Durham's Freemen Give City's Tourist Guides a Helping Hand
A dedicated group of volunteers, who point the way for tens of thousands of tourists who visit Durham each summer, have themselves been given a helping hand by the City’s Freemen.
Read postA dedicated group of volunteers, who point the way for tens of thousands of tourists who visit Durham each summer, have themselves been given a helping hand by the City’s Freemen.
Read postA major donation from the City of Durham Freemen has enabled a groundbreaking community project to plan for the future – by stepping back in time.
Read postSigns, formally underlining the introduction of a total fishing ban on a stretch of the River Wear in the centre of Durham City, are now in place – offering clear warning to salmon and sea trout poachers they risk arrest by police.
Read postFor some time now newly admitted members to the Durham City Freemen have asked what happens next and how can they be involved with the organisation.
Read postA long serving freeman, whose family links to the city’s trade guilds stretch back more than 300 years, died in hospital on February 26th after a long illness.
Read postDurham's oldest performing arts company, facing a fight for survival, has been thrown a financial lifeline by the city’s freemen.
Read postA woman reinforced her family’s long-standing links with Durham City’s ancient trade guilds when she was sworn in as a freeman.
Read postCordwainers’ warden, Joe McElwee, was given a particularly warm reception when he arrived at an eco-friendly community project in Durham to formally hand over an £8,000 donation from the City’s Freemen.
Read postA halt to free fishing, on a stretch of the River Wear in the heart of Durham City, has been authorised by the freemen’s trustees to combat what conservationists have condemned as “salmon and sea trout poaching on an industrial scale.”
Read postIain Wilmshurst Works Manager at Durham Cathedral is elected new warden of the Currier's Company. Iain was educated at Whinney Hill Secondary School from 1969 until 1974. In June 1974 he joined the staff of Durham Cathedral as an apprentice stonemason. He served under Edward Hughes who was one of the best masons at the cathedral at the time.
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