consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 1hMissed the print copy? Every story in October's Consett Magazine is on the site, free, no sign-up. consettmagazine.com/october-2026-co… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 7hGeoff Venus trained as a mechanic, left for the Civil Service, and now runs the Hallgarth garage in Lanchester. consettmagazine.com/geoff-venus-gd-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Three years ago today, The White Room Music Cafe opened in Stanley. It is still the only independent music venue in the town. consettmagazine.com/the-white-room-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Shotley Bridge Nursery School on why mark making is a language of communication, not just preparation for writing. consettmagazine.com/shotley-bridge-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Print advertising in Consett Magazine starts at £99 a month. Call 01207 438 292. magazine.admagazine.ad | Publish Your Story Across a Network of Local MagazinesOne submission, every magazine. Share community news, events and stories with readers across a growing network of local, regional and specialist titles. 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Lanchester Cricket Club, formed 1973: three senior teams, five junior teams, and cricket for all ages and abilities. consettmagazine.com/lanchester-cric… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026November's Consett Magazine closes at 3pm on Thursday 15 October, for copy and for adverts. magazine.admagazine.ad | Publish Your Story Across a Network of Local MagazinesOne submission, every magazine. Share community news, events and stories with readers across a growing network of local, regional and specialist titles. 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Pat Christie is 86, lives in Lanchester, and has knitted more than 300 blankets for the Durham Hospitals pre-natal unit. Every one has an angel on it. consettmagazine.com/pat-christie-la… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Two brothers from an Allensford farm ended up in the Post Office's Secret Office and at the Paris peace negotiations. Part one of three. consettmagazine.com/maddison-brothe… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The 499 Festival in Lanchester caps tickets at 300, sold out again this year, and has supported the Great North Air Ambulance Service since 2018. consettmagazine.com/the-story-behin… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026£73,269.66 raised for Willow Burn Hospice over twelve years by the Consett Sunderland AFC Supporters Association, plus £2,000 from the Rotary Club's golf day. consettmagazine.com/willow-burn-hos… 021
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026October's Consett Magazine is out now, free in Tesco, Morrisons, shops, cafes, restaurants, community rooms and the library in Consett, Medomsley, Leadgate, Blackhill, Bridgehill, Shotley Bridge and Lanchester. Online: consettmagazine.com/october-2026-co… 010
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Durham PCC Joy Allen writes for Consett Magazine on police numbers and force mergers. She says Durham is 120 officers short of its 2010 strength and that around £10m would restore them. consettmagazine.com/joy-allen-fund-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Foundation For Good in Consett has received The King's Award for Voluntary Service, the equivalent of an MBE for a voluntary group. consettmagazine.comThe King's Award comes to Trafalgar Street Consett MagazineFoundation For Good's volunteers have received the highest honour a voluntary group in the UK can be given, the equivalent of an MBE. 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Work has started on the site of the new Shotley Bridge Hospital in Consett. The Trust says construction should begin in mid-2027. consettmagazine.com/ground-broken-i… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Got a story from Consett or the surrounding villages? Send it to us at magazine.ad. Free to submit, and an editor reads every one. magazine.admagazine.ad | Publish Your Story Across a Network of Local MagazinesOne submission, every magazine. Share community news, events and stories with readers across a growing network of local, regional and specialist titles. 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ten years old, from Leadgate, and cast as Debbie in Billy Elliot the Musical. October's Consett Magazine cover story. consettmagazine.com/from-leadgate-t… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Issue 167 of Consett Magazine is out now across Consett and district, free to pick up and free to read online. consettmagazine.com/october-2026-co… 001
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Two days left. The Local Network Fund closes at 5pm this Wednesday, 30 September. Grants of £5,000 to £10,000 for not-for-profit groups in Consett. Packs from ConsettLN@durham.gov.uk consettmagazine.com/100000-for-loca… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Where the Coast to Coast begins. 182 miles from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, through three National Parks. Or get the train, look at the sea, and come home again. consettmagazine.com/places-to-go-st… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You do not need to be a journalist. This month we ran a dairy farm, an allotment site, a yoga class, a poem, and a postcard that led to a war grave. None came from a press office. 📧 editor@consettmagazine.com 💻 magazine.ad 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Run a group people struggle to find? Connecting County Durham is free for organisations to register on, and has replaced the old Families Information Service and Locate sites. consettmagazine.com/connecting-coun… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"The show is on, on Saturday First. Will expect you?" Posted from Castleside, 8 August 1913. Five years later Joseph Thompson Maddison was killed in action, aged 22. The anniversary is 28 September. consettmagazine.com/what-a-postcard… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"I've always started at the bottom and worked my way up." Stuwart Mawson arrived at Greencroft Bottling as a palletiser operator. Twelve years later he is Acting Shift Manager. consettmagazine.com/twelve-years-an… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What happens when someone clones your plate: the fines arrive, and you have to prove you were not there. Durham PCC Joy Allen on ghost and cloned plates in this month's issue. consettmagazine.com/ghost-plates-a-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Places to Go: St Bees. The most westerly point of northern England, the start of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, and a village named after a saint who may never have existed. consettmagazine.com/places-to-go-st… Source: Alex Nelson, NATIONALRAIL 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026September is when people try something new. Laura Ridgeon has taught beginner-friendly Hatha Yoga in Lanchester since 2009, at everyone's own pace. consettmagazine.com/twenty-years-of… 010
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In 1687, nineteen German swordsmiths settled beside the River Derwent in Shotley Bridge, bringing Europe’s finest blade-making skills to County Durham. Their work helped launch Britain’s early sword industry consettmagazine.comThe Shotley Bridge Sword Makers - Consett MagazineThe reasons behind their arrival in England remain partly veiled. Few contemporary records survive, and the late 1680s were unsettled years. King James II was 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Walk in. No referral. That is the part worth holding onto: 100 of the 159 new NHS mental health facilities are community centres offering support without a referral. consettmagazine.com/mp-backs-bigges… Samaritans: 116 123, free, day or night. 010
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026£100,000 for local projects. Grants of £5,000 to £10,000 are open to not-for-profit groups in Consett. Packs from ConsettLN@durham.gov.uk. Deadline 5pm, Wed 30 September. consettmagazine.com/100000-for-loca… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Durham County Council has launched Connecting County Durham, an online directory of local organisations, activities and support services. Search by keyword or postcode. Free for organisations to register. consettmagazine.com/connecting-coun… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026From County Hall to Channel 4. Lucas Wainwright of Lanchester, elected to the UK Youth Parliament and a Youth Ambassador to the Children's Commissioner, is off to an apprenticeship with Channel 4. He is 18. consettmagazine.com/at-18-he-speaks… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026⏰ 3pm tomorrow is the cut-off for the October issue. If you have been meaning to book an advert or send artwork, tomorrow afternoon is it. 📞 01207 438 292 📧 editor@consettmagazine.com 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"On sea of dark. In shield of light. A sphere that shines. Both day and night." The opening of The Moon, by local poet Anthony Page, in this month's Consett Magazine. consettmagazine.com/the-moon-by-ant… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A 1913 postcard of Muggleswick Church, posted from Castleside, inviting a young man to a flower show. He was killed in action in September 1918, six weeks before the Armistice. consettmagazine.com/what-a-postcard… 001
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Twelve years, and nearly every job on the site. Stuwart Mawson started at Greencroft Bottling as a palletiser operator and is now Acting Shift Manager, having worked nearly every role in between. consettmagazine.com/twelve-years-an… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Thinking of getting an allotment? The Lanchester plots have been going for over 100 years. Thirty of them, £18 a year, and a waiting list, which tells you most of what you need to know. consettmagazine.com/thirty-plots-an… 100
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"So lads take heed of the old tup's fate. Don't leave your action until it's too late, for like the tup we tend to slow." The Old Tup, by Jimmy Anderson of Ebchester, who died on 13 August. Read it aloud. consettmagazine.com/jimmy-anderson-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ghost plates, deliberately altered so ANPR cameras cannot read them, and the innocent motorists left to prove they were not there. Durham PCC Joy Allen writes for us this month. consettmagazine.com/ghost-plates-a-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Twenty years of teaching people to breathe. Laura Ridgeon has taught gentle, accessible Hatha Yoga in Lanchester since 2009, with classes at Croft View and monthly Yoga and Sound Baths. consettmagazine.com/twenty-years-of… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2026More than 280 Holsteins go through the parlour at Langpark twice a day, every day, all year. No weekends, no bank holidays. Next time you pour milk on your cereal, someone was up at five. consettmagazine.com/three-generatio… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One week to book your space in the October issue. Deadline 3pm, Tuesday 15 September. 15,000 free copies across Consett and district, adverts from £99. 📞 01207 438 292 📧 editor@consettmagazine.com 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have you picked up your September issue yet? 15,000 free copies across Consett and district, or read the whole thing online. consettmagazine.com/september-2026-… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Liz Twist MP has backed plans for 159 new NHS mental health facilities, including 100 community centres offering walk-in support without a referral. consettmagazine.com/mp-backs-bigges… Samaritans: 116 123, free, day or night. 010
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026At 18, he speaks for 46,000 young people. Lanchester's Lucas Wainwright, elected to the UK Youth Parliament, Youth Ambassador to the Children's Commissioner, and off to Channel 4 on an apprenticeship. consettmagazine.com/at-18-he-speaks… 001
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"A life in stars. See above so soon. The ever glowing lonely moon." The Moon, by local poet Anthony Page, in this month's Consett Magazine. Written, he says, just to make people look up. consettmagazine.com/the-moon-by-ant… 000
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Jimmy Anderson, on film. Made of Steel, a short film about Jim Anderson, Consett poet, courtesy of Made of Steel Consett on YouTube. Jimmy died on 13 August; his poem The Old Tup and a tribute are in this month's issue. youtube.comMade of Steel - Jim Anderson, Consett PoetEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. 100
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Thirty plots, and a waiting list. For more than 100 years the Lanchester allotments have given local people somewhere to grow their own. £18 a year, and every plot thriving. consettmagazine.com/thirty-plots-an… 020
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Prefab Sprout's Cars and Girls plays 10:42 into Rockstar's GTA VI preview, watched 31.1m times on Netflix in four days. The band wrote and recorded in a Consett rectory long before the world heard them. consettmagazine.com/consett-grand-t… 271
consettmagazine.bsky.social @consettmagazine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Got a story? If something is happening near you, we want to hear about it. You do not need to be a journalist. 📧 editor@consettmagazine.com 📞 01207 438 292 💻 magazine.ad 000
