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Big Brass Bash events take place across the county and are always popular.

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“It is our understanding that this move by the school has yet to be agreed by the governors...

SHILDON WILL once again host some of the best street bands from across the world as part of this year’s BRASS fes-tival.

The Big Brass Bash events will see bands from the UK, France and Spain party in a number of parks throughout the county and promises to

have people up on their feet and dancing.

The event takes place at Timothy Hackworth Park on Wednesday 18th July, between 6pm and 9pm.

This year Shildon will feature twice in the line-up, with a second free event at Locomotion.

Durham Alumni Big Band are performing a

selection of music includ-ing a world premier of ‘The Train Suite’ at the museum on Saturday 14th July at 1.30pm.

They’ll be joined by chil-dren from various schools in the Shildon and Darling-ton area who have taken part in Durham Music Ser-vice workshops to help celebrate the anniversary

of the Stockton and Dar-lington Railway in the run up to its 200th anniver-sary in 2025.

Other brass in the park events take place at Jubi-lee Park in Spennymoor on Thursday 19th July and the Town Park, Aycliffe on Friday 20th July.

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A PETITION has been launched to keep the Sunnydale Campus of Greenfield School fully open, after the school announced pupils in Years 10 and 11 will be based at the Newton Aycliffe site from September.

The campaign was launched by Shildon Town Councillor Samantha Townsend with support from concerned parents, who believe that the move is not in the best interests of children and that by reducing student num-

bers the future viability of the Shildon campus will be reduced, leading to the closure of the site in its entirety.

Cllr Townsend told the Crier, “The basis of our campaign is that the par-ents and children of Shil-don should be at the cen-tre of this discussion. We believe that moving Shil-

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honour Diane Nixon and bridesmaids Chelsea, Sarah, and Ashley.

Clare was dressed in a stunning mermaid style dress embroidered with a floral design and dia-mante waist cinch, while the bridesmaids wore midnight blue and carried a single white Calla Lily.

The couple’s toddler daughter Thea was flower girl while son and daughter Kiaron

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Sean’s mother, Bar-bara Harker and bride’s mother Sue both gave readings during the cere-mony, which was packed with family and friends. Following the service, a reception was held at Redworth Hall Hotel with a speech by best man Jack Marshall.

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don’s year 10 and 11s to the Aycliffe Campus is not in their best interests and we wanted to raise aware-ness of this in the lead up to the school’s governors’ meeting on the 28th June.

“It is our understand-ing that this move by the school has yet to be agreed by the governors, and as such could be rejected by them.

“The petition is targeted at the school’s governing body as they’ve a statu-tory responsibility to make decisions in the best inter-ests of the pupils, and we thought by creating the petition we could give the community of Shildon a voice in that meeting.”

At the time of going to print the petition had gained almost 300 signa-tures.

Campaigners have con-tacted local MP Helen Goodman for support, who has assured them that she will liase with government ministers on the matter, and has already met with the school’s headmaster, Mr Priestley. However she has chalked the decision to partially close Sunny-dale campus up to ‘the Tory Government’s ruth-less school cuts’. She said: “Firstly [...] the school budget has not been increased in line with infla-tion and costs which the

school must meet. And of course, running a school of two sites is more expen-sive.

“Secondly, OFSTED have made some criticisms of the school and said it requires improvement.

“Thirdly, the number of children starting in the school has significantly decreased from five years ago.

“This means that in order for the school to be able to offer the pupils a wider choice of GCSE subjects and for children to get most from their lessons, Years 10 and 11 will be based mostly at the New-ton Aycliffe campus. Up to now, three quarters of the children have already been traveling for some subjects.

“The Tory Government’s failure to increase school budgets has made the sit-uation far more difficult, and while recognising the community benefits of the current situation I do understand that the school is acting to give the chil-dren the best chances.”

Support the campaign by signing the petition by following the link on the ‘Keep Sunnydale Campus FULLY Open’ Facebook page.

You can also follow the campaign on Instagram and Twitter #SaveSunny-dale and @SaveSunny-dale.

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Sisters Poppy Grace and Tilly Hope Mulley at the font with their parents and Godparents.

Daisy-May Brown with her parents and Godparents on her special day.

THREE LITTLE girls were baptised at St John’s Church on Sun-day 17th June.

Four-month old Dai-sy-May Brown was first to the font, with parents Anna Nicholson and Lee Brown from Jubilee Road.

They chose five God-parents for their little girl; Emma Brand, James Brown, Andrew Nichol-son, Sarah Nicholson and Matthew Harwood.

Family and friends gathered at Old Shildon Club to celebrate.

Next up were sisters Tilly Hope and Poppy Grace Mulley, born in August 2015 and July 2017 respectively.

Parents Joscelyn and Gary, a Play Worker and Soldier, live in Sunny-dale and chose separate Godparents for their daughters.

Tilly’s were Kevin and Becky Malone, Stuart Evans, Zoe Walton and Summer Williams, while Poppy’s were Keir and Leighann Allan, Christo-pher Alliston and Jade and Stevie Cartmill.

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all ages demonstrate a strong sense of belong-ing and high self esteem and are well prepared for their eventual move on to school.”

Susan Calvert, reg-istered provider com-mented, “Once again we have shown that we con-

tinue to perform to a very high standard with the children’s care, and edu-cation is our priority.

“I also want to take this opportunity to thank all the staff at Byerley Road Pre-School for their con-tinuous expertise to all children over the years.”

AS IT’S recent Ofsted inspection on Tuesday 22nd May, once again Byerley Road Pre-School was rated ‘Good’ in all areas, in the quality and standards of their early years provision.

Ofsted commented on the fact that the expe-

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SHILDON AFC Support-ers’ Club’s latest lottery draw took place at Shildon AFC social club on Sunday 17th June.

The six numbers drawn were: 3, 4, 5, 7, 16 and 18.

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All of the concerts take place from 6pm to 9pm.

As well as festival favourites including Back Chat Brass, Artistas del Gremio and Mr Wilson’s Second Liners, new all-fe-male street band Break-out Brass will join the tour as part of this year’s focus on women and brass.

Other newcomers include The Brass Fun-keys, an eight-piece Lon-don-based brass band, and Funky Style Brass from France.

Local performers from each area will also be tak-ing part in the events and will work alongside The Northern Monkey Brass Band to create special performances unique to each venue.

The new addition to the festival’s calendar will feature Scottish band Reel Brass taking cei-

lidh music to the streets, alongside some authen-tic New Orleans jazz from the all-female line up of Shake Em Up Jazz Band.

Reel Brass will perform a mix of traditional cei-lidh tunes with pumping brass arrangements and will also be teaching the dances so that everyone can take part.

Festival director Paul Gudgin said, “There are strong, historic connec-tions between County Durham and Scotland so we are delighted to bring a bit of celidh culture to Lanchester and Chester-le-Street this year. With an authentic New Orleans band playing as well, it’s going to be a musical ver-sion of bourbon meeting whisky.

“Our big brass bash events are always pop-ular and we hope lots of people head out into our parks to enjoy these free events.”

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Their programme will include work by Poulenc, Debussey, Faure and Piaz-zolla.

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THE THEME for the next meeting of Shildon and Disrict Flower Club is topically ‘Summer Gar-dens’, when Area Demon-strator, Barbara Collins visits on Monday 2nd July.

The Flower Club meets at 7.30pm at Shildon Civic Hall and meetings are free to members. Visitors £5 on the door.

There will be various stalls to peruse and the bar is open. All welcome.

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During the first work-shop with Year 5 and 6 pupils, a recipe poem was created about Tim-othy Hackworth School. During the second work-shop, the Year 3 and 4 pupils created a recipe

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dren in assembly and pupils from Woodhouse Primary School also vis-ited to take part in the workshops and assem-bly.

“Everyone had an exciting and very enjoy-able day,” said a school spokesperson.

ON TUESDAY 12th June, famous author Vivian French MBE visited Tim-othy Hackworth Primary School to take part in two reading and writing work-shops with Years 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Vivian has written over 250 books including the picture book Oliver’s Vegetables and The Tiara

WORLD-CLASS AUTHOR VISITS SCHOOLVivian French MBE during one of her workshops at Timothy Hackworth Primary School.

HEALTHWATCH COUNTY Durham has announced its delight at hearing that the Royal College of Mid-wives commit to support-ing women however they choose to feed their babies – something new mothers in County Durham have said they want from local services.

Healthwatch County Dur-ham spoke to more than 200 mothers from across the region last year for a report into maternity ser-vices.

Many of those who had chosen to formula feed reported feeling unsup-ported or being made to feel guilty, or like they had failed for not breastfeed-ing.

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HEIGHINGTON VILLAGE Hall is appealing to local groups to consider using the venue, after losing half of its income when Heighington Village Pre-School took the decision to close.

The pre-school has used the building five days a week for the last 20 years, but a dramatic fall in num-bers registered for the new school year meant the facility was no longer viable.

The closure of the pre-school was a hard blow for the village hall, with

50% of its income coming from the nursery.

Heighington Village Hall Association say they are already struggling to raise money for maintenance and to replace the build-ing’s old single glazed windows.

The association is offer-ing use of the building and free taster sessions to anyone interested in set-ting up a group or moving an existing group to the hall. It is also available to local businesses who are looking for a venue to hold meetings and events.

Representative Karen Allison said, “We’re try-ing to think outside the box to make the hall as attractive as we can for businesses and special interest groups who may want to use it.

“We’ve got a lot of facili-ties in the hall that we can offer.

“We’re trying to think of everything we can to help it continue as a valuable part of the community.”

Anyone interested in using the hall should call the booking secretary on 01325 307305.

INCOME LOSS FOR VILLAGE HALL NEW SHILDON Angling Club is hoping to secure grants to improve Brus-selton Nature Reserve, where the club is based.

Shildon Town Council has agreed to offer a for-mal 50 year lease of the site to the club, who will apply for external fund-ing for improvements, including a new perimeter fence, tree management and shrub planting, as well as a pump for water oxygenation.

Ephraim Bunting, club secretary commented, “We’ve always had a good relationship with the council and proposed a

lease so we could make some improvements.

“We’re a small club and want to look after the res-ervoir for members and also for nature, we’re keen on protecting the site.

“It is a fantastic oppor-tunity for us to improve things for anglers and environmentally.”

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them they organised everything to ensure the team could survive.

It’s just as well they did because this strong Under 17’s team had a fantastic Cup run, getting the far-thest ever in the Under 18s FA Youth Cup and winning the Russell Foster premier

Under 17’s League, being unbeaten all season and winning by a massive 10 points.

The league Winners’ Shield is proudly dis-played at Dean Street.

Phil commented, “Some of the lads played together as youngsters and it

SHILDON AFC Under 17’s squad have a lot to cele-brate.

At the start of the 17/18 season the team were delivered a crushing blow when their manager of three seasons had to make a tough decision and walk away from his

side to follow his own football commitments.

With a week to go before the season commenced, a new coaching team had to be found.

In stepped Billy Harper, supported by Phil Clark-son and a player’s father Mark Hallimond. Between

TEAM ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE FIND GLORYShildon AFC Under 17s proudly show off the League Winners’ Shield, after overcoming a difficult start to the season.

shows, as the team have a close bond and are mates on and off the pitch.

“Many players plan to stay with the squad as they progress to repre-sent Shildon AFC Under 18’s Development Squad in the Durham FA Under 18 League next season.”

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Tuesday 3rd JulyHome v Sunderland AFC

Saturday 7th JulyHome v York City

Saturday 14th JulyHome v Marske

Tuesday 17th JulyHome v Hartlepool Utd FC

Saturday 21st JulyAway v Hartlepool FC

Weekday Matches KO 7.30pm, Saturday Matches KO 3pm. Please note: Match dates and times are subject to change.

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Shildon AFC’s weekday home matches for the 2018/19 season will now take place on

Tuesday evening.

SHILDON RAILWAY Cricket Club managed to get back to winning ways with a convincing victory over Yarm in a rain-af-fected match.

Again losing the toss, Yarm batted first, which was surprising in unfa-vourable conditions, and it was a decision they were surely quickly regretting as Chris Young

decimated the innings in a 10 over spell taking 7-12.

Yarm’s innings was wrapped up within 20 overs as they were bowled out for only 43, with Phil Garbutt and Rob Nevison taking the other wickets to fall.

At the break there was a lengthy rain delay that gave Yarm some hope of escaping with a draw, but

once the rain cleared Shil-don raced to the target for the loss of 4 wickets with Michael Roberts top scor-ing with 23.

Shildon travel to Nor-manby Hall this coming Saturday, 23rd June, in a tie that is expected to prove a tougher test as both sides are vying for one of the two promotion spots in the table.

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Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.

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The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by US Congress.

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The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

23 June 1894

First War of Scottish Inde-pendence: The Battle of Bannockburn concludes with a decisive victory by Scottish forces led by Robert the Bruce.

24 June 1314The rainbow flag repre-senting gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

25 June 1978

Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.

26 June 1977