A military spectacle mounted to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War - and backed by Durham’s Freemen - promises to be “the biggest parade seen in the city in living memory.”
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County Council proposals for a new multi-million pound headquarters in the centre of Durham have been met with a formal objection from the city’s freemen.
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The Annual Dinner of the Durham City Freemen was held in the Town Hall on Saturday 6 October 2018, where 63 Freemen, friends and guests enjoyed an evening in the magnificent setting of the Main Hall.
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The Freemen have been publicly thanked for helping support the creation of a fantastic sporting asset at a primary school on the outskirts of the city.
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Beloved son of Jen and Thomas. Devoted husband and best friend of Anne. Loving dad to Ian and Paul. Doting grandad to Dylan, Emily and Alice.
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A woman who plays a key role in an international publishing company has been installed as a Freeman of Durham - just months after her dad, a leading regional academic, was sworn in.
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Following our visit to Berwick last year, the Durham City Freemen hosted a visit of the Berwick Guild.
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I represented the Freemen at a dinner of the Clothworkers Guild Trustees held in the Clothworkers Hall in the City of London.
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A woman, whose extended family links with the city’s freemen stretch back more than a century, has been sworn in as a new member – the result of a chance conversation with her cousin.
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Three freemen, all members of the same family, put their best feet forward over the Easter holiday to climb to the top one of England’s highest mountains – a trek organised to give a cash boost to cancer research.
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