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Freemen Help Trainees Break Down Barriers To Win A New Start In Life

18/09/2025

A Durham-based charitable hub – one of four regional centres offering trainees from the margins of society the chance of advancement by learning new skills - is expanding its operation thanks to a gift from ancient trade guilds of the city’s freemen.

Record Setting Freemen Dies Just Before Her 104th Birthday

16/09/2025

A GREAT grandmother, believed to be the oldest woman freeman in Britain, has died peacefully just days short of her of her 104th birthday.

Freemen Offer Visitors A Glimpse Back To The Middle Ages

01/09/2025

SENIOR members of Durham City Freemen will this year take part, for the first time, in a country-wide event celebrating England’s “fantastic heritage and culture.”