Four Successive Generations Deliver A Rare “Quadruple”
4th November 2024
A FAMILY, whose modern-day footprint on the freemen’s seven centuries of history is near impossible to match, established a generational “quadruple” first at this year’s November Guild Day.
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Durham’s Double Tribute To “The Fallen”
24th October 2024
REMEMBRANCE Sunday in Durham will be marked again by a double tribute to “The Fallen” – both supported together for the first time by the Durham City Freemen Charitable Trust.
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Quilters Warmly Welcome Gift To Develop Their Craft
17th October 2024
ACENTURIES-old craft, which first emerged in England during the Middle Ages and went on to be nurtured for over two hundred years in the homes of Durham’s coal and lead mining families, is poised to receive a double boost from the city’s freemen.
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Freemen Continue To Provide Hope For Isolated Stroke Victims
17th October 2024
STROKE victims from across Durham will enjoy “an enhanced quality of life” thanks to the continuing support of the city’s freemen.
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Boxers are a big hit with Freemen after breaking records in Canada
16th October 2024
YOUNG boxing gold medalists from Durham have earned themselves a special award from the city’s freemen – a £1,000 gift to help equip an extension to their purpose-built gym.
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Helping Make Durham’s Streets Safer At Night
27th September 2024
A SMALL band of guardians, offering anyone in distress a safe night-time refuge within a central Durham church, have been handed a timely boost by the city’s freemen.
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Proud Teacher Underlines Freeman Family’s Saintly History
5th August 2024
A PRIMARY schoolteacher, whose great-great-grandfather crafted the coffin in which St Cuthbert’s remains were re-buried in Durham Cathedral in 1899, has followed her forebears into the ranks of the city’s freemen.
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Special Internet Lessons Offer Safer Start To Secondary School Life
2nd August 2024
More than 800 primary school children within Durham City are set to benefit from a national internet safety scheme aimed at making their switch from primary to secondary education less emotionally stressful
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The Key To Problem Doors - An Open And Shut Case
24th July 2024
Officials of a community hub, who faced being shut out of their own premises by the pending failure of hydraulic entrance doors, have been handed the key to the crisis by Durham City’s Freemen.
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