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Category Archives: News
Hamsterley Primary School News
The whole school spent an afternoon in the village Baptist Church, attending a presentation celebrating over 200 years of worship in the present building and over 300 years of Baptist worship in County Durham. We were all made very welcome … Continue reading
House for Sale
2 Salters Gate, Hamsterley See details on the Nick & Gordon Carver and Rightmove websites.
HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
In order to mark this important event, Hamsterley Parish Council proposes to give a Jubilee Commemorative Mug to every young person resident in the village aged 16 and under. Mugs are being commissioned locally and Julia Hunter is compiling a … Continue reading
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Warm Homes Campaign
Caroline Peacock writes: “On this rather cold and miserable day, you may like to have the information below about the local Warm Homes Campaign and a number of other local initiatives. It’s no doubt reassuring to see that one of … Continue reading
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Digital TV Switchover
Caroline Peacock writes: “I expect you are all aware that County Durham is switching to digital television in September this year. I think we are the last area of the UK to do so. Anyway, Tyne Tees are launching an … Continue reading
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Monday Club Meeting
19th March in the Village Hall at 7.30pm. Was Wackford Squeers based on William Shaw? Hamsterley Monday Club is delighted to be hosting one of this year’s ‘Dickens in Teesdale’ Events, a talk by Ted Shaw about his famous – … Continue reading
Hamsterley Primary School News – January 2012
The Solar Panels Prize won by the children in last year’s “Recharging the Earth” project has been installed. We will be carefully monitoring the amount of power generated, hopefully the sun will shine enough to reduce our energy bills!
Hamsterley Forest – Descend Downhill Incident
Caroline Peacock writes: “Vicky (Chilcott) has asked me to forward this message, which has already been sent to all members of Trailblazers, also to all on the local email list – and some of you will, I think, have seen … Continue reading
Hamsterley Cinema – Juno (2007) (12A)
When quirky tomboy Juno, a 16-year-old high school student, discovers she’s pregnant with her best friend Bleeker’s child, she decides to give birth and place the child with an adoptive yuppie couple. A gentle. life-affirming comedy with a remarkable performance … Continue reading
Telephone scams
Caroline Peacock writes: “It seems that telephone scams are on the increase again. Typically the scammer may do something along the following lines: They will probably claim to be calling from Microsoft (Microsoft never calls anyone) to say you have … Continue reading
Digital TV Switchover
Caroline Peacock writes: “I am forwarding this to you all in the hope that you are more ‘switched on’ about it than I am! If you have any queries please direct them to Jaime Flinn rather than me, because having … Continue reading
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Hamsterley Youth Group
Hamsterley Youth Group will be starting in January 2012.
New Police non-emergency number
Caroline Peacock writes: “You may have heard or seen a media announcement about this new non-emergency Police number already, perhaps.
Robbery in Hamsterley
Caroline Peacock writes: “Some of you will already know that there was an attempted burglary at Saunders Avenue during the weekend of 4/5th December, reported on page 8 of the current issue of the Teesdale Mercury.
Keeping Warm
Caroline Peacock writes: ‘With the weather now turning noticeably colder, I note that one of the organisations working with the ‘Surviving Winter’ Appeal is the County Durham Community Foundation.