by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
Romantic, caring, both brave and afraid… the wartime experiences of a County Durham soldier are revealed through a series of treasured postcards – many sent home from the Somme. Chris Lloyd tells Private Abraham Stewart’s story. UNDER a floorboard in...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Durham, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
THE skies above Wheatley Hill were eerily thick with mist as a trio of buglers from the Durham (The Rifles) Company sounded The Last Post shortly after 11am. But, as Father Kenneth Crawford, chaplain to the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Association, reflected, it was...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
A SMALL agricultural village of only 489 souls in east Durham paid a heavy price during the First World War, with 17 young men making the ultimate sacrifice. And few families could have suffered more than the Orams, who lost three sons to the conflict. “It was very...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
RESIDENTS of an east Durham community marked the Great War centenary with a parade followed by a picnic – building up to a candlelit vigil this evening (Monday, August 4). Among those taking part in event in Seaham was 91-year-old Jack Watson, who laid a cross at the...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
A SCULPTOR has welcomed news that a much-loved statue he created will remain in a North-East town after the community raised £85,000 to buy it in just 12 weeks. The impressive artwork, which depicts a giant soldier, was only supposed to remain in Seaham, County...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Peterlee
AN ARTIST has painted a battle-scarred landscape in memory of soldiers shot at dawn during the First World War. Bob Ord’s work forms a central feature of his latest exhibition at Durham Botanic Garden, in Hollingside Lane, off South Road, Durham City. The 79-year-old,...
