THE TEESDALE MERCURY Wednesday, 1st November, 20001

LETTERS are welcome on any Please send your letters to: subject, but should be brief Letters to the Editor, and to the point. Letters not Tee8dale Mercury , 24 £ m itttr a ttp Comment C r y p t i c c r o s s w o r d intended for publication ers Market Place, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NB, to arrive no later should be clearly marked as FIRST we had the Olympics, then the Paralympics. We such. We reserve the right to phone number. We should than first post on Monday to edit letters for length and con­ appreciate it if handwritten ensure consideration for inclu­ also had the Great North Run, and, on Sunday, it was letter writers would kindly the first North Yorks and South Durham League cross­ b y Ian G alletley tent. sion in the current week’s Please include your full print their names to avoid issue, or by email to: country m eeting of the season (despite the rain). address and daytime tele- errors. [email protected] Although very different in terms of quality and 2 3 4 5 6 7 achievement, all four share the same ethos in terms of De-lighted w ith the support for lantern parade dedication, determination, a healthy, competitive spir Mei 8 it and a fun attitude. their SIR - May I take the opportunity to thank Once again, thank you for an excellent com- Especially the Great North Run. We pictured in last Durhi everyone involved in the Middleton-in-Teesdale munity event from myself and, I’m sure, every- week’s Mercury two Barnard Castle ladies, Anno ice, tl lantem parade on Friday, October 20. one else who attended. Calvert and Lynette Bateman, who ran the race Sham Obviously an enormous amount of thought Miss MELANIE ROBINSON Staid 9 10 1 1 dressed as bumble bees. They raised more than £500 for visit t and hard work had been put in by all involved, Rose Terrace, Macmillan Cancer Relief, as well as many smiles along! including the stunning firework display. Middleton-in-Teesdale. the B the route. Castl< Fellow Teesdale Athletic Club members Gary An M2 13 14 L i g h t e n Atkinson and Gareth Nelson raised £580 for Kidney the W Research dressed as Batman and Robin. al mi Well done to all of them, and the many thousands of prize* u p n o w people who turn out in similar charity events for the Claris er weddings. If there is a great IN the sight of God, and before less fortunate. atten M5 16 17 this congregation... loss in what is now provided The world would be a poorer place without their gen­ meet I write as something of an for intending couples, it is that M r K a n e entric expert on weddings, if not many now face the prospect of erosity of heart. Flora m arriage. being pressured into signing SIR - Paul Kane, who lost the Shoe, 18 19 20 As a cherubic choirboy - a up for an entire package man­ recent by-election in Middleton, Mm mop of ginger hair I discovered aged by one organisation. For writes disparagingly of me in L est w e forget... vohrni wins you many friends and some, booking a wedding may your letters column. Most of for tl enemies - I attended far too mean too great a financial his letters (of which he writes SIR - As Armistice Day have ventured into Southern meetii a lot) in local papers, are 2 1 many for my own soul’s good. commitment. approaches may I remind Africa where we will be visit­ remin On a summer Saturday I It is worth saying that mar­ grumpy in tone. readers of the work of the War ing both the Boer War sites, as fees ir could earn as much as 12 rying “in the sight of God, and Yes, I visited his house and 2 2 Research Society, the well as the famous Rorkes year. shillings. The best of Dinky before his congregation” is a left a note; his dogs nearly Battlefield Pilgrimage Tour Drift of the Zulu War. Bus: toys could be purchased within fine thing to do. barked the roof off. I talked to Organisation for which I am Financial help can be given ACROSS DOWN a five-minute dash from the A wedding in church or several of his neighbours for the local contact. in some cases to assist a visit over fi 1. S h o rt cheque w raps as m ak ­ 2. Just before Christmas this vestry door. chapel can be beautiful simply half an hour afterwards and Since it was formed by a w ith us, and photographs can ing. S ing money (4) brave person set out (10 ) The price also involved because the wedding service, he didn’t come out for a chat. group of serving and retired be taken for those unable to dent a 8 . Borrowed monies are above 3. Bob’s expectation (4) keeping a straight face old or new, says most of what The last twice I’ve said hello police officers, the society has travel. sented cold blasts of air (1 0 ) 4. Is believing this? (6 ) throughout any unseemly men and women of faith ought to him at Middleton Mart, he grown rapidly and is repre­ Inquiries are welcome. them < 9. Monarch at heart of unusu­ 5. Caught in the middle of behaviour. The organist to be ready to hear and do by has ignored me. sented throughout Great Further information and a ffild al vegetable (8) decrees (6 ) reserved the right to confiscate way of committing themselves He also fails to mention the Britain and many countries tour brochures will be sent on floral 10. Start to a letter sounds 6 . The dictionary’s primary fees for any lapses into laugh­ to one another. Costs in and fact that the slip I leave con­ abroad. receipt of an addressed A5 Bowl., like an expensive animal (4) anim al (8 ) ter. beyond church or chapel can tains my telephone number: We now cover both world envelope and a 50p stamp. monoli 12. Half a street leads parcel 7. America meets the Queen It is not, you understand, be small or great. it’s 660781, and every week I wars in France, Belgium, ANDREW NADEN givenl tie (6 ) for employer (4) nostalgia or penury which The Church needs to keep help different people with Holland, Germany and Italy; The War Research Society, and 14. Scouts’ residence inside 11. Flat land central to eluci­ makes me bemoan the decline its doors open and its dealings with the council. and with the anniversary of The Lodge, Wensley, Hazel Gestapo unit. Rascals! (6 ) d atin g (1 0 ) in the number of church wed­ resources for care primed. I shall carry on visiting peo­ the Boer War this. year we Leyburn DL8 4HN. thank* 15. Shoe’s way of talking (6 ) 13. Single lost first; a heavy­ dings. Some words and actions in ple every week, and leaving a 17. Detective Inspector leads weight in Teesdale (8 ) I am not bothered by the church or elsewhere ought to little note when they are out. an authoritarian instruction 16. Cathedral city ere Tex emergence of the right of all have priority on wedding days. Would Paul prefer me to stay (6 ) scrambled (6 ) sorts of places to host wed­ MICHAEL SHEARING a t home? $ e e p £ into So come on Paul, lighten up, 18. Release for nothing (4) 17. Aid Hal arranging a flower dings. I do regret the pressure Parish priest of Cockfield and 110 Years Ago and critics alike. 19. There’s an English prince (6 ) put on couples to have design­ Lynesack. and try to let a councillor get THE annual harvest festival In the role of the Negro sol­ inside, breathing out (8) 18. Angle for a Christian sym­ on with his job. services took place at the dier is Jam es Edwards, who 21. A turned-round way of bol (4) Coun IAN GALLETLEY Navvy Mission Room at Hury, does a finely tempered job. talking. Or is it tay of walk­ 20. Fifty one, member of par­ Old Clee House, at three o’clock, and half-past Lloyd Bridges is equally good Cleatlam . ing? (1 0 ) liament; how floppy! (4) six in the evening. The navvy as his well-met old school AMERII 22. Above trotters (4) I MET another reader of the Brothers Grimm which shows missionary, Mr D. Parsons friend. this. Ba M e rc u ry recently at Desmond how certain consonants are Credit where due THERE is a small prize for the first all-correct entry preached at both services. The took a Howe’s butcher’s shop in related. “T” and “d” are two of services were well-attended, 25 Years Ago their an opened after first post on Monday. Please send your Middleton. His name was these because they are pro­ PRAISE where it is due instead COTHERSTONE Methodist of complaint which is so quick­ especially at the evening one. organise entry, together with name, address and telephone num­ John Nixon, and he wanted to duced in exactly the same way The room, which had been Church was full to capacity on Mike’i ber if possible, to the address shown above. Correct solu­ know the meaning of in the mouth but “t” can be ly given. Saturday evening for the My praise goes to the repainted, and in which has founder tion and winner’s name will be published next week. Hunderthwaite, which was his said without the voice where­ been erected a new pulpit and annual guild rally. Riverside Homes project on and th birth-place. as “d” needs the voice. So it is rails in the centre of the plat­ The introduction, prayers Galgate Road. Clevelai Off the top of my head I easy to see that a hound form, was very tastefully and and thanks were given by the interest could only guess. I knew that (hundr) and hunter are really For 11 years I have passed Rev J F Collinson of Barnard H ow to reach us the “bomb site” derelict patch prettily decorated. The collec­ The thwaite was Viking as are from the same word. So it tions am ounted to 12 s and 6d., Castle and the organist was booked Contact us at: many place names with “th” in looks to me as though opposite the Beaconsfield. I Mrs F Gargett. have wondered at such an eye­ and are to be devoted to the througi them. The old letters which we Hunderthwaite was originally Mission Room expenses. The Teesdale Mercury Ltd, sore and wasted space in the Banian had in our alphabet were a clearing in the forests associ­ 20 Years Ago 24 Market Place, middle of town. Barnard Castle, called thorn and eth which ated with hunting dogs. In 50 Years Ago HOME-owners in Teesdale hotel le both represented our “th.” case you don’t know where it Now we have three, very are feeling the first stinging County Durham, well-appointed houses, which ARTHUR Laurents’ unusual Thwaite is related to thwitan is, it’s between Romaldkirk drama “Home of the Brave,” effects of the national short­ DL12 8NB. merge perfectly with the sur­ = to wittle or cut off , and so and Hury. at the Scala Cinema, through age of cash. They have been from Mi Tel: 01833 637140 was used of a place where the Desmond Howe’s name is rounding properties. told they can’t have grants Well done Riverdale Homes, United Artists release, has ini Fax: 01833 638633. trees had been felled to make interesting. Like many first been made into a screenplay totalling £27,000 to carry out Dial us direct: a clearing. There are three named it was originally a planners and builders. repairs. KATHY BURRAGE of exceptional power and dis­ noon to Editorial: 01833 633608 pages devoted to the various place. Des- is from deas, the tinction. The picture was pro­ M aximum grants of £2,500 Cleveland Road, After uses of this in the two volume Old Irish for “south,”, and - duced by Stanley Kramer, apiece have been paid in the Advertising: 01833 633612 Barnard Castle. E-mail: [email protected] “English Place-Name mond is from m um han or whose recent film “Champion,” past to all owners who quali­ sion to Individual contacts: Elements.” This work doesn’t munster (which is manx for a starring Kirk Douglas, earned fied for home renovation unlimite actually list Hunderthwaite so meeting place). Dunling & Fair success Kramer plaudits from fans schemes. chair lif Accounts: Shirley Birkbeck (tel 01833 633605); I must make a guess about the Gosling’s Dictionary of First SIR -The Teesdale Community six days Advertising Manager: Madeleine Sutcliffe; meaning of hunder. Names says it was first used Trust wish to thank everyone Next Company Secretary: Paul Whitaker; It suggested to me hund in Ireland but had spread to set off t< Editorial: George Nicholson (Editor); which is Old English for England by 1900. who supported us at the annu­ T H E S H O P al autumn fair in aid of Claire Slier lx Nigel Jarrett (Chief Reporter); hound. But better still the Another encounter in the 9 Greta Road, Barnard Castle. Shorter Oxford Dictionary butcher’s shop was with a lady House, at which £664.12 was Open 7am -7pm six days, 8am-7pm Sunday Jane Oliver (Reporter); raised. lists hundr as the Old Norse who lived at Snaisgill, a place Newsagents, Off Licence, PayPoint and Convenience Store Stephen Mangles (Photographic); We would like to thank for hound. I’d never heard of. It lies just Tel/Fax 01833 63 73 83 E-mail: [email protected] i SC Shop sales: Miranda Walker; those who donated gifts, all There is a law in phonetics north of Middleton going up to New season’s top grade Nadine and Wilja. Both equal for Office services: Janet Scaife; the groups who organised the Potatoes: originated by one of the Monk’s Mor, and takes its the best roast, mashed, chipped or baked. Free delivery Ac Printing Manager: Denis Morton. stalls, the helpers on the day name from a stream or beck, locally. £3.60 per 25 kilo bag. These potatoes keep very Opening hours: and everyone who came along DALESTONE which is what a gill is. well. Shop - 7.30am-6pm (Mon-Fri); Snais tells us that it is a to support us. BETTY FINCH (Mrs) PayPoint: Now accepts Vodaphone swipe cards. 9.30am-5pm (Sun); deep ravine if it comes from Payments for Northern Electric bills or keys, Gas cards, BT CRAFTS Secretary. Office services - 8am-5pm (Mon-Fri); 8am-lpm (Sat). For that special gift. Old West Scandinavian. cards or bills, TV License cards. CHRISTMAS is coming! GEOFFREY WOOD Groceries: Delivered to housebound or working people with little time Hand crafted by Trevor Dixon. Why not take advantage of the many seasonal offers we have Eggleston. Rem em ber... to shop. We can supply all the basics, including fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh bread, cooked and fresh meats and in store, like Andrew Morton’s hook, Posh and Becks Tel. 0780 1339674 SIR - I would like to take this Down* to* Earth Taylor’s meat and fruit pies. 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