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Years gone by...
We URGENTLY need your old photos!!
We are running low on old photos of places & people from years gone by and would love to keep the feature going. Can you help? Please email any old photos to: studio@rcphoto.co.uk or drop into Ritchie Coatsworth Photography, 12 Hope Street, Crook.
3 lads enjoying Stanley Wood including Robert Craig (Who went on to be Stanley School caretaker for many years). Photo supplied by Joan Davies.
Crook Hotel Regulars on a trip to Blackpool in the 1960s. Photo supplied by Joan Davies.
Stanley School Football Team in 1948-49.
Photo supplied by George Davies.
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Barclays Bank on Willington High Street in the 1980s. Photo supplied by George Martin.
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Spotlight on Durham Dales Sports
Durham Dales Sports began in 2017 when four mums met for a run about on Wolsingham 3G with makeshift hockey sticks.
Over the following weeks more people came along and the club was founded. The club began with hockey, but soon after offered kinball, and from last year started with Walking Hockey and Walking Netball. With the Walking Hockey and Walking Netball the age ranges are from 18 to 80, proving that you are never too old!
They offer Adults Hockey session on a Sunday afternoon, Walking Netball on a Monday evening and Walking Hockey and Family Hockey on a Wednesday evening and Kinball for juniors on a Friday evening. Everyone is super friendly and helpful in a relaxed atmosphere. They hold their sessions at Wolsingham Sports Centre, the Walking Netball and Kinball in the sports hall and the hockey sessions on the 3G pitch outside.
The group have received funding over the years
from a variety of sources, most recently from the 2D Legacy fund to help with the court hire costs for Hockey and Kinball. However, they are always open to other sources of funding so that they can continue to offer sports for the people of the dales and the wider community.
All sessions are a way of keeping fit and learning or brushing up on skills whilst still being able to have a laugh and giggle along the way, so if you fancy giving it a go, come along and find out for yourself.
Sunday Hockey
Monday Walking Netball
Wednesday Walking/Skills Hockey
Family Hockey
4-5pm £2 per session
7-9pm £4 per session
6-7pm £2 per session
7-8pm £2 per session
Friday Kinball 6-7pm £2 per session
With all the sessions, the first session is free and there are no membership fees.
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Years gone by...
We URGENTLY need your old photos!!
We are running low on old photos of places & people from years gone by and would love to keep the feature going. Can you help? Please email any old photos to: studio@rcphoto.co.uk or drop into Ritchie Coatsworth Photography, 12 Hope Street, Crook.
Mary & Viv Hall behind the bar at The Forrester’s in Stanley.
Photo supplied by Joan Davies.
Stanley Boys Club, winners of the Wear Valley Minor League 1945-46. Photo supplied by Joan Davies.
Jackie Watson (left) enjoying a night out in the 1980s.
Photo supplied by Joan Davies.
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Walking on the Sunniside rooftops at Gladstone Terrace in 1965. Photo supplied by George Davies.
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