20 Apr 2021
Hitting the headlines this week:
A charity which has helped thousands of elderly and disabled people across the dale for more than 20 years is being wound up
Cockfield Parish Council may have to write off almost £5,000 it paid for work which was never carried out
Whorlton Parish Council faces a large bill after abandoning a legal battle with the owners of the village pub
A newly-opened artisan hub in Barnard Castle has seen a huge demand for space from local artists and makers
The use of Barnard Castle s Richardson Hospital as a Covid-19 vaccine centre has raised its profile, according to the friends group
Covid recovery: £1 2m to help venues bounce back
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CRAVEN farmers took a bit of convincing when the whole idea of the Women’s Land Army (WLA) and ‘land girls’ was presented to them back in the hard days of the Second World War. Farmers were ‘more than a little sceptical about the wisdom of employing lasses’ reported the Craven Herald 75 years ago, in April, 1946. The paper was following up reports from the WLA that it had received a ‘raw deal’ from some authorities, which was a pity said the Herald, which concluded that the land girls had done an excellent job, many had settled down in the area, and that their efforts were still needed in peace time.
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• 10 Apr 2021
GUIDING LIGHT: Millie Stoney is one of a dozen volunteer guides hosting outdoor tours of The Bowes Museum ahead of its planned reopening to visitors in May
THE doors may currently be closed, but inquisitive visitors to The Bowes Museum can find out more about the landmark thanks to a group of volunteer guides.
Daily outdoor tours are being staged for those who would like to know more about the building, its founders and the grounds.
Among those happy to show people round is Millie Stoney, who has been visiting the museum since she was a child and whose husband, by coincidence, is a distant relative of Andrew Robinson Stoney Bowes who married Mary Eleanor Bowes – museum founder John Bowes’ grandmother.
CULTURAL and creative organisations across the region are to receive a share of £400m as part of a vital financial boost from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced details of more than 2,700 organisations being offered millions of pounds in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover from the pandemic Among the recipients is Darlington Hippodrome, which will use its grant to offset losses from cancelled productions, retain jobs, secure the long-term future of the theatre and secure the purchase of new state-of-the-art cinema screening equipment. Heather Tarran-Jones, the Hippodrome’s director of programming and development, said: “We are delighted to receive news of this second Arts Council England grant.
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