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The Little Big Meeting, will take place in Hackworth Park, Shildon, on Saturday 7th August 2021. The event will run between 11am and 4pm. This is one of 18 events across the region taking place this summer in place of the annual Durham Miner’s Gala. Each will be different, but the Shildon one will be […]
Sunday 15th August, Mary Smith, our Etherley Incline Witton Park Colliery Group secretary, will be opening her garden at Hillside Cottages, for the National Open Garden Scheme from 1.30 - 4.30pm - admission £5.00. Refreshments available. This garden overlooks the Etherley Incline and we will be having a stall, where we will give out information […]
On Tuesday 31st August WASH (our area group covering West Auckland and St. Helen Auckland) are inviting you to bramble with us from 10.15am in St Helen Auckland Parish Churchyard, NZ 18835 26773. There will be a guided tour of seven gravestones related to S&DR early employees and their families including Storey, Young, Booth, Greener, […]
On Saturday 18th September, the Brusselton Incline Group, an area group of the Friends of the S&DR, will be hosting an open day from 10.00 am. This will be held in the Whistle Stop Cafe, Redworth Road in New Shildon, the Cradle of the Railways. A display of the work carried out by the group […]
The Friends’ area groups from West Auckland and St. Helen’s (WASH) and Brusselton (B I G) have arranged a display of S&DR artefacts, books and old railway maps etc, in the People’s Community Museum at 27 Railway Street, Bishop Auckland (located just off Newgate Street) DL14 7LR and managed by the former B I G […]
Meet Santa in his magical grotto and receive a Christmas present, entertainment includes, face painting, festive music, mini train ride and arts and crafts, museum cafe will be open serving a selection of hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, snacks, crisps and biscuits Adults (non members) £4, Adults (members) free, Children £8, Family Ticket £25.00 (2 […]
Next year, Locomotion in Shildon will be putting planning permission in for their new building. This is scheduled for submission in late January/early February and as part of this they will be hosting an exhibition on-site at Locomotion from 15-20 January that explains the proposal. They will also be holding two drop-in sessions – one […]
Welly (or sturdy boot) owning people with a can-do attitude are invited to join in a clean-up of the Gaunless Bridge abutment area at West Auckland/St. Helen Auckland on Tuesday 15th March for about 2 hours. You will be supervised by representatives of Historic England and the Wear Tees River Trust. Meet at the former […]