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The horse and carriage rides during the Victorian Christmas Weekend proved to be very popular
A big thank you to the North East Carriage Company for providing the service at their own cost. Over the two days the rides raised over £400 for the North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
It is suggested that the rides should be a permanent feature, as it proved to be very effective in slowing the traffic down through the village centre!
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Many thanks to the Shotley Bridge Infant and Junior School Choirs who sang carols this afternoon. The audience was very appreciative of the children and also the St. Cuthbert’s Hand Bell Ringers, who provided entertainment for the Victorian Christmas Weekend.
Some of the children had arrived in Victorian costume and took part in the competition that was held after the singing.
This evening, a small ensemble from Consett Brass played under the white lights of the Christmas tree, which Father Christmas had successfully lit with his ‘magic dust’ at 4pm.
Earlier, the Victorian Costume Competition had been judged by the ‘three wise men’ of Shotley Bridge, representing all the churches in the village.
Hopefully, tomorrow, when the decision on the ‘best dressed’ Victorians will be taken by three local councillors, more children will enter the competition.
Father Christmas came to the village today at the start of the Victorian Christmas Weekend. He arrived by horse and carriage and walked to his grotto.
There were many people and children dressed in Victorian costume awaiting his arrival and a procession followed him through the village centre. He would return to light the Christmas tree.
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 