The next meeting of the Shotley Bridge Village Trust is on 4th October.
Fiona Jane Carvell and Joan Murray, local artists who live in the village, will be giving an illustrated talk about how the village and area have influenced their artwork. There will be a selection of limited edition prints if you wish to buy any of their paintings.
Please invite your relatives, friends & neighbours to come along.
For the second year the Trust is giving guided walks during the “Heritage Open Days” festival, in September.
This time the walks are based on the Trust’s Shotley Bridge History booklet that was published in June.
There will be a choice of 4 walks, guided by the Trust members who researched and wrote the publication.
The 32 page booklet will be on sale for £3 at the end of each tour. Shotley Bridge pin badges will also be available for £2.
Let’s hope the weather conditions are more favourable than last year!
Follow this link for information about other places to visit during the Heritage Open Days festival
The Trust’s latest publication on the history of Shotley Bridge is now on sale at Harrington Brown Estate Agents, in the village centre.
They are normally open 9-5 every day except Friday [9-4.30], Saturday [9.30-1.30] and closed Sunday.
There are 10 chapters in the 32 page booklet with a map and photographs of sites and buildings referred to.
Later this year we hope to be able to sell the booklet on-line.
A new mobile post office service is now operating from the Crown & Crossed Swords car park, twice a week.
It will be there on Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 9.30 and 11.30am.
Please try to support this service as it needs to be sustainable.
Despite not entering Northumbria in Bloom this year, the Trust’s tubs, barrier baskets and sustainable beds are looking colourful.
Thank you to all the volunteers who planted and maintain them. Thanks also to Durham County Council for planting the barrier baskets to match our colour scheme this year.
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 