Clothworkers Guild Trustees Dinner
21st June 2018
I represented the Freemen at a dinner of the Clothworkers Guild Trustees held in the Clothworkers Hall in the City of London.
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Extended Family Links
14th May 2018
A woman, whose extended family links with the city’s freemen stretch back more than a century, has been sworn in as a new member – the result of a chance conversation with her cousin.
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Charity Climb
11th April 2018
Three freemen, all members of the same family, put their best feet forward over the Easter holiday to climb to the top one of England’s highest mountains – a trek organised to give a cash boost to cancer research.
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Gift Puts The Lid On Roof Appeal
23rd March 2018
A donation from the Freemen has topped off a public appeal to meet the cost of roof repairs at a divisional Girl Guides’ centre in the city.
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Obituary - John Atkinson
21st February 2018
John Atkinson was known to all as a welcoming spirit at Freemen Meetings, Guild Days and the Annual Dinner. Although John had originally been admitted to the Company of Drapers, he agreed to become Warden of the Masons’ Company in 1999 in succession to Donald Young. He retired as Warden of the ‘Masons’ in 2013.
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Hospital Radio Gets Vital Injection
6th February 2018
All patients at the University Hospital of North Durham will enjoy the benefits of a financial injection from the city’s freemen that will underpin the development of radio broadcasts throughout the complex.
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Craftsmen Build on Freemen's Ranks
5th February 2018
Two city craftsmen, who struck up entirely separate friendships with two leaders of Durham’s ancient craft guilds, were sworn-in as city freemen at the Candlemas ceremony (February 5th).
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Freemen's Latest Gift Helps Pointers Show the Way
11th December 2017
Double-award winning volunteers, who provide a guiding hand to the tens of thousands of tourists who visit Durham every year, have been given a second cash boost by the city’s freemen.
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Concrete Academic Cements Long-Standing Family Ties
13th November 2017
A north east academic, who has led ground-breaking research into the development of self-repairing concrete, was one of the four latest newcomers to be sworn in as freemen at the Martinmas Guild Day.
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Durham Pointers Children's Quiz Competition
7th November 2017
Durham City Freemen present a book token to this years Durham Pointers Children's Quiz winner.
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