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GP Dr Baliga, Councillor Brian Stephens, The Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Shadow Minister of State for Health, The Rt Hon Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland and Councillor Rob Yorke. The local Health Express held an event at Shildon Civic Hall on Friday 20th February, to showcase the Health Initiative. A number of key speakers including Anna Lynch, Director of Public Health County Durham, Dr Shelina Visram from Durham Uni-

versity and Gordon Elliott, Chair of the Health Express Steering Group, as well as the Rt. Hon Lord Foster of Bishop Auckland and Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Shadow Minister of State for Health, all spoke on the importance of Health and the excellent work that is

happening in Shildon.The event also provided local people with the op-portunity to take part in a range of workshops delivered by college staff and students, including exercise to music, mini-golf, head and shoulder massage and mini mani-cures. The Shildon Health Trainers, livin and ‘Check for Life’ & ‘WOW’ (Wellness on Wheels) buses were also on hand to provide advice and guidance on a range of health initiatives available in the area.The event also launched a new partnership between the Health Express, Bishop Auckland College and livin. The aim of the partner-ship is to bring together local organisations to support people of all ages in becoming more active and to be more conscious of their lifestyle, diet and fitness. The Health Express will provide ongoing opportu-nities for Bishop Auckland College students to actively get involved with the local community and to gain valuable practical ex-perience with their chosen sport or health related subjects.

Advice in County Durham is a new partnership of local providers, making it easier for people to access the right advice and support.Whether you are an in-dividual looking for help and advice or an organisa-tion looking to signpost a client to get the right help, Advice in County Durham can help.As a partnership with a growing network they can offer:• Improved access to a wide range of free im-partial and confidential advice services at over 100 locations across County

Durham• Remove the guesswork out of choosing which advice provider is right for you and your clients, as approved centres can help.• Make secure referrals to one of the approved centres, to ensure the right help and support is avail-able quickly and easily.Jubilee Fields Commu-nity Centre in Shildon is the latest member of the partnership, so to find out more, why not pop in and see Barbara and her team or check out the website at www.adviceincounty-durham.org.uk.

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In Memoriam

Birthday Memories

Birthdays

Birthdays

ClassifiedsAll about local people...

Town Crier Shildon & District

Passed Away

February 21st, peacefully, Denis of Shildon,

Aged 81 years

Denis Costello

Devoted Husband of the late Annie. A loving and

much-loved Dad to Kevin, Karen, Denis & David. A beloved Granda &

Father-in-Law. A very dear Brother to Paul and the late Michael. Also a dear Uncle and good friend to many.

Will family and friends please meet for Requiem

Mass at St Thomas’ Roman Catholic Church, Shildon, on

Thursday 5th March at 11.15am.

A private cremation service will follow.

(Houfe) suddenly on 21.02.15 at home in Aycliffe Village

Kathleen Hillary

Beloved Wife, Mother, Nana & friend.

Family flowers only with donations to Macmillan please. Service at Wear

Valley Crematorium, 3.30pm Friday 27.02.15. Meet at Crematorium.

Ten years since you went away

Loved and remembered every day

Clive Horner

Loving Wife,Doreen

1940 - 2005

A lovely Mam, my best friend, always remembered,

thinking of you always

Jean Fallow Pattinson

Son Bobby

25.02.2003

We love and remember you every day,

Miss you more than words can say

Nobby Clarke

Love Wife Irene, Wilf, Loraine, Marilyn, Joan, Alan

& familiesx

25.2.06

In Memoriam

My darling Mum, I miss you more than words could ever say

May Wood

Love you,Sandra & Alan

20th February 2008

As peace surrounds you everywhere

In heavenly skies above,Here on earth you’re

deeply missedAnd thought about

with love

Stephen Maddison Ellwood

Forever loved and always missed, from all

your loving familyxxx

Remembering our dear Dad & Granda, who died

2nd March 1998

Sadly missed and always loved, a true gentleman,

Husband, Father and Grandad

John Clarkson

Wife Doreen, and Trevor, Heather, Dean

26.2.2012

A dear Mam, Mother-in-Law, Gran

and special Nanny,Missed every day, always loved and remembered

Jean Longstaff

Love all the familyxxxx

2.3.2014

In Memoriam

Lovingly remembered on her 90th Birthday

Edith Wilkinson

By Daughters Kathryn, Dianne & Elaine, Grandsons

Christopher & Richard

1st March 1925

Tiffany Jones

Love Nana & Grandadxxx

2.3.15

Hip Hip HoorayTiff’s 18 Today

18!

Aline Bell

From your loving Husband,Allanxxx

Happy 70th Birthday Ma

70!

Aline Bell26th February

Love from your boys Allan, Andrew, Colin, Terry & Tony

Happy 70th Birthday

Connor Hopwood

Love Mam & Mickxxx

24th February

So you have turned into a man today

The years have passed and that’s the way

But in my heart you’ll always be

Forever a little boy to me

Connor Hopwood

Lots of love,Nanaxxx

Happy 21st Birthday Connor

21!

Connor Hopwood

Love Becca & Bradxxx

Happy Birthday ‘corn on the cob’

Gail Jardine

Love and miss you always,Susan & Joe

xxx

(Hanson) 2nd March

60 TodayBirthday wishes to my dear

Sister Gail

Gail Jardine

Lots of love,Sister Lisa

xxxx

2nd March

Happy 60th Birthday,Sending all my love to a special Sister on her

Birthday

Birthday Memories

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Anniversaries

Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary

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Lots of love,Mam, Dad, Grandma, Uncle Stephen & Sons

Connor & Zakxxx

2nd March

June & Peter WilsonGolden Wedding - 27.2.2015

50 years togetherWOW!

Fred & Joan BoddyOn their 50th Wedding

Anniversary - 27th February

Happy Golden Wedding Anniversary

Anniversaries

Love Kim, Michael & Arrunxxx

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Love Richard, Sue & Rebecca

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A police chase came to a dramatic head in Shildon on Tuesday morning, 24th February, after police pursued the perpetrators of what they described as a ‘crime spree’.The pursuit of the stolen red Mazda, which was sup-ported from the air by the

National Police Air Service, ended when officers forced the vehicle to a halt outside of Sunnydale Leisure Centre.Three arrests were made and the driver was remanded in custody to appear in court on Wednes-day 25th February.

Police chase ends in Shildon

Police forced the red Mazda to a stop outside of Sun-nydale Leisure Centre.

Shildon Neighbourhood Police Team are seeking in-formation concerning those responsible for causing damage to a red Vauxhall Corsa, parked in Queen-sway, Shildon.The vehicle was targeted by

vandals overnight between Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th February, when scratches were caused to its nearside and bonnet. Anyone with information should call 101 and ask for Shildon NPT.

Car damaged

St. John’s Church will be hosting another popular Coffee Morning on Saturday 28th February, between 10am and 11.30am, where there will be the usual cake and pastry stall.The church’s Film Club will be meeting on Thursday 5th March at 1pm. This month’s movie is “What

we did on our holiday” starring David Tennant. The film follows Doug, Abi and their three children as they travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug’s father Gordie’s birthday party, and is described as ‘the feel good comedy of the year’. Entrance is just £2 and all are welcome.

St John’s events

At the next meeting of Shildon and District Flower Club, Florist Kirsty Berridge from Scarborough will present an evening of flower-arranging entitled

'Step into Spring'.The event will take place on Monday 2nd March from 7.30pm at Shildon Civic Hall and is free to members. Visitors £5.

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The above-named Order made by the Council on 13.2.14, under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and which became operational on 24.2.14 has been continued in force from 24.2.15, as approved by the Secretary of State for Transport, until 23.8.15, or until completion of the works, whichever is the sooner. The effect of the Order temporarily closes to all pedestrian traffic a 215 metre length of Footpath No. 38 Shildon Parish that extends northwards between its junctions with Footpath No. 81 (adjacent to Locomotion) and Bridleway No. 40 at East Thickley Cottages, Shildon in order that footpath re-grading works can be carried out. An alternative route will not be signed to pedestrian traffic but other routes are available using the rights of way network.

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A recently established roller skating club which has attracted some Shildon talent is set to expand. The club has been rolling for under a year and in January held their very first show. Two local girls, who regu-larly give up their time to help coach roller skating, were stars of the show. The club, based in Willington, has grown in numbers since starting lessons, and will now make a new venture and start up coaching at Planet Leisure in Newton Aycliffe too. Sharday Smith and Nicola Stevens, both from Shildon, alongside Tracy Stevens help train

the young people, aged between 4 and 16. They recently showed off their own skills in a Disney inspired show, skating alongside their team. The large audience were wowed by the beauty of artistic roller skating. “Skating takes me to another world and helps me to forget everything else,” said Sharday, aged 15. “Roller skating may seem retro but it’s certainly not a thing of the past,” said coach Tracy Stevens, who learnt how to roller skate at Sunnydale Leisure Centre in Shildon.

Tracy continued, “We set the club up less than a year ago but already we have children ready to embark at competitive level.“The club is currently fundraising and aims to compete in July. We hope people of Shildon will support our talent and they can do this by signing up to easy fundraising.org.uk.“When people shop online the company will send a donation to our skating club. The money raised will cover costs of team transport and uniform as well as registration and competition fees.”

Shildon skaters train youngsters in ‘retro’ sport

Shildon’s Sharday Smith (right) and Nicola Stevens (back) teach the younger children how its done at the Spectrum Roller Skating Club.

Johnathon Liddle of New Row, Eldon, was due at Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court recently to face charges of burglary and theft, as well as charges of motoring offences.It is alleged that on 8th January Liddle entered a shed as a trespasser and stole 8 alloy wheels, 4 car batteries, a catalytic con-vertor, a pressure washer, 2 electric grinders and 6

steel wheels, valued at £655. On the same day it is alleged that the 22 year-old drove a white Citroen Xsara Picasso on Hackworth Industrial Park without a licence or insurance. A pre-hearing condition in the case means that Liddle is currently serving an electronically tagged curfew between the hours of 7pm and 7am.

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The annual meeting of the Shildon Gardens and Allotments’ Guild will be held on Sunday 8th March,

from 11.30am in the Guild’s Headquarters (Civic Hall Square). All are welcome.

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On 27th January, a marked police vehicle on patrol in Church Street, Shildon, pulled over a Ford Transit Van after witnessing it travelling at speed. The van was being driven by a Mr. Hodgson and smelt of cannabis. The police officers began a search and it was at this point that the front seat passen-ger, Stephen Hindmarsh, produced a large lock knife from his pocket. At Newton Aycliffe Magis-trates’ Court, the 34 year-old, of Hillel Walk, Mid-dlesbrough, pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article and was fined a

total of £215, including costs and victim support surcharge, as magistrates ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the blade. In his defence, Hindmarsh explained that the knife had belonged to his grand-father and that he had been using it earlier that day to cut some plastic pipe for a fish tank. He had put it in his pocket and for-gotten about it. The blade of the knife was broken and he tended to use it as a screwdriver and that the knife had been closed when he took it from his pocket and handed it to the police officer.

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A 60s and 70s night is set to take place at Shildon Civic Hall on Saturday 7th March at 7.30pm.The event is being held in aid of Cancer Research UK and there will be live music, along with plenty of hits from the two decades.

There will also be a fun quiz and various raffle prizes. Tickets cost £3 each and are payable on the door. “Why not have a great night out and enjoy yourself whilst helping a worthy cause too?” asked a spokesperson.

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An 18 year-old has this week been charged with the burglary of a house on Byerley Road, on Sunday 8th February, during which a number of firearms and weapons were stolen.Ryan Lee Metcalfe, who lives just off Byerley Road, was also charged with a related matter of criminal damage.He appeared at South Durham Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody for two weeks. His next appearance will be before a Crown Court.Detective Sergeant Simon Cowan of Durham Con-

stabulary commented, “I would like to thank the Crier and the residents of Shildon who, through the publicity generated, have been a steady source of relevant information about the burglary.“I would appeal for this in-formation to keep coming, as although some of the weapons have now been recovered, a significant number remain outstand-ing and could be circulating the local community.”Anyone with information should contact D/Sgt 341 Cowan at Shildon CID on 101.

Teen charged over weapons haul theft

The Reverend David Tom-linson, along with Trainee Minister Adam Maynard, had the pleasure of bap-tising three little ones on Sunday 15th February.It was a double celebra-tion for one family when cousins Amira Jayne Auld and Keaton Rhys Atkinson were christened in the same ceremony.Four-week old Keaton had six Godparents; Miranda Jacques, Keith Hirst, Darren Waites, Kelly Harnet, Angela Johnson and Geoff Hewes - chosen by his parents Melissa and Darren Atkinson, from Weardale Walk.Keaton’s four month old cousin Amira’s parents, Miranda Jacques and Alan Auld, from Tow Law, chose four Godparents for their little girl. These were Melissa Atkinson, Thomas Gilding, and Terry and Alicia Jacques.The two families celebrat-ed together with a party at Old Shildon Club.Also baptised on the day was 7 month-old Bobby Michael Burrell.His parents Mike Burrell and Steph Rowley, from Thornhill Close, chose four Godparents; Ryan & Fiona Davey, Vicky Robson and Ryan Parker.A reception was held at Elm Road Club.

Baptised at St John’s

Trainee Minister Adam Maynard with cousins Keaton and Amira.

Baby Keaton Rhys Atkinson with his family.

Bobby Michael Burrell with his parents and Godparents.

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The Friends of the National Railway Museum (North East Branch) are holding a talk on Saturday 21st March. The talk, which starts at 10.30am, will take place in the McNay Room (Welcome Building, off Hackworth Close) at Lo-comotion: The National Railway Museum at

Shildon.The topic for the talk is ‘Steam in and around Dar-lington’ and the speaker is Chris Nettleton.Chris will explore local railway history with a presentation, including moving film and sound. The main topic will be the period 1958 to 1966 at Darlington Bank Top

A burglar got away with several items after he entered a house in Shildon at the weekend, on two separate occasions.The first offence was carried out around 6pm on Friday 20th February, when a witness saw a man acting suspiciously at the rear of a property in Spruce Court. The man had with him a wheelbarrow and was inside the back garden.The following day at 2pm the owner of the property discovered it had been broken into and also dis-covered the burglar had stolen the rear door key.The owner, who was in the

process of moving to a new address in Newton Aycliffe, decided to take all his re-maining valuables out of the house and to his new home.When he returned to Spruce Court 40 minutes later he went back upstairs to tidy up the mess caused by the intruder but, while upstairs, the burglar returned and opened the rear door using the key he had stolen. The owner, hearing sounds, ran down-stairs and followed the man as he fled from the property.After a short chase the thief is thought to have made his getaway in a VW

transporter van, parked at the entrance of Spruce Court.The stolen property included an orange Flymo lawnmower, five packs of dark wood effect laminate flooring, a silver necklace and a silver cross pendant.The suspect is described as white, in his late 20s to early 30s, clean shaven with short brown hair. He was wearing a black beanie hat, a light blue tracksuit top with a grey hooded top underneath and dark blue tracksuit bottoms.Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers 0800 555111.

Station and North Road Works. Chris will also look at links in the surrounding areas north to Aycliffe and south to Northallerton, east to Saltburn and West to the Stainmore Line.Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.For more information, contact the museum on 01388 771439.

Saint John’s Church cel-ebrated a Saturday of sharing and supporting last week as Lent got underway, with a positive determina-tion to do something extra rather than simply give something up. A soup day at the vicarage in aid of Street Children in Manila saw donations of £335 from those who went along to enjoy a bowl of homemade soup throughout the day. Meanwhile, volunteers were also busy bag packing down at Tesco’s in Tindale raising £342.30 for Shildon

Alive and its many commu-nity projects. Revd David commented, “I am always overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of this area, one Tesco’s customer face-booked me to ask if they could donate electronically to Shildon Alive. He said ‘I met such a lovely lady from Shildon who packed my bag with a smile, if only everywhere had people like that.’ Once again Shildon people have shown that they have so much to be proud of.”

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Lotto jackpot up to £550This week's Shildon Lotto numbers were drawn at the usual time and venue with the numbers out of the bag as follows: 2,4,6,7,10 and 15.There was no winner of the jackpot, which rolls over to £550. This week par-ticipants should choose six numbers from 17. This week’s £25 consolation prize was won by Christine

Tray.Next week’s draw will take place at the weekly quiz night at the Shildon AFC Clubhouse. The quiz night is open to all and is followed by Play Your Cards Right with a jackpot of up to £200. Lottery tickets are avail-able from various outlets in the town and at Shildon's home matches.

Shildon AFC now 4th in the LeagueShildon AFC are now 4th in the league with games in hand on the teams above them, after another com-fortable 5 – 1 home win against Sunderland RCA on Saturday 21st February.It was all Shildon from the kick-off, with Billy Greulich-Smith heading over on just 7 minutes. A minute later Micky Rae only had keeper Jonathan Carmichael to beat, but he fired wide.Constant home pressure paid off on 25 minutes after good work from Ben Wood, who crossed for Chris Emms to fire low into the net.After 3 more missed chances, 2 from Lee Scrog-gins and 1 from Chris Emms, Shildon’s persistence paid off on 44 minutes when Ben Wood found Micky Rae, who squared the ball to Chris Emms for his 2nd goal of the game.

Half Time: Shildon AFC 2 Sunderland RCA 0.The 2nd half was a con-tinuation of the 1st with the Railwaymen in control.After chances by Emms, Rae and Jones; Greulich-Smith blasted home from 10 yards on 66 minutes.Two minutes later it was 4 – 0 when Micky Rae crossed to the far post for Ben Wood to tap in.With 12 minutes remaining Mark Doninger made it 5 – 0 when he looped the ball into the roof of the net.On 80 minutes a sporadic RCA chance fell to Stephen Bogie, but he fired over when he could have scored. But with just 5 minutes remaining RCA’s star man No 10. Stephen Callen got a consolation goal with a long-range drive through a crowd of players.Final Score: Shildon AFC 5 Sunderland RCA 1.

Goalscorers: Emms 25, 44, Greulich-Smith 66, Wood 68, Doninger 78.Subs: Doninger for Rae 68, Ellison for Scroggins 76, Taylor for Hodgson 79.Man-of-the-Match: Chris Emms.Following the match manager Gary Forrest said, “A good team performance once again, and another 3 points as we move on to the next game”. Shildon play one of their biggest games of the season on Saturday 28th February, when they are home to top-of-the-league West Auckland Town, with six points at stake.The following Tuesday, 3rd March, The Railwaymen are away to Spennymoor Town in the Durham Chal-lenge Cup Semi-Final. Then on Saturday 7th March they entertain Consett in the League.

Last week the Running Club was represented at the National Cross Country Championships held at Parliament Hill, London on Saturday 21st February.In the Under 15 boys age group, over a distance of 4.5km, Cameron Stainsby was the first Shildon runner home in 152nd position in a time of 18:29, with Harrison Daglish next in 335th position in 20:58.The Under 13 girls ran over a distance of 3km and Shildon was represented by Chloe Fairclough, who finished in 201st place in a time of 15:09. The senior women ran over an 8km course and Lizzie Wood represented Shildon, completing the course in 277th with a time of 40:00. “Well done to all who ran in tough physical-ly demanding conditions,” said a club spokesperson.Emma Flynn ventured to the coast to compete in

the Blackpool Great North West Half Marathon on Sunday 22nd February. Despite the blustery, wet and cold conditions she managed to post a PB of 2:32:21.Saturday 14th February saw the 100th running of the Hackworth Park parkrun. The organisers were aiming for 100 runners to mark this milestone but were overwhelmed by the response with 242 runners of all ages and from all over the country complet-ing the 5km run.Numerous members of the running club competed, volunteered or supported the event. Eighteen Shildon club runners completed the run with 1 first timer (Emma Flynn) and 2 PBs achieved by Lizzie Wood and Cameron Stainsby. “Well done to everyone involved and a huge thank you to everyone who

turned out to support,” continued the spokesper-son.For full results and in-formation as to how you can get involved simply go to www.parkrun.org.uk. Shildon Running and Athletic Club is open to anyone from the age of 7 upwards providing that the child is in year 3 at school. If you are interested in joining the club then go along for a free tryout session.For details of club nights and times to suit your age group, check out www.shildonrunning.co.uk or email secretary@shildon-running.co.uk.Hackworth Parkrun is open to everyone, is free to enter and takes place each Saturday morning starting at 9am prompt. To register simply visit www.parkrun.org.uk.

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The Shildon Pool League has just ended with the Royal George B team taking the league title for the 2nd year running. The Institute were run-ners-up, also for the 2nd year. The captain’s winner was C. Brass from George B. The player of the year, with the most wins, was M. Parsley from the Institute. The best player from each team was B. Wilkinson; The Locomotive, J. Gash; Old Shildon Club, I North & P. Aldworth; Elm Road Club, C. Spray, George A and R. Turner; Three Tuns. The team knock-out winners were The Insti-tute with the Three Tuns

runners-up. Doubles winners: S. Rutherford & I French, George B, runners up S. Bone & J. Dinning, Insti-tute. Singles winner S. Bone, Institute, runner-up W. Whitfield, George A. The presentation night for the league is taking place on Friday 6th March at the Institute, with enter-tainment by The Hudson Sisters and Roger’s Disco. Everyone is welcome. The Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 9th March from 8pm at the Institute. All teams who wish to enter the league should go along.

Royal George B take pool league title