications, this time at “Quarrington”
(between Bowburn, Park Hill, Coxhoe
and Old Quarrington). Because of the
new site’s location, membership of
the group was widened. It became the
Bowburn & Coxhoe Opencast Action
Group, though it retained the same bank
account.
This time opposition was successful. The original application, from DS
Supplies, who wanted to extract 825,000
tonnes of coal, was withdrawn before the
company went bankrupt. A second one,
from the Eco Energy Group, for 725,000
tonnes of coal, was rejected by Durham
County Council. Following a public
inquiry, the Secretary of State upheld
this decision in December 2003.
Since then, BOAG has had nothing to
do. There have been no further opencast
applications in the area. The group has
had no meetings and its bank account
has been unused. The Government can
take and distribute unclaimed money in
bank accounts that have not been used
for 15 years. Although there are still a
few years before that can happen, the
last elected officers are now of the opinion that the group should fold.
Sadly, many of its original members
have died, and others have moved away
from the area. So it is proposed that a
public meeting be held, at which it will
be formally moved that the Bowburn
Opencast Action Group be dissolved
and its assets handed to the Bowburn &
Parkhill Community Partnership, with
a stipulation that they be used only for
purposes that match BOAG’s aims, at
least until such a time as it becomes clear
that there is no likelihood of any further
opencasting proposals in the immediate
area.
The meeting will be held at Bowburn
Community Centre on Tuesday, 16th
October, starting at 6pm.
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AAP News
O
ur local Area Action Partnership (AAP) Board met at Sedgefield Community College on 13th
June 2012.
• Cllr Jan Blakey, chairman, presented a
certificate to Josephine Eileen Dickinson,
Chairman’s Medal 2012 Community
Champion for the AAP area.
• It was agreed to support the Plain
Packaging Campaign for tobacco
products.
• Tony Devos outlined work carried out
on the Limestone Landscapes project.
• Sarah Thompson, DCC Traffic Section,
gave a presentation on changes to parking
enforcement in County Durham.
• Peter Carden gave an update on Digital
Durham.
• Alison Wilkinson gave a presentation
on Young Enterprise, a national
business-education based charity.
• Support in advertising the “Its Up2U”
project was requested.
The Board met again on 12th September
at Cassop Community Centre.
• Stuart Timmiss, Head of Planning
and Assets, gave a presentation on
The County Durham Plan Preferred
Options.
• The AAP’s communications
options have been updated to include
Facebook.
• New office signage has been put up at
Trimdon thanks to funding from Livin.
• A request for an Equality and
Diversity representative will go out to
all Board Members, via e-mail.
• A report is available on the “It’s
Up2U” event where 23 projects gained
funding; over 600 people attended, 221
new Forum members joined, and it
attracted £30,000 match funding. This
was the highest match funding gained.
• Loraine O’Donnell gave a presentation on “The Joint Health and
Wellbeing Strategy”.
The next AAP Board meeting will be
at Bowburn Community Centre on 3rd
October, 4pm to 6pm.
Race for Life
Y
outh work staff and young
people from Bowburn were
among over seventy who took part
in a Race for Life event on 15th July,
raising money for Cancer Research
UK. They are all members of the girls
county-wide running network.
some of its members had been with
other bands before. These had given
their colleagues some idea of what to
expect but it was clear that they were all
mightily impressed. They wrote thanking the Banner Group and everyone in
Bowburn for our welcome. We thank
them, too, for their excellent music and
good company.
The Banner Group is proposing that
next year’s parade through Bowburn
should start near the Youth Club, proceed
up Burn Street, round Surtees Avenue
and Edward Avenue to the Co-op, and
then down Prince Charles Avenue to
the War and Mining Memorials near
Durham Road. Before that, the band will
be asked to play one piece of music at
the bottom of Ramsay Street, Tursdale,
when they first come off the motorway
from Yorkshire. Their bus will then thke
them to Bowburn Community Centre,
for a quick breakfast and comfort break,
before they set off through Bowburn.
Comments on these proposals are
invited.
The Banner Group is also keen to
involve more residents (and former residents) of Bowburn in carrying the banners. These represent the heritage of the
whole village and all are welcome to be
part of this annual celebration. Anyone
interested in carrying a pole, or holding
one of the ropes, should contact Malcolm
Bell or Mike Syer (tel: 0191-377-1391 or
377-1491; e-mail: malcolmb1@hotmail.
co.uk or [email protected]).
Shared birthday
M
rs Mabel Raine of Old
Quarrington, Bowburn, recently celebrated her 101st birthday.
She was delighted to learn that she
shares her birthday, August 16 th,
with City of Durham M.P. Roberta
Blackman-Woods, who visited her at
her home with a card and a bouquet
Another welcome visitor on the day
was Vice-Chair of Durham County
Council Pauline Charlton, who presented her with a basket of flowers and
a card from the Council.
A lifelong Labour supporter, Mabel
joined the party on moving to Durham in
1991; she always makes a point of going
to vote on polling day, and has not yet
resorted to a postal vote. She was 17 in
1928 when women were finally awarded
the same voting rights as men (though
she could not vote until she was 21, of
course) and regards voting as a right
and a privilege, rather than a chore. She
assured Roberta that she will continue
to support her and other Labour candidates whenever there is an election.
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Cassop-cum-Quarrington Parish Council
Quarterly Parish Council
Newsletter No. 17 (2012)
23rd August 2012
Dear Parishioners,
Parish Plan in Action (Shopping,
Employment and the Economy)
The Parish Council has written to Planning Service Managers
at Durham County Council to
pass on to them the views of Local
Parishioners expressed in the Parish
Plan Household Survey about the need
for more Local Shopping Facilities
and Job Opportunities in the Parish
Area. Responses to the General
Household Survey carried out in all
of the Settlements in the Parish Area
have revealed that the vast majority
of Local Residents do their regular
shopping outside of the Parish Area
in Spennymoor and Durham City. A
significant number of Respondents
wanted to see a Local Supermarket in
Bowburn. 40% of Local Respondents to
the Survey also felt that there were not
enough Local Job Opportunities in the
Parish Area.
Bearing these facts in mind, the
Parish Council has written to the
County Council Planners requesting
that they
place more
emphasis on
these needs
of Local
Parishioners
and less
emphasis
on future
new House
Building in
the Parish
Area in the
new County
Council Plan, which is expected to
be put out to public consultation in
September 2012.
Members of the Parish Council are
broadly in agreement that there are
more than sufficient new Housing
Schemes in Bowburn and not
enough is being done to promote
new Employment Opportunities and
provide Local Shopping Facilities.
Members of the Parish Council want to
see Local People working and shopping
within the Parish Area and not just
living in the Parish but shopping and
working elsewhere.
Summer 2012 Hanging Baskets,
Tubs, Planters and Flower Trees
Readers of the Interchange will have
noticed that the time of year has come
around once again when the colourful
Summer Flower Baskets, Planters and
Flower Tubs are adorning the Streets
of Bowburn, Parkhill, Tursdale and
Cassop. Floral decorations have also
been put in place once again near to
the various Village Stones. In addition, County Councillors Blakey and
Williams have provided additional
roadside floral decorations at Tursdale
and Bowburn provided from their
Annual Members’ Allowances. The
Parish Council will seek compensation from the County Council, whose
Contractors have damaged some
Flower Baskets in Parkhill and elsewhere with slap-dash weed killer spraying on neighbouring grass verges.
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33, Scargill Drive,
Spennymoor,
Co. Durham,
DL16 6LY.
Tel.: 0798-631-9443
E-mail: [email protected]
Parish Council Website:
www.communigate.co.uk/ne/
cassopcumquarrington
Parish Council Members’
Names, Addresses and
Contact Telephone
Numbers
Cllr Andrew Shutt, 27, Park Hill
Estate, Coxhoe, Co. Durham,
DH6 4JH (Tel: 0191-377-0904)
(Chairman of the Parish Council,
re-elected at the Annual Meeting
in May 2012)
Children’s Play Equipment for Cassop
I am delighted to report that Parish
Councillors have received a grant of
£10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund
to help pay for new Children’s Play
Equipment for installation in the
Cassop Playing Field. Some older Play
Equipment has been removed form
Children’s Play Areas right across
County Durham by County Council
Officers, due to understandable Health
and Safety concerns. Now that grant
funding has been received from the Big
Lottery Fund, new Play Equipment can
be purchased to replace those items
removed from the Playing Field. The
Grant Application was initiated by
Parish Councillor Muriel Marsden.
Amongst other items, the Parish
Council is seeking to have a 4 metre
Climbing Net installed on the Playing
Field. A considerable amount of
assistance with the grant application process has been provided by the
County Council’s Regeneration and
Economic Development Office. Finally,
Cassop Community Association has
also applied for grant monies from
other sources to provide more Play
Equipment for Cassop. Work on
the actual installation of the Play
Equipment will commence in late
August/early September 2012.
Garden of Remembrance at
Bowburn Cemetery
I am delighted to report the Opening
Ceremony of the new Garden of
Re­membr­ance at Bowburn Cemetery
has taken
place on July
30th 2012 in
the presence
of Parish
Councillor
Maggie
Robinson,
who initiated the
Garden of
Remembr­
ance
Project. The
Opening
Maggie Robinson tries
Ceremony is
out the seat donated
commemoby Parkhill Residents
rated by the
Association
provision of a Special Plaque on one of
the Walls in the Garden of Rememb­
rance. A picture of the Commem­orative
Plaque is
shown right.
I am also
pleased to
report that
a number
of Local
Residents
have purchased spaces on the Walled
Areas on which to attach Memorial
Plaques to honour their departed
loved ones. The cost of leasing a space
on a walled area in the Garden of
Remembrance is an unbeatable £50.00
for an indefinite period of time, which
offers better value for money than
many neighbouring Parish and Town
Councils can offer.
Neither the Memorial Plaques nor the
Opening Ceremony Commemorative
Plaque are constructed out of any materials with a resale scrap value.
New Code of Conduct for
Members
As a consequence of the Localism
Act 2011 receiving Royal Assent
in November 2011, the Coalition
Government has finally set out the
arrangements for a new Code of
Conduct for Local Authority Members.
The Code of Conduct is based on the
principles of honesty, selflessness,
integrity, objectivity, accountability,
openness and leadership as set out by
the Nolan Parliamentary Committee
on Standards in Public Life. Members
of the Parish Council are required to
register their pecuniary interests (as
defined in Appendices A and B of
the Code of Conduct Document) and
declare their Interests at Meetings of
the Parish Council if such Interests
could affect their consideration of a
particular matter under discussion.
Members of the Parish Council will also
have to declare the receipt of (or offer
of) any Gifts and Hospitality with a
value of £5.00 or more.
Peter Thorpe,
Clerk to Cassop-cumQuarrington Parish
Council
Cllr Sylvia Raine, The Grange,
Old Quarrington, Co. Durham,
DH6 5NN (Tel: 0191-377-2728)
(Vice-Chairman of the Parish
Council, re-elected at the Annual
Meeting in May 2012)
Cllr John Barker, 37, Marlene
Avenue, Bowburn, Co. Durham
(Tel: 0191-377-2253)
Cllr Janet Blakey, 13, Philip
Avenue, Bowburn, Co. Durham,
DH6 5EQ (Tel: 0191-377-1608)
Cllr Paul Leake, 16, Tunstall
Avenue, Bowburn, Co. Durham,
DH6 5EE (Tel: 0191-377-2985)
Cllr George H. Marsden, 31, Luke
Avenue, Cassop, Co. Durham,
DH6 4RD (Tel: 01429-820017)
Cllr Jason Marsden, 24, Luke
Avenue, Cassop, Co. Durham,
DH6 4RD (Tel: 01429-821329)
Cllr Muriel Marsden, 31, Luke
Avenue, Cassop, Co. Durham,
DH6 4RD (Tel: 01429-820017)
Cllr Dennis Morgan, 26, Durham
Road West, Bowburn, Co.
Durham, DH6 5AU (Tel: 0191377-0553)
Cllr James Robinson, 4,
Steavenson Street, Bowburn,
Co. Durham, DH6 5BA (Tel:
0191-377-1655)
Cllr Margaret Robinson, 93, Park
Avenue, Parkhill, Coxhoe,
Co. Durham, DH6 4JJ (Tel:
0191-377-2222)
Cllr Stanley Robinson, 93, Park
Avenue, Parkhill, Coxhoe,
Co. Durham, DH6 4JJ
(Tel: 0191-377-2222)
Cllr Mike Syer, 8, Clarence Street,
Bowburn, Co. Durham, DH6
5BB (Tel: 0191-377-1491)
Cllr William Temporal, 19,
Tunstall Avenue, Bowburn, Co.
Durham
Cllr William Tickell, 21, Henry
Avenue, Bowburn, Co. Durham,
DH6 5EL
Bowburn’s buzzing
by Sylvia Raine Bowburn Youth FC
by Warren Rumney
uch has been written and broadcast recently about the catastrophic
owburn Youth FC has had a
decline in population of our bees, butterflies and general pollinators.
great season. Four teams won their
This could have disastrous effects on our food supply, as it has been estimat- leagues and the under-7s won the Cup,
ed that up to 80% of our food is produced with the help of such creatures.
as well. The under-12s (below) won the
M
After watching Sarah Raven’s threepart documentary on BBC2 in spring
this year, a group of concerned people
from Bowburn got together to see if they
could do anything to help: Sarah had
explained how all of us from large local
authorities to small groups could help
stop the decline in our own areas.
We resolved to try and help the bees by
establishing a small wildflower meadow
in Bowburn, and “Project 4Bs” was
born. (4Bs being Bees and Butterflies
in BowBurn). A site was soon identified: a very small plot by the Beck, on
the corner of the allotment site owned
by the Parish Council. This plot was too
small to be let as an allotment and had
become a bit of eyesore, being used as
a dumping-ground for general rubbish,
and also being overgrown with long
grass, brambles and nettles – which can,
of course, be good for caterpillars!
B
Beautiful parish
J
udging in this year’s Beautiful
Durham Competition took place
in July and awards will be made at
Durham Town Hall on 3rd October.
In last year’s competition, there were
a number of local winners. Bowburn
Care Centre received an Award of Merit
in the Best Business Premises category;
Cassop Community Association in the
Best Group Environmental Project category and Tony Lister, of Broadmeadows,
in the Best Small House Garden and
Best Backyard/Patio Garden categories.
Cassop Village was Runner Up in the
Best Small Village Category.
Peter Thorpe, Clerk to Cassop-cumQuarrington Parish Council, presented
commemorative plaques to all of these
at the start of its meeting on 21st March.
The Parish Council donated £50 to
this year’s competition, as a sponsor.
Fire & Rescue
training centre
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We also contacted Bowburn Junior
School, where one of our group is a governor, and asked if they would like to be
involved. The answer was a resounding and enthusiastic “YES”. Having
ascertained from an ecologist from the
County Council that the land would be
suitable for such a project, we asked the
Parish Council if they would be prepared
to let our group manage the land for the
benefit of pollinators. They gave the goahead at their April meeting and we then
set about looking for funding for the land
clearance and seeding, though much of
the initial work (rubbish clearance) is to
be done by group members, with help,
we hope, from allotment holders, whose
crops will of course benefit from the
hoped-for influx of pollinating insects,
and members of the general public who
will enjoy an improved beck-side walk.
We applied to the AAP for funding under their “It’s up 2 U” scheme,
and set up our stall at the funding day
on July 21st at the Active Life Centre in
Coxhoe. With wonderful posters made
by Bowburn Juniors, a miniature “bee
meadow” and samples of honey for the
voters, we were lucky enough to secure
funding of £1160 for our project. Thanks
to the AAP for giving us this opportunity, to Bowburn Juniors for their help,
and to everyone who voted for us. So
now the growing season is almost over,
we can start to transform the plot.
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
If you would like to become involved,
please e-mail sylvraine@tinyworld.
co.uk
NHS information
day
C
ounty Durham LINk held an Information Day in Bowburn Community Centre on 18th September. Members of the general public were invited to
hear about the North Durham Clinical
Commissioning Group and plans for
the Local HealthWatch in Durham.
First Division and will be playing in the
Premier League next season.
planning application is expected from the Fire & Rescue Service, for a training centre on
Bowburn South Industrial Estate.
If successful, this would occupy the
last area at the back of the former colliery site, near to the currently disused
Leamside Railway. The Service would
use it to train on such things as cutting
open crashed vehicles.
Digital Switchover
B
owburn’s nearest TV transmitter, at Pontop Pike, switches
off analogue signals this month.
BBC2 analogue went first and the
rest will go on 26th September.
All Freeview, TopUp TV and BT
Vision equipment needs to be retuned,
to pick up the new digital services. If
you are 75 or over, eligible disabled,
registered blind or partially sighted, or
resident in a care home, the Switchover
Help Scheme can convert one analogue
television in your home. For more
information call 0800 40 85 900 or visit
helpscheme.co.uk before 26th October.
Almost all televisions can be converted
with a digital box, so you shouldn’t need
a new TV. If you have good analogue
reception now, you won’t need a new
aerial. Digital UK, an independent,
not-for-profit company, has sent every
house a 18-page booklet “Your Guide to
Switchover”. If you haven’t got one, call
their advice line on 08456 50 50 50.
Dance school show success
T
he Polka School of Dance put on a one-night show at Mainsforth Theatre, Ferryhill, in July, in front of a sell-out audience. Over 100 children
from Bowburn and the neighbouring villages, aged 2 to 16, took part.
“The show was a complete success”, said Stephanie
dance school at Bowburn “ I was so proud of how
C o m m u n i t y C e n t r e . the children conducted
themselves”.
The children raised £100
by selling programmes,
and this was donated
to “Heel and Toe”, the
Durham children’s charity that offers free therapy
to children
with cerebral
palsy. They
rai s ed f urther f un d s
for the charity later in
the summer,
by doing a
sponsored
walk round
Hardwick
Park, before
Matthews, who runs the
enjoying a fun day with
a bouncy castle and face
painter.
For more information
about the dance school,
contact Stephanie on
0786-803-0988, or e-mail
polkaschoolofdance@
hotmail.co.uk
Paxtons – the
story of a local
business
by Helen Armstrong
n July 2009, an empty newsagents
on Romaine Square in Bowburn became Paxtons Sandwich Bar. Owned
by Helen Armstrong and Kelly Paxton, this was the perfect space for the
business they had spent over a year
creating. One initial concept took 16
months to make a reality.
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It took Kelly’s 17 years catering knowledge, experience and qualifications to
create a menu and organise and run the
kitchen, and Helen’s 15 year background
in teaching and managerial roles, to be
particular about every detail and manage
the day to day running of the shop.
Paxtons are proud to employ excellent
staff, most of which have been with them
from the start. Marie has been a family
friend of Helen’s for 14 years. With
some catering experience, she started at
Paxtons the day after opening and is still
a valued, loyal member of staff. Sam is
the full time chef/supervisor who started
her employment there 3 months after
opening. Sam has worked with Kelly in
a previous job; when an opening became
available Sam was perfect for the job.
Sam contributes a lot of new menu ideas
and is mainly responsible for the homemade soups and hot food that is served.
Kelly S. (little Kelly) started working at
Paxtons four months after opening. A
friend of Sam’s, Kelly breezed through
her trial day by selling practically everything that was on offer(!) and is still
a key member of staff today. With the
addition of a delivery driver, Alan, and
a new member of staff, Lesley, Paxtons
Sandwich Bar is striving to maintain an
excellent team and keep providing high
quality food to Bowburn and surrounding areas.
In June 2011, Paxtons were awarded
the highest hygiene rating of 5 by the
food standards agency.
In three years Paxtons Sandwich Bar
has adapted to suit their customers’
needs. Providing outside catering, offering delivery services for local businesses
and residents, and adjusting their menu
to suit dietary requirements. Paxtons is
proud when possible to support the local
church and fundraisers and be an active
part of the community.
Helen and Kelly would like to thank
their loyal, hardworking staff and all
of their customers for supporting their
local business.
New heritage room to open soon
A
new local history and heritage room has been created at Bowburn Community Centre.
Bowburn Local
History Society has been
in first one room and then
another, at the back of the
building, for the last three
years. However access and
storage problems made it
impossible to make its growing collection of books, maps,
photographs and memorabilia easily available to the
public. Now, with a new room
at the front of the building, it
is planned to open the room
to visitors at regular hours, in
the near future.
The group meets every
third Thursday of the month,
starting at 7pm. A series of
meetings, with talks and
slide shows, will be held
over the coming months.
Non-members are always
welcome. The next talk, on
18th October, will be “On the
Buses”, with Bobby Robson,
Tom Spressor and Gordon
Wigham.
On 15 th November, the
subject will be “Bowburn
Rivals: John Gladstone
R a m sa y , u nd e r m a na g e r ,
and Alderman Billy Kelly,
checkweighman”.
There will be no formal talk
on 20th December but a session about “The Pit Laddie
Inn” will follow in the new
year.
The 2013 Bowburn local
history calendar is now on
sale from the usual outlets –
Community Centre, Club,
Gulf garage, shops etc.
page 5
Infant School News
Sport and play get boost
by Trish Fay
by Iain Wilby
he frantic fun filled weeks leading up to the Summer holidays seem a
upils at Bowburn Junior School are now able to enjoy their PE lessons
long time ago!
and playtimes even more, thanks to the new sports equipment added over
Our special day to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II the summer holidays. Miss Lyons, our PE co-ordinator, has seen the project
began with the rousing tones of Land of Hope and Glory as the children filed through from school council requests to the finished product.
“I’m thrilled that we’ve been able to
in to Celebration Assembly.
T
Children and staff came to school wearing red, white and blue. Each class spent
a busy morning making bunting, crowns
and learning more about this important
time for our Queen. Excitement built
dramatically as classrooms were emptied of tables and chairs! Where were
they going???
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Footpath
reopens
Bridleway still
open
the brickworks and clay pits of Thomas
Barker, brickmaker. (This occupied the
site of the original, 19th Century Bowburn
Colliery.) This footpath was included on
the first ever definitive map of public
rights of way in Durham, in 1952.
In 1979, when the definitive map was
updated, a clerical error showed this
path on a different line across that field.
Attempts to correct this, twelve years
ago, met objections from the landowners. So, when the map was digitised and
published on-line, two years ago, the
1979 line remained the official right
of way. However it continued to be
ploughed over and not maintained by
the landowner.
In 2011, the County Council, after
repeated warnings had gone unheeded,
took action. First they erected a stile at
the edge of the field (and another next
to the railway embankment) and then,
after a path was still not cleared through
the crops, they sent in the strimmers.
Messrs Johnson retaliated by destroying the stile and posting a “keep out”
notice. So the County Council decided
to prosecute.
Now, some fifteen months later, an
agreement has been reached. Court
action has been called off. Messrs
Johnson have agreed to erect a new stile
and to maintain Footpath 29, on the
original pre-1979 line. Durham County
Council have agreed to go through the
necessary procedures, again, to re-instate
this 1912 line on the definitive map and
remove the incorrect 1979 one.
For earlier reports on Footpath 29, see
Bowburn Interchange nos. 57 (“An old
colliery walk”) and 58.
However completion of these agreements does not mean that the top
bridleway will close in the near future.
The quarry is owned by Tarmac Ltd.,
which is itself owned by Anglo-American.
The latter agreed early last year to form
a new joint venture company with the
French company, Lafarge, creating a
cement, aggregates, concrete and asphalt
business with 7,300 UK employees. This
£3bn merger faced being blocked by the
Competition Commission. However it
got the go-ahead in May this year, subject to a number of assets owned by both
Tarmac and Lafarge being sold to independent third parties. Raisby Quarry at
Coxhoe, for instance, is to be sold.
Meanwhile the new company has no
short-term plans to implement the new
permission to extend Cold Knuckle
Quarry. The bottom bridleway, which
already existed without being a designated right of way, has been improved;
a new one has been created alongside
the churchyard at Quarrington Hill,
towards the Heather Lad, and another
discretionary bridleway has been created round a field owned by Tarmac,
south west of the quarries.
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A
footpath that has been a
popular bridleway is likely
cause of conflict between a loto stay open well into next year.
cal landowner and Durham County Planning permissions were granted
Council has reopened.
last year for work at Old Quarrington
Cassop-cum-Quarrington footpath and Cold Knuckle Quarries, subno. 29 connects the bridleway from Old ject to various conditions and legal
Quarrington to Park Hill with the track agreements. Those were completed
from Four Mile Bridge to the former this summer. They include the creaClarence Railway branch embankment. tion of a new bridleway to replace the
On the way, it crosses a field owned
one along the ridge between the two
by Philip and Andrew Johnson, of
Quarrington Farm. The path was first quarries. That will be removed and,
established in 1912, when the then Rural in years to come, a new one will be
The children were delighted to find District Council agreed to divert earlier built about 100 metres further north.
their lost tables and chairs in the play- footpaths by creating a new one round (See Interchange no. 58, April 2011.)
ground for a street party! They were
joined by governors, who helped serve
the children. Each child was presented
with a Commemorative mug to ensure
that this day is remembered for years to
come. Thank you to all governors and
staff who gave their time and energy to
make this a truly special day.
The school welcomed two students
from Hong Kong as part of their exchange
studies. Our International Schools
Council interviewed them – which you
can read on the school website.
Inspired by the Olympics our Sports
Day was a little different with all children placed in mixed teams representing various countries. The winner was
Australia (below), managed by Miss
Scott and Mrs Draper. Congratulations
to all children who took part and gave
their best.
Our Summer Term Friendship Day
started with an assembly where members of staff acted out playground scenarios based on tale-telling and getting
friends into trouble! The theme for the
rest of the day was Transition which
gave teachers a chance to spend time
with their new classes.
Our school hall was transformed
into a Dojo when Glynn Fidgeon, from
Destination Judo, kindly came to give
each class a taster session.
As part of Durham Brass Festival we
welcomed Beat and Blow, a brass and
drum band from Berlin. The children
were encouraged to join in as much as
possible and they had a fantastic time.
Many thanks to Forge and Durham
Brass Festival for letting us share this
amazing experience.
The sun shone brightly for our end of
term Teddy Bears Picnic. Many other
soft toys joined our teddies in the yard
to help the children eat their lunch.
The term ended on a sad note as we
said goodbye to our Year 2 children, and
to Mr Soppitt who has left us to further
his career with older children. We hope
he will be as happy there as he has been
with us.
There are lots of photographs on our
school website – www.bowburn-inf.
durham.sch.uk, as well as the children
singing the song they wrote and recorded
with Les Watts during our International
Week.
page 6
Footpath 29 (“Barker’s Path”)
The solid line shows the original 1912
line, which has now been re-opened.
The dashed line shows the route wrongly
drawn on the 1979 designated footpaths
map, which is now going to be put right.
provide such a wonderful playing area
for our children. When designing it, I
wanted to provide something for everyone, to enable all children to enjoy playtimes, and the evidence so far shows that
this has definitely been achieved.”
Our multi-use goal ends can now help
the children playing a range of sports
from football to cricket.
As well as goal ends, there are colourful additions in the form of bright playground markings for children to use
to play a number of games, refine their
throwing ability or help learn times
tables.
With the support of the Headteacher
and school governors, and through our
school’s fundraising efforts, the children
have even more quality equipment to
play with.
Ciara Y3: “Its good because you can
learn your times tables when you’re outside or use the ladders for fun games.”
Emma Y4: “Loads of people who didn’t
play, do now. They like it because we can
play basketball!”
Kieron Y6: “We are all able to play
football together without any arguments. It’s really good.”
Lesley Y6: “The markings are great
because they help you learn your times
tables.”
The improvements to the outdoor learning areas are far from over though. Our
school magazine, the BJS Newsflash will
have reports on what’s happening which
will be printed in the December edition
of the Bowburn Interchange.
Your say on the future of Durham
M
embers of the public are being invited to comment on the next stage
of the County Durham Plan. This will set out policies to guide where
development is located and plan for change in the county over the next 20
years.
Six studies provide the background to
ensuring the county:
• provides development where it is
needed and in the most sustainable
locations;
• identifies the amount of affordable
housing required and how it will be
delivered;
• reviews the current provision of water
and sewage works as well as identifying what will be needed in the future,
and
• provides a guide to ensure developers provide usable open space and the
outcome of the Durham Green Belt
survey work.
25 public consultation events are
being organised. The nearest of these to
Bowburn will be on:
• 18th September, at Durham City Town
Hall;
• 21st September, at Meadowfield Leisure
Centre;
• 4 th October, at Coxhoe Leisure
Centre;
• 11th October, at Spennymoor Town
Hall;
• 15 th October, at Laurel Avenue
Community Centre, Sherburn, and
• 16 th October, at Ceddesfeld Hall,
Sedgefield.
All the above are from 4pm till 8pm.
The Plan will be also available at local
libraries, County Council buildings and
online at www.durham.gov.uk/cdp
The consultation period ends on 2nd
November.
Parkhill
Residents Group
by Angela Richardson
fter our summer break it is
back to business as usual with
our meetings held 7pm, every second
Tuesday of the month, in Browns
Close community building, Coxhoe.
(Top bungalow on right hand side
on way to Co-op).
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We have an open door policy and all
residents are welcome to attend any
meeting.
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You can now get
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page 7
Supermarket a step nearer
“Junior Youthie” starts this month
P re vi ou s e dit io ns of Bo wburn
Interchange have told about earlier applications, from the small store approved
in 1986 (on the site now occupied by the
Morgan House Care Centre); to one of
1,500 sq.m., plus three smaller non-food
units, in 2008, to one of 2,650 sq.m. in
2009. None of these attracted a supermarket operator.
The latest application was submitted
last September but could not be determined till all environmental issues,
including traffic flows and protected
wildlife species, had been addressed
by the applicant. With the necessary
surveys done and reports submitted
this summer, the Council’s Planning
Committee met on 5th September and
gave a unanimous thumbs-up.
Outline permission today does not
mean constructors on site tomorrow,
however! But this time Morbaine Ltd.,
the company working on the project for
the owners, Ogden Properties, is optimistic. John Parle, Managing Director
for the Widnes-based company, told the
Interchange that the “Big Four” retail
food operators used to want 90 or even
100,000 square feet of floorspace for their
supermarkets. But now they were much
more interested in 50, 60 or 70,000 sq.ft..
At 45,036, he thinks the Bowburn site is
now definitely in their range. “We have
now got a store size that the big national
operators can be confident with”, said
Mr Parle.
Morbaine has appointed BNP Parabas,
of Leeds, to promote the site. As soon
as the official notice of planning permission is received (which will include
various conditions agreed by the planners), Parabas will be contacting Asda,
Morrison’s, Sainsbury’s and Tesco – the
Big Four. (He does not think that the
other big national operator, Waitrose,
will be interested.) Morbaine will then
choose their best option and work with
that company to put together a detailed
planning application, with exact building details and layout etc..
If successful, they’ll then take things
right through the construction period,
till it is time to hand the keys over to the
new supermarket operator, who will fit
it out, stock it… and open its doors to
shoppers…
At the risk of repeating ourselves, this
is still only an outline permission. And
a national operator has still to be identified. But, even in the current recession,
prospects of a supermarket in Bowburn
now look better than they ever have
before.
sessions at the DJ Evans
Youth Club (where BYP
is based). But, for many
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new supermarket in Bowburn at last looks a real possibility, after the
owburn Youth Project (BYP) started sessions for under-13 year olds
County Council approved outline planning permission for a 4,184 sq.m.
on 18th September.
D u r h a m C o u n t y years, it has only been the AAP. This was put to
[45,036 sq.ft.] store this month, on the site at the front of Bowburn South Industrial Estate. This would be somewhat under a half of the size of the Tesco C o u n c i l e m p l o y s t h e able to do so for young members of the public at
youth workers who run p e o p l e a g e d 1 3 a n d the “It’s Up 2U” event at
store at Dragon Lane.
Football
champions
M
embers of the Bowburn
Youth Project triumphed at
the Durham Youth Football Tournament at Maiden Castle, on 14th August, winning the final 9-1.
page 8
Remembrance
Sunday
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Bowburn
FC News
emembrance Sunday this
year falls on Armistice Day itself, 11th November. So on the elevowburn FC (forenth hour of the eleventh day of the
merly Bowburn
eleventh month, the Last Post will Cooperage FC) was
sound over Bowburn War Memorial, promoted to Division
followed by two minutes’ silence.
Two in the Swinburne
Maddison Durham &
District Sunday League
this season but did not
get off to the greatest
of starts. After their
first four matches, they
stood tenth in the table
(out of eleven), with just
one point. It’s early days
yet, however. Come on
All residents, of whatever religion or the lads!
denomination, are invited to attend this
annual commemoration of those “who
died in war to give us peace”. Please
assemble at about 10.45am. The Last
Post will be played at 11am.
Father John Livesley, of Christ the
King Church, has extended an invitation
to follow their procession to the church
afterwards, for a Requiem Mass for all
those who have died in the wars of the
past century.
Bowburn Methodist Church will be
having a service at 10am, before going
to the war memorial for the joint act of
remembrance.
Wind turbines
wanted near
Bowburn
T
wo separate planning applications have been made recently, to
erect wind turbines near Bowburn.
Mrs Diane Kemp wishes to build a
34.2m high turbine on Heugh Hall Farm.
east of the village. Mr G. Salvin wants a
46m high one to the west, just north of
the former pit heap, on land farmed by
Mr David Laing, of East Grange Farm.
Both are in fields used for pasture
The first was submitted to the County
Council early in June and the second early
in July. However neither had yet been
determined when Bowburn Interchange
went to press. Both the Parish Council
and the local Community Partnership
have objected to the one at Heugh Hall,
because of the sensitivity of the landscape in this area. The one west of the
village has drawn an objection from the
Ministry of Defence, because of its likely
impact on radar signals.
B
The club has new officers this season, after last
year’s stood down in June.
The Chairman is now
Craig Hill, Secretary is Ray
Pirt and Treasurer is Dale
Sudder. The Manager is
still Martin Ridley.
For news about Bowburn
Youth FC, see page 5.
Buffs raise
money for
toddlers
T
he Pit Laddie
Lodge No 8835
of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes donated £260 to
the Bowburn Toddlers
Group, after holding a
Charity Event held on
1st June 2012.
over. Now, thanks to a
grant from the Council’s
local AAP (Area Action
Partnership), Bowburn
has one session a week for
these youngsters.
The grant was requested
by the youth club committee, after Joanne Eden,
our area youth worker,
reported that lots of children, too young to join
existing sessions, were
asking to be allowed in.
Enquiries showed that
dozens of under-13 year
olds would be interested
in joining, so a funding
application was made to
Coxhoe, in June, and succeeded in getting enough
funding to run one session a week for a year.
Success of the first year of
the new “Junior Youthie”
club will be assessed. If
demand proves to be as
high as expected, a further application will be
made, to various sources,
to make this a permanent
provision.
The new sessions, for
years 6 and 7, are held on
Tuesday evenings, from 5
till 6.30pm. Activities will
include arts and crafts,
sports, cooking and IT.
New garden opens
T
he latest phase of Bowburn Youth Project’s
garden make-over was carried out during the
summer and was formally opened, by Cllr Dennis
Morgan, on 8th September.
The work was funded
by East Durham Rural
Corridor Area Action
Partnership and local
Councillors and, with
the help of the County
Durham Community
Foundation, by the Esh
Charitable Trust, the NNB
Wind Farm Community
Benefits Fund, the
Community Action Fund
and Healthier Durham
Fund.
Young people say thanks
B
owburn Youth Project wishes to thank all
those who donated raffle prizes for the Fun
The Pit Laddie Lodge Day: Bowburn Hall Hotel, The Hair Hut, The Barmeets at 11am every ber Shop, Bowburn Pharmacy, Bowburn Co-op,
Sunday, at Crowtrees WM Paxtons Sandwich Bar, Davidson’s Fish Shop, Joan
Club. For more informa- Beck, Factory Carpet & Laminates and Tesco’s.
tion, contact the secretary,
Ron Goole (rongorle@
hotmail.co.uk).
Bowburn Toddlers
Group meets at 9.15–
11am every Friday, at
Bowburn Community
Centre. For more information, contact Kelly
Etherington (etherington.
[email protected]).
New brewery
opens
T
he Sonnet 43 microbrewery started production this month, in the
former workshop next to
the Kicking Cuddy.
Owned by Mark Hird,
of Tavistock Leisure, it
will start by making four
new real ales.
The Kicking Cuddy will
be closed for refurbishment next year.
Andrew Punshon, title
contender
A
ndrew Punshon, of Bowburn, met Jack
Marshman, British Middleweight Champion,
in a British Association of Mixed Martial Arts
(BAMMA) contest at Wembley Arena, London,
on 15th September. Marshman retained his title.
Perch pronouncements No. 51
My dictionary
says–
“Fun
Day:
Village
ritual
that makes
it rain.”
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