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Fence Houses Sreetz Project

Open Community Drop In

Tuesday 7th February, 2012

1:00 PM -4:00 PM

At St Johns Methodist Church (Tin Chapel)

Pop along for a FREE cup of tea or coffee and cake to hear about the exciting new changes in Fence Houses to be part of developing some new ideas for the area

For more information please contact Sam Gallilee on 0191 385 2822 or 07885210159 or speak to the detached youth workers on Tuesday Wednesday or Friday evenings on 07512687203

Project funded by Fence Houses YMCA

Published on Wednesday 14 September 2011 12:43

A GREEN-FINGERED wagon driver has reclaimed his champion spot at a leek show, setting a village record.

Jack McKitten, of Fence Houses, took the first place ribbon at the Burnside Workingmen’s Club Leek Show.

This is the third time in four years that the 42-year-old has claimed the first prize, after growing two leeks measuring 300.33 cubic inches, the equivalent to almost five litres, and the biggest ever grown by anyone in the village.

He said: “I’m over the moon to have won. I’m chuffed to bits. Growing leeks like this takes a lot of hard work.

“You get 10 months of growing time leading up to the competition and you have to tend to them every day, so it’s a lot of hard work.

“I won the first two years I took part then came second last year, so it’s great to reclaim my title. I’ll definitely be coming back next year to defend it. I’m the one to beat now.”

Trevor Chapman, steward of the Fence Houses club which hosts the show every year, said: “The leeks are the size of tree trunks, it’s no wonder it’s a village record.

“Jack is in our show so we’re really happy that he’s won and set the record. We’re Very pleased
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I would like to thank my little team of nerds (Geeks) who have been working away in the background. So please bare with us as we hope to have one of the best community websites going…… But remember that’s entirely up to you, the site’s only going to be as good as the content you put on!!!

I have discovered some very interesting documents regarding Fence Houses which I will be adding shortly.
Please have a good look around your cupboards for interesting photos or old documents that you’d like to share with everyone.
If you have problems putting these on I will be posting a helpline phone number shortly whereby we could advise how you can do it or I can collect and scan your documents and return them the same day to you.

All of this information regarding Fence Houses should be available for everyone.

Station Hotel, Morton Crescent, Fence Houses. DH4 6AD

Breakfast served from 7.30am

Pots of tea and coffee

Hot and cold sandwiches

Eat in or Takeaway

Great value lunch specials

Kids menu with healthy options

Sunday Roast with 6 veg

2 yorkshire puddings £5.00

Play area in a secure sun trap garden

enjoy reading a daily paper

watch TV or listen to the radio

forthcoming events are BBQ’S, steak nights, pie and peas outside catering available and function service.

Till June Kids eat free

For Bookings/enquiries tel 0191 584 5678

email secretgardenfencehouses@hotmail.com

1 free child meal with every full adult meal bought (under 12 years old only)

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AN aristocrat has announced plans to transform part of his North East estate into a wedding and entertainment venue.

Renovation work is being carried out by Lord Durham on the grade II-listed Lambton Castle, near Bournmoor, County Durham, to turn it into a venue for upmarket civil weddings, classical concerts and parties.

Biddick Hall, an impressive grade I-listed country house that was home to the Lord’s mother, Lady Lambton, until her death in February 2003, will also stage small weddings, celebrations, weekend breaks, a monthly supper club and it will also host the bridal party for weddings in the nearby castle.

The estate is also home to a small chapel which will be available for religious wedding ceremonies. Estate chiefs have been in touch with the Bishop of Durham to have it re-consecrated.

They are also looking into licensing a walled garden and a pavilion for a variety of entertainment as well as a large field by the river where they hope to hold proms in the park-style events and large concerts.

Edward Lambton, the 7th Earl of Durham, hopes transformation of the 1,400-acre private estate will generate income which will go towards the vast upkeep of the historic properties and land.

Estates manager Bob Duff said: “The estate has always been owned by different generations of the same family. The area of Washington used to belong to them before it was compulsory purchased from the family to build the new town.

“The Lord of Durham’s mother lived in Biddick Hall until her death a few years go. After that the home was just used by the family periodically.

“Lord Durham got in touch with me about a year ago about the progression of the estate. Estates such as this get more expensive to run and difficult to keep. The family has an estate in Northumberland and a home in Italy.

“The plans were his idea and he employed me to oversee the development.”

Lambton Estate has already set up a number of events. These include a music night on April 15 featuring tenor George Bartle, soprano Susan Parkes and pianist Warren Mailley-Smith and Universal Horror on April 16, a film night hosted by Oscar-winning film maker Kevin Brownlow. On May 8 Lord Durham will open the estate to the public when they stage the Lambton Run, a 5k and 10k race, in aid of Willow Burn Hospice in Lanchester, County Durham and The Rainbow Trust.

North East chef Anthony Brown is also holding monthly supper clubs and cookery classes.

Lord Durham inherited the Lambton estate after the death of his father, a one-time Tory MP for Berwick, in 2006.

The current Lord married for the third time earlier this year, wedding 29-year-old model Marina Hanbury at a register office in London.

Lions Lived in grounds of castle

LAMBTON Castle, the family’s ancestral seat, is steeped in history

In 1800 the first Lord of Durham commissioned the building of the structure which was built around the existing Harraton Hall, an 18th Century mansion.

The Lord – also known as “Radical Jack” and a son-in-law of Earl Grey – wanted the property to be in the style of a Norman Castle.

The family lived in the property but there was a problem with subsidence, ironically caused by the mineworking in the area on which the family fortune was built. It was rebuilt in the 1860.

In 1930 the family moved out of the property following further issues with subsidence and it fell into disrepair.

In 1972, Lambton Lion Park opened on the estate. It closed in the early 1980s due to lack of funds and problems with escaping animals.

Mr Duff said: “The county council took it over as a teacher training centre for a while then in the seventies the estate was ran as a safari park.

“There are wonderful stories about baboons on the A1 and hippopotamus in Chester-le-Street.

“People still talk about the safari park now with the giraffe house and the bear pit.

“A lot of people came to the estate back then and they still think of it like that today.”

For more information please goto http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/03/16/lambton-castle-to-become-wedding-venue-61634-28343663/2/

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Walter Bulmer

Hi,
I started working for the North Eastern Optical (NEO) when i left scohool many years back! Four years ago i took over the business which serves most of the local Opticians within 50 miles of the factory. Two years ago we decided to open to the public with our retail shop on the front of the unit at Dubmire Industrial Est. This has been a very exciting two years and now feel that we are getting known within our local area. I would like to thank all the people who have supported us and hope to see you soon. We now have our own website for you to browse which can be found at: www.wholesalespectaclesdurham.com

Once again many thanks, see you soon.

Walter