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January / February 2018 - Issue 19

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Happy New Year Durham, Welcome to another free edition of the Durham Magazine this January. We’ve got numerous stories and news to share with you in this edition. Beamish is getting an £18m expansion and renovation on page 4, head to the Escape Rooms in Durham for a truly unique and fun activity over the festive period (book now and mention Durham Magazine when you call or visit,) Local historian Brian Harrison takes a look at Annandale Paper Mill on page 6, The whole county is being encouraged to walk and run this year, find out more on page 8. This and much more in this packed January issue.

We’d like to thank Barrington William Kirkham III for contributing this month’s front Cover photograph of Durham Castle, keep them coming. If you’d like to see your photograph or story published on the front

cover of next month’s magazine, simply email editor@durhammagazine.com with a high quality image and/or your story - We’ll give you full credit and you’ll share your work with a whole new audience. Warmest regards,

Best wishes for 2018 and beyond from everyone here at Durham Magazine and the entire Firefly New Media team PS - Got a business located in County Durham? Looking to expand your reach locally? Durham Magazine is published each month by Firefly New Media UK based right here in County Durham. We’re able to help you market your products and/or services to people in your area (we now publish 6 online & print magazines throughout the North East, provide web and design services, and much more. Simply call Marco on 0800 955 122 on how to increase your sales and boost your business in 2018.

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Construction jobs created by Beamish Museum’s biggest ever expansion

Beamish Museum is looking for highly-skilled and time-served construction workers to help make history as part of its £18million expansion, including a 1950s Town and coaching inn. Tradespeople, including bricklayers, stonemasons, general labourers, joiners, electricians and plumbers, are being asked to get in touch if they’d like to work on the Remaking Beamish project, the largest in the museum’s 48 year history.

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Construction apprenticeships will also be created, with the opportunity to learn alongside skilled mentors. Work is underway on the development, which will see 30 new exhibits added in a 1950s Town, 1950s Farm, and expansion of the Georgian Landscape, including a coaching inn, where visitors can stay overnight. Up to 30 tradespeople will be working on four building sites at any one time, and will be employed as part of the museum’s in-house Buildings Team. Michelle Lagar, Remaking Beamish Project Officer (Skills), said: “We’re looking for qualified and experienced local tradespeople who

would like the opportunity to work on this unique project. “Our in-house Buildings Team have extensive experience in creating both historical and modern buildings but, to deliver a project of this size, we need to grow our construction capacity. “We’re looking for flexible tradespeople with extensive experience of working on large multi-site building projects. We’d like to hear from people who have an eye for quality and attention to detail and are available for short and long term contracts. “We are calling for expressions of interest from tradespeople who would like to join our trade register as directly employed labour and are confident they can meet the demands of working on this high-profile and exciting project.” The Remaking Beamish project is expected to create nearly 100 new jobs, and training opportunities, including up to 50 apprenticeships. An extra 100,000 tourists are set to be attracted to the region. The museum will remain open throughout the building programme.

Thanks to the money raised by National Lottery players, the project has been awarded £10.9million by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The 1950s Town will feature a cinema – being moved from Sunderland – community centre, homes, shops, cafe, bowling green and fish and chip shop. Aged miners’ homes will provide a dedicated centre for older people, including those living with dementia. Artist Norman Cornish’s former home will be recreated, including the studio he donated to the museum. Spain’s Field Farm, from Weardale, has been deconstructed and will be rebuilt at Beamish to tell the story of rural life in the 1950s. The expansion of the 1820s Landscape will include a coaching inn where visitors can stay overnight, and a recreation of murdered Joe the Quilter’s cottage. A trolleybus system and restored buses will transport visitors, while a Northern General bus depot will support Beamish’s work to pass on heritage engineering skills. The building project will take place over the next three to four years.

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The Annandale Paper Mill at Shotley The paper making trade had a long standing tradition in County Durham, but it was the Derwent Valley that could lay claim to being the oldest site of manufacture. In July 1761 Cuthbert Smith of Snaws Green owned the Mills at Ealands. A few years later they were in the possession of Thomas Johnson. In 1812 John and Hannah Johnson then sold Ealands Sword, Barley and Paper Mills to John Annandale. John had had a great deal of experience of paper manufacture having been involved in Scotland and throughout the North. John had also previously been in business with his brother Alexander at Haughton. Renaming the area Shotley Grove instead of Ealands, John set about rebuilding the Paper Mill on the original site. The paper was initially basic and much of the manufacture was

done by hand. Within a few years with industrial improvements the firm of John Annandale and Son's soon became a major name in the manufacture of quality paper. Most firms were importing lots of their rags from France however John debunked this trend and began to source rags from our own area. By the 1870's the quantity of paper being produced meant that they were unable to source the rags needed so the firm began to import esparto grass from Spain devouring almost 50 tons a week in its manufacture. By the 1890's the firm was employing some 300 people and producing over 4,000 tons of premium paper a year. At its peak in 1894 the Mill was working both day and night and its quality paper was even supplying Her Majesty's Stationary Office.

However, with the introduction of the new wood pulping technologies the firm were no longer able to compete and the business slowly ran down, finally closing its doors in 1907. A small hope was held out that someone would buy up the business, but all to no avail. By 1913 the Mills were demolished leaving only a single chimney standing. The chimney which had been built as part of the expansion of the mill in 1834 stood as a local landmark until it was also demolished in 1951. It had stood for 117 years at a height of 120 foot and comprised 700 tons of stone. The stone was bought up by Mr W Lambert of Shotley Bridge and was used to build a telephone exchange at Blanchland as well as houses in the Derwent Valley.

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Get outdoors with Walk Durham this winter People are being encouraged to make a healthy start to the New Year by signing up to a popular running programme. Durham County Council’s Couch to 5K courses are aimed at people who are new to fitness or looking to get back into running.

People are being encouraged to get outside and make the most of the wonderful winter scenery this new year as part of a free walking programme across County Durham.

how fit you currently are, and our specially trained volunteers will be on hand to give you a warm welcome. Plus you don’t need any fancy kit or specialist equipment. “Who knows, what starts out as a one-off walk could lead to

Walk Durham is inviting people across the county to join them for a seasonal stroll this January.

life-long friendships and a serious walking habit.”

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Stephen Clough, scheme coordinator of Walk Durham, said: “Winter is a wonderful time to get outdoors and enjoy your surroundings in the fresh air and Walk Durham offers an easy way to head out for a winter wander with friends and family. “A short walk is a great way to help kick start your new year fitness resolutions. Our walks are open to anyone, no matter

Walk Durham offers free, short group walks throughout the year as part of Walking for Health, England’s largest network of health walk schemes, delivered in partnership with Ramblers and Macmillan Cancer Support. The walks are perfect for those new to walking, and those who want to meet new people while keeping active. For more information and the full programme of walks visit durham.gov.uk/walkdurham

The free courses start with a mix of walking and running to help people build their stamina, with the aim that after 10 weeks they are able to run 5K. Each session lasts 45 minutes and includes a warm up and cool down. More than 60 graduates of the course recently completed their first park run at Chester-le-Street Riverside Park. The runners had attended Couch to 5K sessions in Durham City, Pity Me, Leadgate and Stanley. As well as taking part in the run, the group also raised £189 for the Great North Air Ambulance Service. New courses start next week at the following location: Wednesday, 21 February Peases West Sports Centre, Roddymoor, Crook – 6pm For more information about Couch to 5K sessions, visit: durham.gov.uk/running

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Dave Spikey brings 30th Anniversary Tour to the Gala One of the country’s most popular comedians is performing at Gala Theatre as he marks 30 years in the industry.

The 30th anniversary show will see the Lancashire-based comic look back on his life, which saw him spend 19 years as a biomedical scientist for the NHS before turning to comedy.

The comic, who was previously team captain on hit TV show Eight out of Ten Cats as well as hosting the new version of Bullseye, will share highlights from his successful career and how a routine 30 years ago completely changed his life. Tickets for the show, which starts at 7.30pm, cost £16.50 and can be bought at www.galadurham.co.uk or by calling the box office on 03000 266 600

Both CLLDs, which are led by a local action group and supported by Durham County Council, are now inviting applications to come forward which aim to increase employment and skills and social enterprise. Funding can be used for activity such as providing a community hub to support small to medium businesses to promote entrepreneurship, business support via coaching and mentoring or to help people improve their skills to progress and move into employment. The projects cover the following areas: North Durham CLLD: Chester-le-Street, Pelton Fell, Whitehills and Pelton, Sacriston, South Stanley, Craghead, Annfield Plain and Harelaw South Durham CLLD: Spennymoor, Coundon and Leeholme, Bishop Auckland, St Helen Auckland, West Auckland and Shildon

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Dave Spikey, best known for writing and co-starring in award-winning Phoenix Nights alongside fellow comedian Peter Kay, brings his Juggling on a Motorbike tour to the venue on Thursday, 25 January.

After winning national talent show Stairway to the Stars thanks to his unique routine about a juggler on a motorbike in 1987, it was another 13 years before he gave up his day job in the Haematology Laboratory at Royal Bolton Hospital and make comedy his full time career.

South Durham Community Led Local Development (CLLD) programme has received £1,624,375, while North Durham CLLD has received £1,194,916.

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Places to Go: Pitlochry, Perthshire For a winter break in February, before winter turns gradually into spring, consider the Scottish Highlands, and particularly the Perthshire town of Pitlochry which welcomes visitors all year round. There is a direct train from Newcastle every day, the Highland Chieftain to Inverness, which calls at Pitlochry but it leaves mid-afternoon and returns in the morning, which rather eats into your days away. I changed in Edinburgh and travelled with Virgin Trains East Coast and Scotrail for £45 each way First Class, cheaper still in standard.

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It was icy underfoot when I arrived, so I was pleased to see the McKay’s hotel clearly at the end of the road from the station. Check in was friendly and efficient, and the barman took me over the road to the annexe (in his shirtsleeves no less). I would have stayed in the grander Atholl Palace Hotel but they wanted £516 for two nights as opposed to £92 in McKays. But I went to the AP for a Christmas concert on my night of arrival. On the Monday I had a walk around the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, which was busy, and walked past the fish ladder to the hydro power station and new café and exhibition

centre. There was little snow in Pitlochry – in fact I saw more in Stevenage later the same week – so I elected for a train trip to Dalwhinnie which has a remote distillery off the A9 and a brisk walk from the tiny railway station which boasts only a few trains each day, including a Sleeper to/from London.

beckoned, and the advantage of the taxi arriving 75 minutes late was that I get a full refund of the train fare. The tour was good, and so I could catch the train back they allowed me to do the tasting before the tour and absent myself at the end. I bought a bottle of Winter's Gold single malt, a product of Scotland’s coldest distillery.

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On the Tuesday I was visiting the Blair Athol distillery in Pitlochry and decided to walk up to the AP for lunch, although the two courses for £17.95 was rather more than I wanted. I therefore enjoyed the signature Cullen Skink with fresh bread and a large glass of wine in the otherwise deserted restaurant, overlooking rural Perthshire. I enjoyed the grounds, the museum, the ambience of the Stag’s Head bar, my lunch and (two nights before) the concert.

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“The Finnish slide goddess” blends blues with different styles into a sound all her own. After her latest Stolen Hearts album she performed on Stars (Tähdet) for millions on TV, got voted “Best Guitarist” at the European Blues Awards 2017 and is now looking forward to the LADIES OF THE BLUES Tour.

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