Next Saturday morning, 31st March, the Village Trust are holding a spring litter pick in and around Shotley Bridge to tidy up in readiness for the spring judging in the Northumbria in Bloom competition. Litter is one of the judging criteria.
If you can spare a couple of hours please come along, with garden gloves and litter picker [if you have them], to the car park next to the Golden Flower takeaway at 9.30am.
On Saturday 16th June, the London 2012 Olympic torch will be passing through Shotley Bridge.
Just after 4pm, it will arrive at the county boundary by convoy, from where it will be taken by a runner up to Villa Real in Consett.
Here are the exact timings and route [click to enlarge]:
The full street by street route on day 29 of the torch relay is listed here.
The inaugural meeting for all the entrants in Northumbria in Bloom took place at Spennymoor Town Hall last Tuesday. There are 14 places entered in the ‘village’ category, including Shotley Bridge.
The first judging will be in April, to see the spring bedding, followed by a second to see the summer displays. The presentation ceremony will be held on September 11th, if we have success in winning an award.
If you need to contact your local neighbourhood police officers you have a number of options shown in this poster.
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Alternatively go to the local PACT meetings, which are held in the Blackhill Baptist Church Hall on the first Thursday of each month, as part of the Benfieldside, Blackhill, Bridgehill and Shotley Bridge Community Partnership meetings.
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Last Saturday the Trust raised £698 in support of Blooming Shotley Bridge. Thank you to all those who bought tickets or gave donations and to the YMCA for hosting the event. It would not have been a success without the support, also, of 14 local businesses which sponsored the races or gave raffle prizes.
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 