Future of Shotley Bridge Hospital

January 9, 2012

An important meeting of the Shotley Bridge Hospital Support Group is being held on Wednesday 11th January to discuss the future of the hospital.

The meeting is being held in the hospital restaurant at 6pm.

It will be an opportunity to pull together a strategy about how the Group engage with management of the Foundation Trust and local GPs, who are going to be very important as the arrangements for new GP Commissioning Consortia come into play.

Everyone with an interest in retaining or expanding services at the hospital is welcome to attend.

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Storey Homes started

January 8, 2012

The redevelopment of part of the former Shotley Bridge Hospital site has started with the clearance of trees and shrubs approved for phases I & II.

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The site has been fenced off for safety and security as part of the enabling work, prior to the construction compound and investigation work starting this week.  Construction traffic will be using the existing hospital access from Woodlands Road.

Story Homes are hoping to open the sales centre and show houses this summer, using the Elm Park access.

The remainder of the site is being managed by Story Homes, with further phases of development taking place over the next 7/8 years.

Any queries about the development should be made to the developer’s Carlisle office.

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2011 in review

January 3, 2012

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,400times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.

In 2011, there were 45 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 117 posts. There were 145 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 150mb. That’s about 3 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was November 26th with 168 views. The most popular post that day was Victorian Christmas Weekend.

The top referring sites in 2011 were:

  • en.wordpress.com
  • mail.yahoo.com
  • saintcuthberts.blogspot.com
  • facebook.com
  • myspace.com

Some visitors came searching, mostly for shotley bridge village trust,shotley bridge victorian weekend, and shotley bridge victorian weekend 2011

Most visitors came from The United Kingdom. The United States & Australia were not far behind.

These are the posts that got the most views in 2011.

  • Victorian Christmas Spectacular  October 2011
  • SBVT Open Meeting  February 2011
  • Photographic competition  May 2011
  • Old Shotley Bridge photos  April 2011
  • Victorian Christmas Spectacular  November 2010

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Barrier baskets planted

December 22, 2011

The six baskets on the railings leading down to the bridge have been planted with winter bedding by Durham County Council.

The barrier baskets have been purchased by the Village Trust, as part of the Britain in Bloom Initiative.

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Hospital housing site approved

December 17, 2011

The final details of development on the former Shotley Bridge Hospital Site have now been approved.

Durham County council issued the planning permission certificate on the 24th November 2011. Story Homes are hoping to start development early in the new year.

All the details can be found on the Durham County Council website.

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