A 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. Retired police sergeant John Reginald Stout, known to his friends as Reg, was admitted into the Butchers’ Company in February 1964 and at the time of his […]
Durham’s oldest performing arts company, facing a fight for survival, has been thrown a financial lifeline by the city’s freemen. The award-winning Durham Musical Theatre Company, formed in 1908, is, staging a programme of glittering three-hour shows at the Gala Theatre in a bid to secure its future. An ambitious medley from “The best of […]
A great grandmother, who has given behind-the-scenes support to Durham’s freemen for more than quarter of a century, was honoured today (Monday, August 10th) at a unique ceremony in the city’s town hall. Seventy-five-year-old Rita Brown, was sworn into the joiners’ company as a Lady Freeman, joining her two children and five grandsons who have […]
Our Annual Dinner was held on 4 October 2014 in the Town Hall and was another most enjoyable evening. The dinner has been organised single handedly for over 10 years by our Chairman of Trustees, Roger Norris, to whom we all owe a great debt of gratitude. This was the last Dinner that Roger will […]
By The Northern Echo The City of Durham Freemen donate £7,000 to Durham mental Health Centre Read the full article at the Northern Echo on http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10648589.Mental_health_centre_bosses_overjoyed_at_public_support/
By The Northern Echo A teaching assistant has joined the ranks of a city’s “freewomen”. Read the full article at the Northern Echo at http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10606417.Joanne_is_a__freewoman_/
By The Northern Echo Leaders of City of Durham Freemen welcome 11 new members into their eight surviving craft guilds in a ceremony at Durham Town Hall. Read the full article on the Northern Echo at http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10031088.City_freemen_set_modern_membership_record/
John Heslop, chairman of the Freeman of Durham, and Mayor, Councillor John Wilkinson, with the 11 new members during the event at the Town Hall, in Durham. The latest intake includes: brothers Duncan and Martin Browell, from Alnwick and Craster, Northumberland, respectively; brother and sister Peter Gilroy and Claire Wigham, from West Yorkshire and Witton-le- […]
By The Northern Echo Freemen set a modern-day membership record, topping 200 for the first time in living memory. Read the full article at the Northern Echo on http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10027199.Modern_day_record__as_Durham_freemen_top_200/
By The Northern Echo A 4ft statue of St Giles, which stands above the entrance porch of the 900- year-old St Giles’ Church, in Gilesgate, Durham City, has been restored in a seven-day project. Read the full article at the Northern Echo on http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/9989705.Healing_saint_recovers_after_restoration____surgery___/