Ferryhill & Chilton Chapter

03/02/2025

💞It is only one week away 💞 There is not long left to book in your classified!

Let's show some love this valentines day.

02/02/2025

In this concluding episode, titled End of the Line, hosts Caroline Hardie, Archie MacKay, and Angela Pickering reflect on the history of the S&DR through the lens of its darker episodes—accidents, deaths, and disfigurements on the railways.

02/02/2025

📷 PHOTO OF THE WEEK 📷

This week’s Photo of the Week was taken at Seaham Harbour by Paul Latheron.

Titled ‘Before the Storm’, Paul explains: “The picture was taken last spring. I saw the rain storm moving over from left and quickly took the shot then got under cover.”

It’s quite the sinister looking storm, so it seems like an eminently sensible decision to get out of its way. Thankfully, not before taking this atmospheric photo though!

For a chance to see your own photos featured and to enter our Photo of the Year competition, submit your images here - https://swd.news/photo-submission/

Our Photo of the Year competition is sponsored by Bondgate Gallery.

02/02/2025

The next meeting of Ferryhill Village WI will be on Wednesday 5 February from 6.30pm at the Dean Bank and Ferryhill Literary Institute. The group is hoping to host a talk on the history of wedding dresses and is inviting members to bring photos of their own as well as their parents’ and children’s dresses to show how fashions have changed through the years. As always, visitors are welcome to go along and try the evenings. Everyone will find a warm welcome awaits, as well as tea, coffee and biscuits.

The next meeting of Ferryhill Village WI will be on Wednesday 5 February from 6.30pm at the Dean Bank and Ferryhill Literary Institute. The group is hoping to host a […]

01/02/2025

Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group aim to provide help and support where it is needed, but we cannot do that without our volunteers who play a vital role in our charity.

31/01/2025

Storm Éowyn may have been one of the strongest storms that we have seen hit the UK in the last 10 years, and in some regions 20-30 years, but it is unlikely to be the last.

Storm Éowyn may have been one of the strongest storms that we have seen hit the UK in the last 10 years, and in some regions 20-30 years.

31/01/2025

Recently, Ferryhill Station Ambassadors for Community Change helped deliver the information session Thrills or Spills about illegal off- road bikes, quads and e-scooters to pupils in year 5 and 6.

31/01/2025

Are you running a Valentines Day 2025 special offer? Want to get bookings or increased sales? 💝

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30/01/2025

Thanks to funding secured via the 4Together Partnership totalling £35,000, Ferryhill Town Council has been able to commission a series of improvements to the Dog Walking Area at Dean Bank Park, which was renamed Brian Avery Walk after the County Councillor who championed the facility from the beginning, and who sadly passed away in recent years.

A series of improvements to the Dog Walking Area at Dean Bank Park have been commissioned, which was renamed Brian Avery Walk.

30/01/2025

The service takes place this Saturday at 10.45am.

To mark the 100th Anniversary of the unveiling of the town’s War Memorial, Ferryhill Town Council will be hosting a short memorial service.

30/01/2025

Chilton Juniors U7’s continued their unbeaten start to the season last Saturday with a 2-1 win at New Ferens Park.

28/01/2025

🔴KRIS BRADLEY CUP⚫️

One of our players from our U16s football team Leon Bradley his dad Kris was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in the summer that had spread to the lymphnodes. Since being diagnosed Kris has had an intense round of chemotherapy and has recently just had a massive 10 hour surgery to remove the tumour and still has another round of intense chemotherapy to undertake once he recovers from the surgery.

Kris and Melissa are regular supporters of the U16s and were there every week to support and cheer the lads on and even yesterday Melissa took time out of playing nursing duties for a little while and came to show her support to the lads 🥰

We have arranged a charity football match on Saturday 22nd of February at 2pm at ferryhill leisure centre field which will see the U16s team take on an adults team to help raise funds for the Bradley family at this difficult time. If anyone is interested in signing up for the adult team we would be over the moon and appreciate your support so just let us know and we can add you to the list. Entry will be £6 per player! Having Leon as part of our team and being able to be involved in this for his Dad adds a personal touch and makes it even more special ❤️

Supporters are also very welcome. We will be doing some football cards and arranging some raffle prizes which will be drawn in the leisure centre bar where u are all welcome to join us for a few drinks and refreshments after the game

Lastly if anyone has any raffle prizes they would like to donate or know of any businesses that would be happy to donate your kind generosity would be greatly appreciated. Please reply to the post or message the club direct and we will pick up the message direct

THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️⚽️❤️

28/01/2025

2 weeks to go until Valentines Day 💞

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27/01/2025

NEW: Tales from the Rails: End of the Line 🚂

Hello and welcome to the 12th and final episode of Tales from the Rails. In this concluding episode, titled End of the Line, hosts Caroline Hardie, Archie MacKay, and Angela Pickering reflect on the history of the S&DR through the lens of its darker episodes—accidents, deaths, and disfiguremen...

27/01/2025

Hundreds of children in County Durham with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) did not receive a support plan within the legal time limit, writes Local Democracy Reporter, Bill Edgar.

Hundreds of children in County Durham with special educational needs and disabilities did not receive a support plan within the legal time limit.

26/01/2025

To help identify what is important to Chilton, Chilton Town Council are launching a competition, for residents of all ages, to photograph, draw, collage or sculpt the buildings, spaces and places that are important to them and that they would want to protect for the future.

To help us identify what is important to Chilton, we are launching a competition, for residents of all ages.

26/01/2025

📷 PHOTO OF THE WEEK 📷

It’s week two of 2025’s Photo of the Week and we’re off to a flyer with Helen Riley’s ‘Spooked Geese’ taken at Bishop’s Fen Nature Reserve in Bishop Middleham.

“I was walking through the Reserve last week,” explains Helen, “when I heard geese making a lot of noise. They then flew up into the sky. When I looked at the field they had flown from, I spotted a fox just casually walking across the field.”

Clearly the geese, which we believe are Greylags, felt a bit suspicious of Mr Fox’s motivation!

Thanks to Helen, and to everyone for your continuing submissions.

For a chance to see your own photos featured and to enter our Photo of the Year competition, submit your images here - https://swd.news/photo-submission/

Our Photo of the Year competition is sponsored by Bondgate Gallery.

25/01/2025

County Durham residents and housing representatives are being invited to have their say on the way in which social housing is allocated.