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welcome to APRIL 2015
Dear Consett Readers Well, April is finally here. It is our pleasure to bring you another positive news driven Consett Magazine. Did you know we have a bit of a mission statement, “...to bring the people of Consett positive and informative stories�? Yes, it’s something we do our best to provide each month, we simply want to brighten your day and give everyone information to be proud of our great town.
Contributors Brian Harrison Barry Kirkham Marco Elsy Neil Sullivan Lorraine Weightman Sarah Thew
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safer, cleaner and greener place for all.” For more information visit durham.gov.uk/bigspringclean or www.litterfreedurham.org.
“Litter picking and rubbish removal makes a huge difference to the environment and helps us achieve our aim of making County Durham a
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He remained in blackhill until his death in 1946 aged 85
Little Edwards
Blackhill & Consett Park was opened on 17th July 1891 and gifted to the people of the area by the Directors of the Consett Iron Company. The park consisted of 30 acres of reclaimed land of which the design and overseeing of works was entrusted to one of the companies main engineering draughtsman at the time, George J Edwards. From information given by his daughter Miss Peggy Edwards, and from old letters sent to the Consett Guardian in 1941, George spent a full 9 months pegging out roads, drains and organising the landscape projects and builds. At the same time Mr Smith, a Highlander, was kept busy planting some 42 thousand trees and shrubs. It was an epic undertaking but one which evidently has stood the test of time. In his letter to the Consett Guardian he talked about 2 of the trees which had been planted in 1894 either side of the Bandstand, one by Mrs Dale wife of Mr Dale the CIC Director
and the other by Mr T Siddell both trees being majestic Siberian Elms. There was also initial plans for expansion of the existing park by means of a fish pond toward the far end, in the field next to Mr Askew 's Farm (near Blackfyne House). However due to a rough element in the District and the way the park had been treated by them the Directors of the Works changed their minds. George was a Welshman based at the Dowlais Iron Works and had been head hunted by Mr Jenkins, then manager of the Works, and who was also a former employee of Dowlais.
in storage at a Stanley depot. So she began to try and save the fountain. A quest which became very successful having “Little Edward” reinstalled back into the Park as part of the redevelopment. Unfortunately due to another rough element some 120 years later “Little Edward” has been removed once again leaving only the bowled plinth and a plaque to commemorate its existence.
George revelled in his new home taking up residence in Blackhill were he remained till his death in 1946 aged 85 years. A small fountain in the park of a young boy was actually known locally as “Little Edwards” in dedication to the man. Lost during the war years and initially thought scrapped it was tracked down by a friend of George's daughter in the 1990's
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The delightful breaking sound of Fruit and Nut
Easter Feast By Lorraine Weightman
Easter Eggs lined the shelves in Woolworth's and for the whole of Lent every Saturday afternoon we picked out the one we would choose if we were buying and hoped by telepathy we could relay this to our parents. Cadburys Flake always came out on top with its bright yellow box and purple handwriting.
Mini pastel speckled eggs in tiny woven baskets tantalised our taste buds as we scanned the 'Pic'n Mix' counter, inhaling the heavenly mixture of wine gums, chocolate fudge and coconut macaroons. Six weeks of waiting for sweetie sustenance was a real penance. We knew we couldn't fast for forty days in the desert so we had to think of something we liked to give up so refraining from tripe or anchovies was no penance at all. During playtimes in the school yard we compared notes as to who was doing the best because we believed whoever managed
to do the whole six weeks without cracking was close to Sainthood.
There were various markers made up to justify any relapses. Smarties on top of a birthday cake didn't count as it would be rude not to celebrate a grand occasion and a cup of cocoa was acceptable as long as you didn't put extra sugar in. The illogical nature of these let outs became crazier as the weeks went on. I was surprised to hear one lunch time that 'Tunes' and 'Lockets' were perfectly acceptable as long as you followed the instructions on the packet and let them melt in your mouth slowly and didn't crunch them. Chocolate raisins came into this category as they were almost all fruit and Fishermen's Friends were closer to medicine so they didn't count either. Even so we longed for Cadburys. The delightful breaking sound of Fruit and Nut and the
smoothness of 'Dairy Milk' in its violet silver wrapper. By the fourth week we were on the home stretch and competition was mounting. Some, however had fallen by the wayside and given up 'giving up' all together, sneaking 'Kit Kat's' into their lunch boxes while proclaiming they were going to do something good instead. The rest of us however, the stalwarts, were glorifying our achievement, imagining and anticipating the Easter Day feast. We chewed on woody liquorice sticks, became addicted to syrup of figs and insisted on rose hip syrup for our daily vitamin C. We knew all would be fine when we broke up for the holiday and cruised into the Easter Tridium. Walking home from the Saturday evening Vigil Mass we smiled, safe in the knowledge there was only one more sleep to go!
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Back in 1962, Sweden had one TV channel and it was obviously in black and white. The channel announced that it had discovered an ingenious way to change the black and white images into colour by simply placing a pair of tights over the TV, this would cause the light to bend in such a way that it would appear as if the TV was in colour. Thousands of Swedish viewers fell for the hoax.
Saddam Hussein and his family may have been completely ruthless, but each April they did their best to give the Iraqi people a good laugh. On April 1st 1998, the Babil Newspaper which was owned by Uday Hussein, printed a piece informing readers that US President Clinton had lifted sanction against Iraq, only to announce this was indeed an April Fools’ joke. What a prankster!
Millions of people across the UK fell for a fake BBC news story back in 1957 which reported bumper harvests from Swiss spaghetti trees. Some people even contacted the Beeb to find out where they could get their own spaghetti trees from.
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Dick Smith, an Australian millionaire thought it would be a hoot to pull off one of the most wacky April Fools stunts ever. He informed the people of Sydney that he was going to tow an iceberg from Antarctica and carve it into small ice cubes to sell for 10 cents each. The cubes, fresh from the pure Antarctica waters, were said to improve the flavour of any drink they cooled. Local radio hosts even provided coverage of the event when Mr.Smith actually had a shaving foam berg towed around Sydney Harbour.
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“I’m your new maths teacher”
Danny Does Maths by Neil Sullivan
Danny was getting away with it till Mum entered the room. “You, tear yourself away from that blinking game and do something useful” barks Danny’s Mum. “Like what?” Says Danny.
definitely noted the two chocky bickies on her plate. “Well,” continues Danny, “if I were to take one of your chocky bickies and add it to my two chocky bickies, you would have one chocky bickie and I would have three chocky bickies.”
Mum heads for the kitchen table where little Kate is sitting amongst her schoolbooks. In sarcastic tones, Mum introduces Danny to his little sister as if she was a perfect stranger to him. “This is Kate, your little sister, she is eight years old and lives in this house with us, not that you’d notice. Perhaps you could help her with her maths homework?”
Kate’s eyes widen. “Okay, now, if I were to take your one remaining chocky bickie and add it to my three chocky bickies, you would have zero chocky bickies and I would have four.” Kate’s widened eyes fill with tears.
“Oh, so that’s who she is and that’s what she is doing, I did wonder.” Danny replies. Mum places two glasses of milk and two plates with two chocolate biscuits each on the kitchen table for Danny and Kate. That seemed to do the trick for Danny, in zero seconds flat he’s at the table and eager to help. Mum leaves Danny and Kate to it. Danny sets about his task “Hello, my names Danny, I’m your new maths teacher.” Kate rolls her eyes and looks like she could easily do without maths homework and could certainly do without Danny’s help, but could well do with a glass of milk and a couple of chocolate biscuits, oh yes! Now then, it would seem by the look on Danny’s face that he has a devious plan. Danny considers the milk and chocolate biscuits on the table. He ponders and muses over them like they were a mathematical problem to be solved. Then ‘eureka!’ He has the answer. Danny decides to give his little sis a lesson in the rudiments of mathematics and you know what, there’s no reason why maths shouldn’t be fun, Well fun for Danny at least. “Ah maths is easy Kate.” Says Danny. “For example, note how you have two chocky bickies on your plate?” Kate has
Danny gives his little sister a sympathetic look and continues the lesson “I know, I know, it hardly seems fair.” Kate’s bottom lip starts to quiver. Danny, showing true dedication to his new teaching vocation presses on with the lesson. “So, if I were to eat all four of my chocky bickies, like this for instance.” Danny turns the theory of mathematics into a practical lesson by devouring all four chocolate biscuits and then washes them down with his glass of milk. “That would leave us both with zero chocky bickies. And that, my little sis, would mean we are what’s known in mathematical terminology as equal.” Kate’s bottom lip is no longer quivering, because her whole mouth is stretched wide open as she bawls her poor wee heart out. Mum bursts back into the room. “What have you done now Danny?” Mum scowls at Danny while she comforting poor crying Kate. Danny throws his hands in the air in a gesture of exasperated innocence. “Aah, it’s a very very tough subject is mathematics.” Danny toasts Kate, with her glass of milk. “Cheers!”
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Ollie & Nina by Neil Sullivan
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Oh my goodness, the whining, the whimpering, the gnashing of teeth, the tears, the chasing round the house and the coaxing from behind the sofa or under the bed, and that’s just me!
I hate going to the vets. Ollie and Nina don’t seem to mind going at all. I think they trust us so implicitly by now and they know we will never do anything to hurt them. Even if they need injections or blood samples, they take it all in their stride: no fuss.
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Shotley Bridge school changes Proposals to merge two schools to create a new primary school were discussed by councillors last month. Members of Durham County Council’s Cabinet considered plans to bring together Shotley Bridge infant and junior schools when they meet last month. The move would see the creation of Shotley Bridge Primary School, which would be based in the two existing school buildings and cater for children aged from four to 11-years-old. The proposal follows a consultation, which found that the majority of pupils, parents, staff and governors who took part were in support of the change. Cllr Ossie Johnson, Durham County Council’s Cabinet
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