We have now reached the milestone of three thousand hits, which do not include any of my own visits to update and check the site. That’s a thousand hits during the last three months.
If you have any items of interest which may be relevant, please contact the secretary.
The Village Trust’s next Open Meeting will held on Tuesday 12th October in Shotley Bridge Junior School Hall, Snows Green Road. The venue has been changed to provide better access for disabled persons, which is available from the side entrance.
The meeting starts at 7.45pm, with refreshments served at 7.30pm.
This is a meeting for all members, guests, and any other local resident who would like to find out about the Village Trust or simply join in the discussion.
An agenda will be published in the next newsletter.
In this week’s Advertiser there is an article about the footbridge at Shotley Grove. It explains why there is a delay in providing the new footbridge link to Forge Cottage and the riverside path on the Northumberland bank of the River Derwent. It appears that there are still ongoing disagreements between Ms Eileen Carr and Durham County Council.
For those that do not read the Advertiser, here is a link.
Shotley Bridge Hospital Support Group now meets every two months in the staff restaurant, near the main entrance. On Wednesday night the main topic under discussion was the future of the hospital once the Durham and Darlington Primary Care Trust is abolished in 2013.
[Update – As the hospital restaurant closed in February 2016 the Group now meet at the Lodge, Consett & Blackhill Park.]
The ‘ Shotley Bridge Bloomers’ have now finalised plans to brighten up the conservation area with planters full of winter pansies and spring daffodils.
With a grant from the Derwent Valley Partnership, the Trust is looking to provide 45 tubs in the centre of the village and at Snows Green, by the end of September this year.
Volunteers will maintain the tubs and plant them up with summer bedding next year. Sponsors are being sought and fund raising events are to be organised for this.
The project is part of the Trust’s entry in the Britain in Bloom Neighbourhood Awards.
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 