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Photographic competition

May 1, 2011

Shotley Bridge Village Trust is launching a new initiative to encourage people to create images which may be used to promote the village and support other activities such as Northumbria in Bloom.

The theme of the Competition is “Nature and Green Spaces in Shotley Bridge”.

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RULES

The theme of the Competition is “Nature and Green Spaces in Shotley Bridge”.

All entries must be photographs as .jpg images taken within Shotley Bridge or views of Shotley Bridge from elsewhere.

The following details must be included with the submitted photograph: Name and Address and email address of Photographer, location, view and date taken.

Up to 5 entries may be submitted per person.  The entry must be your own work and not previously submitted in another competition.  There are three categories of submission – Adult, Age 11 – 15, Under 11 – on May 1st 2011.

Winners agree to the use of their photograph on the Village Trust Website and for public display in Shotley Bridge or on other sites used by the Village Trust.  The name of the photographer will always be disclosed when a photograph is used in this way.

Entries to be sent by email to shotleypic@gmail.com between 1st May 2011 and 31 July 2011.

Judging

The judging will take place in 3 stages:

(1)  A panel of judges representing the Village Trust, Sarah Thew Photography and Mike McFarlane Photography will select the winners of the Under 16 and Under 11 categories.

(2)  The judges will then select a shortlist consisting of the 4 best photographs from the Adult category together with the winners of the Under 16 and Under 11 categories.

(3)  The shortlisted pictures will be displayed (anonymously) on a board in Sale Pepe Restaurant where members of the public will be able to enter a vote in a Ballot Box for a period of one month.  The two pictures receiving the most votes will receive a prize and the winning picture will be displayed in the restaurant for a further 12 months.

NB.  It is possible for someone in the younger categories to win the overall prize!

Prizes

First Prize (donated by Sale Pepe) £100 voucher

Second Prize (donated by Sarah Thew) £50 photo voucher

Under 16 Prize (donated by Mike McFarlane)  1 day photography tuition

Under 11 Prizes (donated by Village Trust)  First:  £20 cash; Second £10 cash.

ENQUIRIES TO: shotleypic@gmail .com



Old Shotley Bridge photos

April 11, 2011

The Trust had a display of old photographs at the Consett and District Heritage Initiative’s open day in the Heritage Centre, Blackhill & Consett Park last Saturday.

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Local people have been donating their photographic collections to scan into the Heritage Centre’s photographic archive and there are some interesting photos of Shotley Bridge. I intend putting a gallery of old photos of the village on this site later this year.

Heritage Open Day

March 13, 2011

The Consett and District Heritage Initiative is holding another exhibition at the Heritage Centre in Blackhill Park on Saturday 9th April 2011, 12-4 pm.

The Trust is supporting the Initiative to help preserve the history of Shotley Bridge and will have a display table of old photographs at the event.

The research room at the Heritage Centre is open on a Wednesday, where old documents, artifacts and photographs can be looked at.   Permanent displays about the history of the area are being created in the foyer.

The artifacts include some from the ‘Consett Steelworks Exhibition’, which used to be in the Shotley Bridge Heritage and Tourist Information Centre.

Please let me know if you have any artifacts or records of the area that you are willing to donate or loan to the Heritage Centre. In particular, the Centre is compiling a digital archive of old photographs and is appealing to borrow personal collections for scanning.

Willow Burn presentation

March 9, 2011

At the Village Trust’s Open Meeting last night, a cheque for £1380 was presented to a trustee of Willow Burn. The charity collection was held during the Victorian Christmas Spectacular last November.  Paul Jackson gave a talk about the hospice at the former Maiden Law Hospital site in Lanchester, stating that they had now raised £1.5 million towards the £5 million target for new buildings. Construction of phase one of the new facility would be starting in the near future.

Clare Singleton and Sue Shaw gave a presentation on the Trust’s Britain in Bloom entry in the Neighbourhood Awards Scheme and Garth Johnson gave details about a photographic competition.

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Big Spring Clean

March 3, 2011

In support of Litterfree Durham’s “Big Spring Clean”, the Trust is holding a litter pick on the morning of Saturday 2nd April this year.

If you can spare an hour or two, meet at 10am in the bottle bank car park [next to the Golden Flower] and bring gloves and a litter picker [if you have one]. The trust has a small supply of litter pickers and will provide refuse sacks and bibs.