6 THE TEESDALE MERCURY W ednesday, 12th May, 1993 Wednesday, 12 Should dale council Farm tar C lean-up brigade gets busy beside river L itter-free lo llies for litter-clearin g team change its meetings used wit] to evenings for guard on sake of workers? Fanner Chris Kipling of Stor A call has been made for Scargill, pleac Teesdale Council to hold some lfeesdale Court < of its meetings during even­ to allowing his a ings rather than day time, to piece of machini give working people more condemned by chance to take part. safety inspector. Coun John Watson told his Magistrates h fellow members on Wednesday that it was becoming more dif­ was using a sd ficult for men and women to while the power jet time off work to attend was not wholly m eetings. guard. Even when employers co­ Mr Michael v operated they were not really cuting on behalf happy about staff going away and safety execu to deal with council matters a power take-of during working hours. ferred power fro He suggested the council a machine. It t should contact its neighbours revolutions per in Wear Valley, Richmond and There should be no litter between 1986 J Darlington before drawing up cluttering up the paths and deaths and 30 s< a new programme including greens at Stainton Grove, had been caused Kipling should k some evening meetings. This thanks to energtic younsters u m m a would enable more working who turned out in force as part enough to appro people in Teesdale to get of the National Spring Clean ■ I F - 9 gers," he said. involved in council duties. litter campaign. Mr Kipling sai Coun Ken Robinson said he Over 40 boys and girls restoring the i sympathised with some of donned plastic aprons and intended to fit a these views. He recalled that gloves. They collected rubbish He day Mr Wall former councillor Henry from the Oval, Crescent and the second time The area around the Green school grounds, so with their Green. Supervising the mar­ Unfortunately i Bridge in Thomgate, Barnard teacher, Mrs June Armstrong, Gardens open to Brentnall once spoke of the vellous effort was Mrs Sheila using it. I used Castle, should be litter free they took a Friday afternoon danger of members belonging celebrate summer to only the rich and leisured Dixon, chairman of Stainton said. these days as pupils from off from lessons, donned their Gardeners in Winston are classes. But if a change was Grove Residents' Association. He bought a { Startforth School have been plastic aprons and gloves and busy preparing for a summer After all the rubbish had been lowing day and gathering scraps of rubbish as wanted now, notice should be enjoyed a few hours in the celebration to be held from collected she gave everyone was not trying I part of the National Spring given so it could be debated. sunshine filling their bags 9th-llth July when their gar­ who took part a lolly. "I bought Lauren 1bbbell, Andrew Burrell, Jason Tbbbell, Stephen Hughes and mg," he said, a| Clean campaign. Coun John Armstrong point­ with refuse. dens will be open to the public. lollipops that didn't have Marc Tinkler were the youngest members of the clear-up team had worked on tl The 28 boys and girls taking ed out it was often difficult for In our picture Mrs Arm­ A champagne and strawber­ wrappers on so there would be life and it had part were not satisfied with people to get to evening meet­ strong is with head teacher Mr ry reception is to be held on no litter to drop," she said. accidents. Ken Hosie and all the hard ings by public transport and Spring fayre Farmer must pay collecting up litter from the the Friday and people will be Mrs Pauline Mitchell, the He thought i bad weather meant some win­ The annual spring fayre of working children who took given the opportunity to look £561 for using that he was brc Don't be so terse - ter evening meetings would association's secretary, whose Cotherstone 50/60 Club is to part. around memorabilia and flow­ as other farmers have to be cancelled. idea it was, is in the larger be held this Saturday in the muck spreader just write a verse er displays in the church and verbal warnings Another snag was that many photograph with some of the village hall. From 10am-noon There is a fine man from Bowlees chapel. councillors were also on parish boys and girls who took part. without a guard used it that day Who likes to dance on his knees Musical evening coffee and sherry will be Maps will be available to councils and village hall com­ slurry tank it mi He wili be at the Meet A performance of Handel's served and there will be a A self-employed farm worker guide people around pretty mittees, which met in the who ignored advice to fit a flowed and I wo Jigging round in the street Messiah is to be given by Money-taking days bring and buy and jumble gardens and there will be plen­ evenings. Some meetings in trouble wi And that will be quite a wheeze Barnard Castle School Choral Street collections are being stall. guard to a dangerous piece of You can write a much funnier, ty of opportunities to stop, would clash. There was also a authority," he sa Society at 7.30pm this Satur­ permitted by Teesdale Council The fayre will be opened at machinery was fined £420 and cleverer, slicker limerick about relax and enjoy a cup of tea danger that evening meetings The chairman day in The Bowes Museum. on 10th July for the Northern 2pm by Mr and Mrs Keith ordered to pay £141.77 costs Barnard Castle Meet than this - with something tasty, say the would go on past midnight, as trates, Mr Kevi: The four soloists are Gillian Schizophrenia Fellowship in Lamb, followed at 3pm by a by Teesdale magistrates on of course you can. Jot it down, organisers. they had done in Darlington. during the tin Dodd, Kathryn Crowder, Barnard Castle and Middleton performance of songs by local Wednesday. send it to the Mercury, and you The weekend culminates in Kipling to fit i could get a prize - £10 for the Adrian McLeish and Richard and on the same day for the school children. There will be Stuart Martin Rigg of a celebration service in St. might have beer first and three runners up of £5 I Hillier. The organist is Joseph Extension agreed Benefield folk dance group in cake, white elephant, tombola Rutherford Farm, Scargill, Andrew's Church on the The case w: each. The winners will be pub­ Cullen and the conductor is Mr A. Harrison has been Staindrop and Romaldkirk. On and plant stalls. Home made pleaded guilty to operating a Sunday at 6.30pm. All the pro­ manure spreader while the until 9th Jun< lished on the Wednesday before Ian Sutcliffe, the school’s given planning permission by 17th July there will be a col­ teas will be served throughout ceeds are to be divided bet­ Kipling's stateir the Meet, but entries are coming director of music. Teesdale Council to build a lection in Barnard Castle for the afternoon. power take-off shaft was in now. Limericks should have ween the organisations taking Tickets at £5 are available two-storey extension to a the National Canine Defence unguarded, despite being told five lines, but comical verses of part. Tickets for the reception Mr Gary Howe has been told not to use it by a health and Woundin from the school secretary, Mrs house at 26 Front Street, League, and on 11th August up to eight lines will also be are available at £3 from by Teesdale Council that he can Graham Hi Cockfield, and also to put up a there will be one in the town safety inspector. accepted. Sheilagh Wade. Darlington 730292. build a private garage at 11 Marwood Dr double garage. for the Hospice Movement. Stone Row, Butterknowle. Mr Michael Walker, prose­ Castle, was ac cuting on behalf of the health dale Court on County Bridge w ill take part in procession and safety executive, explain­ unlawfully ar ed that a power take-off shaft wounding Ton transferred power from a trac­ herd. The case Your chance A large model of the County tor to a machine. It turned at Bridge will be one of the for two weeks. 1 540 revolutions per minute unconditional b attractions in the Barnard and if someone’s clothing was to influence the future Castle Meet procession this caught they would be pulled in year. Members of Teesdale at a rate of eight foot per sec­ Advocacy Group, which helps ond. of Local G overnm ent in people with learning disabili­ Between 1986 and 1991 ties, decided that they would there were 13 deaths and 30 put on a float. serious injuries caused by Cleveland and Durham They recruited artist Paddy unguarded take-off shafts. Mr Burton of Jack Drum Enter­ Rigg had exposed himself and others to serious injury. He The Local Government Commission for England is now reviewing local tainments to help with the design and construction of the said he had warned him earli­ 291 government in Cleveland and Durham. The Commission's ‘Report to the er in the day not to use the People of Cleveland and Durham', published 10th May asks for your views on float. It will include three wheelchairs and will be in the machine but when he returned T< the suggestions for the future pattern of local councils. it was still in use. A guard cost 1 shape of the bridge. Puppets of OPEN AT From now until 9th July, the Commission will be consulting widely. As a vicar, bridegroom and bride between £40 and £50. well as publicity in the local news media, there is an explanatory leaflet will tell the story of how illicit Mr Rigg said he had operat­ Mon available from libraries and council offices with a reply-paid questionnaire ed the machine all his life. weddings were performed in I Wed. Close to return. the middle of the bridge in When he was warned it was too late to stop working. He days of old, with the help of a Artist Paddy Burton with some members of the group: Catherine The Commission is also holding twelve public meetings: said he fitted a guard the fol­ broomstick. H odgson, D a vid H ow e, Graham Bendelow and Heather Linsley lowing day. M o n d a y M ay 24 S t M ary's C en tr e, M iddlesbrough Organisations which donat­ I CA ed cash for the project were and Teesdale Mentally Hand­ The chairman of the magis­ Perfect &lm[ trates, Mr Kevin O’Neill, told T u esd ay M ay 25 T o w n H all T h ea tr e, H artlepool Glaxo, the Tteesdale Lions Club icapped Club. Lorry too heavy Mr Rigg that if he had been Barry Gregory Evans, 47, of T hu rsda y M ay 27 D o lph in C entre, D a r lin g to n caught in the machine he PARISH H Leeds was found guilty at would not have had time to T u esd ay J u n e 1 P ark V iew Sc h o o l , C hester-Le-S tr eet Tteesdale Court on Wednesday blink. "We have to send quite a of exceeding the weight The I W ednesday Ju n e 2 S kelton C ivic H all, S kelton powerful signal to others that restriction on Barnard Castle the health and safety men w e w T h u r sd a y J u n e 3 C o r p o r a t io n H all, St o c k t o n bridge. Magistrates were told m ean what they say," he said. I his lorry was 9,500kg over the 2.000 Roll sto M o n d a y J u n e 7 C o n s e t t C iv ic H all, C o n se t t "You h ave been rather a fool limit. He was fined £120 and but hopefully you will not do it Shag Pile, Tw ordered to pay £25 costs. T u esd a y J u n e 8 T hree T u n s H o t e l , D u r h a m again." M o n d a y Ju n e 14 Ea s in g t o n D istr ic t Leisure C entre, Peterlee I Expert Derek’s dough Lounge allowed Duralaj T u esd a y J u n e 15 S pen n y m o o r Leisure C en t r e , S pennym oor A sports and social club for Mr Ray Stelling has been load*ofn T hu rsda y Ju n e 17 Bish o p Ba r r in g t o n Sc h o o l , B ishop A uckland members and staff of Teesdale given planning consent by Council is holding a monthly Teesdale Council to build a M o n d a y J u n e 21 W it h a m H all, Ba r n a r d C astle prize draw. The first, with a lounge extension at the real' of I FREE Dl prize of £20, was won by Coun his house at Holme Farm, Tbft All meetings will run from 7pm until 9pm. Admittance is free. Busy making puppets for the float are Mrs Hilda McDade, Melanie McDadet John Lones, Isabel Gregory and Raymond Atkinson Derek Peart. Hill. You are also invited to write to the Commission at: Dolphyn Court, 10/11 ofpces Great Turnstile, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC1V 7JU. ,ses e * ft* Reference copies of the ‘Report to the People of Cleveland and Durham’ are available at public libraries and council offices. Cleveland and Durham residents * 0°SeS who want their own copy should write to the Commission, enclosing a large (320mms x 230mms) envelope and an 85p stamp.

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