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Dear Durham Readers,

You’re in for a treat with month with some amazing historical facts about the nearby village of Shotley Bridge and its connection to sword making on page 6. Louise Plant talks about her sculptures on page 5. Wakefield is this months place to go on page 12. Meet Maria, your personal weight loss coach on page 10. Plus much more in this September / October 2017 issue. After over a year of publishing the magazine, we’d like to thank everyone who has helped us, given their continued time and positive feedback thast has contributed to the magazines success in its first year. It’s you, the people of Durham who motivate us to publish this free magazine each and every month. We’d like to urge anyone and everyone to send us your story, poem, pictures, muses,

thoughts, vices and videos. We accept submissions from everyone. Just make sure the content is positive and of course related to the Durham area.

We’re looking for history stories, entertainment, music and events, interesting news about the area, and photographs from across County Durham. Think you’ve got something great to share? Email: editor@durhammagazine.co.uk or visit durhammagazine.co.uk for more information. We hope you enjoy the stories inside, please pass the magazine along to friends and family when you are finished with it. Warmest regards, Barry Kirkham, Marco Elsy, Firefly New Media UK And the entire Durham Magazine team.

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Children and Families Partnership honoured with Children’s Commissioner visit. The Children’s Commissioner for England has completed a visit of County Durham to recognise and celebrate the work of the Children and Families Partnership (CFP).

The CFP has been presented with a Gold Award in recognition of its outstanding work during the 2016 ‘Takeover Challenge’. The Children and Families Partnership has representation from Durham County Council, the voluntary sector, police, health, schools and colleges, with a strategic responsibility for delivering better outcomes for children, young people and their families in County Durham. The Children's Commissioner's Takeover Challenge takes place in November each year, and sees organisations across England opening their doors to children and young people to take over adult roles.

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It puts children and young people in decision-making positions and encourages organisations and businesses to hear their views. The project gives children and young people the opportunity to gain an insight into the

adult world, and organisations benefit from a fresh perspective about their work. The commissioner also spent time hearing from the various arms of the council’s children’s and young people’s service, including a visit to Aycliffe Secure Centre, a presentation on the Youth Aware Mental Health programme, and a summary of the Student Voice survey, which provided an overview of the issues facing students in County Durham. The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield OBE, said: I’m delighted to be in Durham to recognise and celebrate the work of the Children and Families Partnership. “They deserve their award for being creative and committed to getting the best for the children and young people of the county, and the way they took to Takeover Challenge and made it such a worthwhile experience.

“I believe that when society and institutions put children at the heart or the start of any process in which they are affected, and when the hopes and aims of children are listened to and acted on, it always makes for

better services for children.

“Equally it’s good to recognise those who are doing that, and that’s what I’m here to do today.” Cllr Olwyn Gunn, Cabinet member for children and young people, said: “We are delighted that the Children’s Commissioner has recognised the work of our service. “Her opportunity to meet and talk with young people in County Durham has been the highlight of my day. “We can provide opportunities, promote and encourage, but it is the young people themselves who have made the commitment to our projects. “I am immensely proud of their achievements.” Following the success of the 2016 Takeover Challenge, work is taking place to encourage partners to involve children and young people in decision making throughout the year. In particular, partners are invited to participate in the 2017 Takeover Challenge, which will officially launch on Friday 24 November.

Ps in a Pod Artist: Louise Plant Louise Plant was commissioned by Durham County Council to create Ps in a Pod, three cast iron sculptures which are arranged differently depending on their surroundings. The artist, whose sculptures have been commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, RNIB, Persimmon Homes and Cunard Shipping Company as well as by many individuals, spoke about the inspiration behind Ps in a Pod as well as her successful career on Friday, 15 September.

The work is now moving to its second location in Wharton Park, where it will remain until 7 January 2018. Lucy Jenkins, Durham County Council’s visual arts manager, said: “A key part of this

“The installation attracted a lot of attention while at Seaham and we are now looking forward to seeing how people respond in its new environment.” The installation, which has been funded by Arts Council England and County Durham Foundation, is being accompanied by a programme of educational sessions for local schools and groups. In the summer, children from Westlea Primary School in Seaham took part in a drama workshop based on the sculpture and its theme of ‘the same and different’.

New Cycling Sessions this Sep & Oct People are being encouraged to get back in the saddle with a free course aimed at increasing confidence while cycling. Durham County Council has been running a four-week ‘back on your bike’ course for adults (aged 16+) at Teesdale Leisure Centre, which will begin by giving riders confidence in a safe off-road environment before progressing to cycling on the road. The two sessions, which will be led by qualified Bikeability instructors, will run from the leisure centre on 23 and 30 September from 10am to 12pm. Bikes and helmets can be provided. Spaces are also available for similar sessions in Murton, which will run from The Glebe Centre from Thursday 21 and 28 September and 5 October from 10am to 11.30am. For further information and to book a place, call: 03000 266 555.

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Since May, the Ps have been sited at Noses Point in Seaham where a number of family activities have taken place over the summer.

installation was to place the work in community locations and we are pleased to see the sculptures in their new home of Wharton Park as they continue their journey across the county.

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The German Sword Makers of Shotley Bridge By Brian Harrison

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Consett, Co Durham, has a long history of immigration and integration which all started almost 400 years ago with the arrival of the German Lutherans. In Surtees book he states that they settled here in the reign of William III.

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However, although there was an increase in the German settlement of the area at that time, there is an entry of baptism for an Eleanor Oley in Ebchester church in 1628 some 61 years prior to William III reign. As far as can be found there were 4 main families who fled Germany for the sake of their religious beliefs. They were Oley, Vooz, Mole and Bertram. They came from Solingen a small city of Cleve Berg, Germany. Solingen was renowned for its metal working and cutlery, the skills of which would stand the families in good stead for the next 2 centuries.

Each of the families had their own unique skills, the Oley’s put theirs into the making of high quality hollow tipped swords which equalled that of the blades of Damascus and Toledo and even became sword makers to the crown. The Moles were expert sword grinders, the Vooz traded between Germany and England and finally the Bertrams were steel manufactures at Blackhall Mill, each adding to the skills and needs of the other. The families, especially the Oley’s, became very prosperous, at no time more so than during the Napoleonic Wars were the demand for their swords were unequalled. However, this time of prosperity also spelled the end for the families in this area. At the end of the Napoleonic wars the world began to change. The invention of new weapons and industrialisation

meant they were no longer able to compete. By the 1900 all the families except the Oley’s had died out or left the area. The Moles were said to have relocated to Birmingham and had been quite prolific sword makers throughout the 19th Century. The Oley’s diversified into cutlery but unfortunately could not compete with the likes of Sheffield who had been specialising for centuries. As well as their story there are still lasting reminders of the Sword makers in the area. The naming of Cutlers Hall Road, the Crown & Crosswords as well as many houses and buildings built by the families has given us a lasting heritage to be proud of.

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Places to Go: Wakefield

I usually try to visit the place featured in this series before writing about it. Strictly I have, because I arrived by bus one Saturday lunchtime in 2016 at Wakefield Bus Station and walked across the City to Wakefield Westgate station where I caught the train to Leeds, and then home. Half of the hour that I was in the city was spent in the Virgin Trains First Class Lounge! I also have previously visited the excellent National Coal Mining Museum for England at Overton, some seven miles by bus out of Wakefield, and thus ruled out for this article.

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A day in Wakefield by train via Leeds can revolve around the Cathedral and the Hepworth Art Gallery. Wakefield is a city of 77,000 people on the river Calder, on the eastern edge of the Pennines. The railway arrived in 1840 when Kirkgate Station was built, later joined by the Westgate station. Kirkgate has recently been regenerated, but was previously one of the most neglected stations on the national network. The most prominent landmark in Wakefield is the Cathedral, which at 247 feet (75 m) has the tallest spire in Yorkshire. Other landmarks in the Civic Quarter on Wood Street include the Grade II* Neoclassical Crown Court of 1810, Wakefield Town Hall

designed by T.W. Collcutt and opened in 1880, and the Queen Anne style County Hall of 1898 which are Grade I listed. St John’s Church and Square, St John’s North and South Parade are part of residential development dating from the Georgian period. The Cathedral is a 14th century parish church (formerly All Saints) built on the site of earlier Saxon and Norman churches, restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century, and raised to cathedral status in 1888. There is also a well-preserved chantry chapel of St. Mary the Virgin on Wakefield Bridge. In May 2011 The Hepworth gallery opened on the south bank of the River Calder near Wakefield Bridge, displaying work by local artists Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, and other British and international artists. It is thought to be the largest purpose-built gallery to open in recent times, designed by British architect David Chipperfield and cost £35 million to build. Five weeks after opening it had received 100,000 visitors. The Hepworth Wakefield is a structure composed of ten trapezoidal blocks; its upper-level galleries are lit by natural light from large windows in the pitched roofs. Its windows have views of the

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Giant Leeks and Beautiful Blooms at Beamish September. A Grand Auction Parade, led by Off Key Music, set off from The Town ,calling at the Entrance and then headed for The Pit Village.

As well as a class for giant show leeks, there was a whole range of competitions to enter, including for onions, carrots, tomatoes, the heaviest marrow and the best misshapen vegetable! There are flower categories too, for sweet peas, ladies’ buttonholes and floral arrangements.

The arrival of the parades at The Pit Village was the signal for the Grand Auction to begin! Leeks, vegetables and floral entries from both shows were up for grabs - is was a great chance for everyone to make a bid and take home some prize-winning produce!

The highlight of the show was the Grand Auction of the entries on the 10th

Alongside the Beamish Show, members of Shield Row Allotment Association held their own annual extravaganza of allotment-grown leeks, flowers and vegetables. Enormous leeks vied for the prestigious title of ‘Best Leek in Show’ and a wonderful array of vegetables and flowers were judged and were on view throughout the weekend.

“Visitors, staff and volunteers have been tending their produce all year, ready for our Leek Show, I’m sure that competition will be just as fierce as it was 100 years ago!” The Leek Show is the second event in the Great North Festival of Agriculture at Beamish. Still to come are the Agricultural Show (14th to 17th September), Hands-on Heritage Skills (23rd and 24th September) and Harvest Home & Harvest Festival (30th September and 1st October). For more information visit beamish.org.uk /events/festival-of-agriculture. Admission for the Great North Festival of Agriculture is included in the Beamish Unlimited Pass.

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Judging took place on the morning of 9th September and the winners in each class were awarded a certificate and a commemorative rosette. The show was open for visitors to view throughout the weekend.

A second parade, accompanied by Pittington Brass Band, set off from The Town to The Pit Village.

Seb Littlewood, Beamish’s Senior Keeper of Georgian and Rural Life, said: “Leek shows have long been associated with the mining communities of our region, and were hotly contested by North East pitmen.

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The long anticipated Leek Show at Beamish took place on Saturday and Sunday, 9th and 10th September. Avid gardeners among the museum’s visitors, staff and volunteers competed for prize-winning bragging rights with amazing home-grown garden produce.

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