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Welcome to the September edition of Darlington Monthly!

Where has this year gone? It’s astonishing to think that autumn will be here soon, with all of its lovely red and brown leaves on the trees.

Another great thing about the milder weather at this time of year is that it gives you a decent opportunity to spend more time indoors reading your copy of Darlington Monthly!

After all, we’ve got yet more great content for you this month, including a review of one of the late summer’s top films – The Hitman’s Bodyguard – and our Places To Go feature, which this month covers Haltwhistle. It’s been claimed to be the ‘centre of Britain’ and is well-located for a nice run out for Darlington residents.

Then, there are all of our fabulous advertisers who we have to salute for being so supportive of us once again. If you fancy having Sunday lunch made for you, for instance, The Croft Hotel is offering a range of one, two or three courses – I can almost taste the Yorkshire puddings from here – while if you are in need of a new roof or repairs to your existing roof, look no further than Findley Roofing & Building, who are a great team of hugely professional and experienced guys.

Oh, and don’t forget that we also have two great competitions for you this month – you could win a family ticket to a film of your choice at Vue Cinema, Darlington or a Sunday lunch for two people at The Croft Hotel.

If you’re interested in advertising your business in our local magazine, please give us a call on 07500 828 396 or email sales@darlingtonmonthly. co.uk.We have a range of advertiser packages available, with big discounts for three and six-month plans.

Happy reading, and see you again in October!

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More cards in The Pack Darlington’s own firm of PR and social media gurus is expanding following a period of growth.

Harvey & Hugo, an innovative digital agency, has recruited Jessica Inglis as senior account executive and Laura Chester as PR and social media executive to meet increasing, national demand for its unique PR, social media and content marketing services.

“Joining such an incredibly talented and creative team at this exciting time is inspiring and I’m looking forward to seeing how much further the Company will grow.”

Laura is looking forward to using the skills and knowledge she recently acquired through a Masters in PR from the University of Sunderland to build clients’ brands. She said: “The opportunity afforded to me means I am able to immediately put into practice everything I’ve learned Following the firm’s expansion into London last year throughout University. and the addition of design services earlier this year, the appointments come as part of a strategic expansion plan “I’m looking forward to developing my skills through the influence of the rest of the team.” which also includes moving to larger premises.

Charlotte Nichols, managing director of the Company which recently celebrated its eighth year in business, is excited to see the growth plans coming to fruition. She said:“expanding the team further enables the firm to meet ever-increasing demand from across the country while maintaining solid roots in Darlington, a town I’m proud to be from.”

Harvey & Hugo prides itself on being a revolutionary agency operating at the digital forefront of its field. It builds desire for client brands by developing and delivering bespoke PR, content and social media strategies to share knowledge, spread positivity and celebrate success.

For more information about Harvey & Hugo and its services, please visit www.harveyandhugo.com.

Currently based in Business Central, the team, affectionately Twitter: @harveyandhugo known as ‘The Pack’, has recently moved into a larger space Instagram: @harveyandhugopr in the building to accommodate its ever-growing workforce.

Speaking of joining The Pack, Jess said: “Harvey & Hugo has a range of fantastic clients who really showcase the success of the North East and wider UK.

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Employment Round Up Did you know that employees aged between 18 -29 are twice as likely to experience mental health problems than their more mature work colleagues? Younger workers in part time roles are also more likely to classify their mental health as poor or very poor. The rise of the gig economy may be seen as liberation for some, but the lack of certainty regarding hours and pay is most definitely a contributory factor for stress and anxiety.

Employers need to be more attentive to the well-being of their staff and watch out for those tell signs that may suggest personal or finance issues are undermining performance. It’s a tricky one though given the sensitivity of subject matter, but what’s to stop a company offering ad hoc workshops for staff on debt and how to manage it for example? Probably of far more use than wasting thousands on a team build that many view with horror.

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Pub Review: The Bay Horse, Heighington With chain pubs taking over the country, it can often After choosing which piece of steak I’d like, I watched be tough to find a traditional British pub a warm and it being cooked on the flame grill right in front of me; relaxing atmosphere.The Bay Horse, in Heighington, another great touch. offers exactly that.

From a quick chat with the chef while I waited for Upon arrival, I was greeted by a friendly member my food, I learned that their steak is sourced directly of staff and took my seat in a comfortable corner from UK cows, which graze on mineral-rich grass.The window, where I soaked up the surroundings and chefs let the steaks dry mature on the bone, which perused the menu. It wasn’t long before my eyes allows the muscle fibres to break down and increase caught The Bay Horse’s flagship product: their “your the beef’s tenderness and colour. size, your way” steak.

In summary? Delicious. My steak was thick, juicy and After placing my order and trying out one of the perfectly cooked to my taste, and came served with bar’s ever-changing real ales, I headed to the Butcher’s a healthy portion of hand-cut chips and a side salad.

Counter, which was undoubtedly one of the most In honesty, there was too much on the plate, but I still exciting parts of my visit.With rump, sirloin, fillet or rib managed to devour the lot. eye steaks on the menu, I could choose exactly how I wanted my steak to be cut and watched the talented Having spent years driving past The Bay Horse without sampling its famous steak menu, it’s fair to say butcher-cum-chef cut it there and then. that I’ve been missing out.There’s no doubt that I’ll be It’s a refreshing change to the way meals are prepared back sometime soon. at pubs and restaurants today, with steaks often preprepared and heated as and when required. It gave 5/5 me an insight into the quality and care the team at The Bay Horse put into each and every meal.

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An easy-to-overlook gem!

Hardwick Park, near Sedgefield Accredited by VisitEngland, this park has both history and rural scenery in abundance – a wonderfully soothing combination. It’s also free to enter, unless you factor in charges for car parking. Once you are in the park, head to the visitor centre; it educates about the park’s history and recent restoration that was completed in 2010. So what are the fruits of those restoration labours?

would look entirely organic despite actually having been significantly engineered.

Today, you can visit Hardwick Park to enjoy such simple pleasures as taking in the natural scenery, including a lake and woodland. Also, when spending time at the visitor centre, don’t forget to check out the gift shop. Even when you have hunger pangs, the same building includes the Well, they include clear views that had previously been Tower Café – which, like the park as a whole, is open daily. blighted by an overgrowth of trees. Also, four gothic ruins – called the Gothic Ruin, the Temple of Minerva, the Bono Retiro and the Gothic Seat – have been rebuilt and restored.The Heritage Lottery Fund granted £4.1m for the whole project – and money has definitely been well-spent since 1999, when that project began.

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The Hitman’s Bodyguard Do you ever miss that ‘80s and ‘90s Hollywood staple, the buddy action comedy? You know what we mean.

We’re talking about that for-so-long relentlessly entertaining, but perhaps eventually over-familiar trope of the ridiculously mismatched duo – one sometimes white, the other black, and one sometimes a cop, the other not, and one often a follower of the rules, the other a maverick – who are forced to come together to solve a crime. Along the way, their bond is tested, and perhaps forged, by all manner of travails. The results, we were so often told, were hilarious.

Sometimes, they very much were.

The genre has produced no shortage of classics, from Men in Black and Dumb and Dumber to 48 Hrs and Midnight Run, but if sufficient time has passed without buddy action comedies being ubiquitous on our screens for us to welcome their return, The Hitman’s Bodyguard may not be the best vehicle to ramp up the heart-warming nostalgia.

following the assassination of one of his clients, and Samuel L. Jackson, who plays Darius Kincaid, one of the world’s most notorious hitmen.

ensues. Grinding realism, of course, is hardly the name of the game – as perhaps best demonstrated by some of the ludicrous green-screen work that sees the actors behave supremely As Bryce attempts to rehabilitate nonchalantly amid rip-roaring his reputation by taking on lower- violence and buildings exploding grade clients – including one played behind them.

by Richard E. Grant, a man with some iconic buddy comedy history Unfortunately, surely the biggest of his own as the soused Withnail factor on which any buddy comedy of Withnail and I – he finds himself rises and falls – the banter between being called by Interpol agent and the two leading stars – doesn’t entirely former girlfriend, Amelia Ryder rescue The Hitman’s Bodyguard, with (Elodie Yung) to protect Kincaid, quips like “Eat my ass!” attracting a who is wanted at The Hague to testify response of “That’s what she said” against the merciless Belarusian about as good as you’re going to get. dictator Vladislav Dukhovich (Gary However, we do have to salute Salma Oldman).

Hayek’s turn as Kincaid’s imprisoned hard-nut wife, who strikes yoga poses So far, so promising, not least as while intimidating her cellmate into we also learn that the assassin and standing in the corner and lashing his new bodyguard have more out at any law officials who try to than a little direct history of their hassle her. own, Kincaid having attempted to take Bryce down no fewer than 28 The Hitman’s Bodyguard is not times over the years. So begins the deep, let alone ‘high art’, but customary high-octane journey makes for passable early-autumn across countries, along the well- entertainment if you can look past its trodden ground of the UK to Italy to very real flaws. the Netherlands, although we’ll give brownie points for what may just be Gary Lenaghan the first big-screen action sequence Copywriter set in Coventry.

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Heritage Open Days - try Haltwhistle

Heritage open days (7-10 sept 2017) is a national movement to open the doors to a wide variety of heritage buildings.

At the time of writing, the regular booklets and websites that confirm which places are open to public view were not available, but the tyne valley community rail partnership have suggested to me that we should promote haltwhistle, which has at least one site participating in the scheme. The tyne valley community rail partnership is opening the old booking hall on haltwhistle railway station on friday and saturday of that weekend (8th and 9th). There may even be a small pop up craft fair in the old booking hall during those two days. This building was built in 1855 and retains its wooden ‘booking office wall’ complete with ticket racks which will be filled with reproduction edmondson tickets.

Edmondson tickets were the standard ticket of the railways in britain almost from their inception until the advent of the early computerised ticket machines in the 1970s. The system was invented by thomas edmondson who was stationmaster at brampton station, west of haltwhistle, on the newcastle to carlisle line.

Chester-le-track also has a connection with the haltwhistle old booking hall, since there were plans years ago for tynedale district council to open up the office for ticket sales. The unsigned draft contract was presented to me in 1999 as a basis for negotiation with the then railway operator, northern spirit. It’s the grounding for our trading today at both chester-le-street and eaglescliffe.

This interesting northumberland town claims to be the centre of britain, as the signpost shows. I think this debate has now been settled but they like to be challenged

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about their centrality because then they can roll out the maps which prove haltwhistle is in the middle of england, scotland and wales. There will be informal railway walks running during the two days, looking at alston arches and other remains of the alston branch line, which closed in 1976. Haltwhistle water tower is still in existence and it is hoped that this too will be open for visitors to see.

Bringing the railway offer bang up to date, the virgin azuma roadshow will be pulling into town too! That’s a van, not the actual new trains which have been built at newton aycliffe, and can now be seen testing on the east coast main line.

Being in the area of the border reivers, when attacks on the town were common before the union of crowns in 1603, and even thereafter, the greatest number of bastles (defensible houses) on the english side of the border are here. The trail to find them is detailed in the “turbulent past” leaflet. Take a walk too up the haltwhistle burn, once the industrial hub of the town.

The parish church, holy cross, is 13th century, with roman stones and much more. It houses an old water stoup which may have been used as a font. Children of all ages will enjoy mr george’s time museum in the main street (free, donations welcome) I am informed that there are some great places to eat in the town, and if early september is still warm and sunny, the three outdoor pools of the haltwhistle open air swimming pool are particularly invigorating. Cheap day returns are available to haltwhistle, but there are no northern rail advance purchase tickets as yet. Remember you can break your journey as often as you like to visit other towns on the way.

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A recipe for success A competition held by a top North East restaurant Partner and esteemed restaurateur, Marcus Bennett, also collective aimed at inspiring and developing the next offered Vicky an opportunity to be a part of the Muse team for a day. He said:“We were impressed withVicky’s generation of culinary talent has found a winner. calm attitude in the kitchen and the dish she produced.

The ‘Chef Factor’ was launched to celebrate the 100 years’ restaurant experience held by hosts Jonathan Hall, “As creator, we have offered Vicky the chance to spend Marcus Bennett, Adrian Rummel and Peter Huggins, a day in our kitchen, cooking the dish for customers.” partners in The Bay Horse in Hurworth and Muse and The competition was hosted in the newly refurbished Cena in Yarm. facilities at Darlington College where Vicky studied for After receiving entries from across the Tees Valley and an NVQ in Food Preparation and Professional Cookery. a gruelling live cooking challenge, Vicky Cartwright was selected as the winner by the Head Chefs of Muse, James Butterfield, head of facilities at Darlington College, was pleased to see a face he recognised.

Cena and The Bay Horse.

20-year old Vicky, from Darlington, said: “Cooking has He said: “Vicky was a wonderful student and keen to always been a passion. I’ve been at home in the kitchen, put her training to good use, helping at private functions creating dishes and trying new things for as long as I can held at the college. remember!

“Seeing former students developing their skills further “I’m so pleased to have been a part of the competition, in the industry is great to see, especially with the vast winning is such an honour and I’m looking forward to array of opportunities it offers for travel, experiences and development from such a young age.” seeing my dish in lights!”

Along with a meal for four at Muse to celebrate,Vicky’s dish, osso buco with Milanese risotto, will also feature on the menu at Muse during September to celebrate the restaurant’s fifth birthday.

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What’s on TV This Month Hunted, Channel 4 The third season of Hunted is coming back to our screens this Autumn. While the exact release date is yet to be announced, the previous two seasons aired in September of 2015 and 2016, so if the pattern continues, we can expect to see it this month.

Each season follows members of the public trying to evade capture by a team of retired police, intelligence service officers, analysts, cyber security experts and counterterrorism officers.

What has been described as “adult hide-and-seek” is as tense as it is exciting. Last season saw ex-military officers, software developers and recent graduates all trying their best to avoid the some of the best hunters in the world for the £100,000 prize.

Pablo Escobar. This show has a lot to offer: questionable 1980s fashion, murder, endless affairs and of course, lots and lots of drugs. After the first season, The Telegraph called the show “devastatingly addictive”, and it only became more so as the second season aired.

Season two was darker than the first and yes, season three will be darker still. When the second season was released, it quickly became the second most popular show on Netflix, coming a close second to Stranger Things. Will the third season live up to expectations?

The Affair, Sky Atlantic If you haven’t seen the previous three seasons of this drama, you have been missing out. The show kicked off in 2015, following the life of a school teacher come struggling writer, Applications went live for the latest season in January of this year, who is ‘happily’ married with four children. Struggling with his and let’s hope this year’s contestants have learned from past resentment towards his wealthy father-in-law on whom he is far mistakes. Whether they’re taking part for the adventure, for more dependent than he would like, Noah becomes tempted the money or to make a stance against relentless surveillance, by young waitress Alison. they need to avoid the temptation of ATMs, built-up areas with CCTV and trackable phone calls to avoid detection for one The first season is told completely from Noah and Alison’s month. perspectives, and the audience was left struggling to decipher the truth from their conflicting memories. It wasn’t until the Narcos, Netflix second season that we saw the perspectives of their original Season three of this American crime drama will hit Netflix on spouses, and the third season jumped forward three years to 1st September and is set to be the best season to date. The introduce yet another perspective. completely immersive show will once again command your undivided attention, or you’ll certainly be left behind.

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Our monthly report on Darlington 1883 from Ray Simpson, Communications and Media Manager

Darlington FC have successfully relaunched their Football in the Community Initiative!

When the club was in the Football League, it ran a very successful scheme that involved coaches from the club going into local schools and coaching youngsters of various ages and skill levels. Not only did they help publicise the club, they also helped youngsters to improve their socials skills and their confidence.

For those fans who followed the club in the nineties, there was a real blood and thunder game at York City which prompted the older fans to recall some tasty games in the old Fourth Division. Quakers drew the game 0-0, and many fans thought that this was one of the best goalless draws for a long time -- usually goalless draws are boring, dull affairs!

The club now provides a matchday experience, which includes an hour’s coaching, a free meal, a chance to meet the players, take penalties at half time, and sit in the manager’s seat in the dugout. The cost is £30, and is great value for money. Details are available from lead coach, Deano Browne, on fitc@ darlingtonfc.org.

The club is also offering hospitality and sponsorship packages at Blackwell Meadows. You can sponsor a Darlington match, the matchball, or join your friends and clients in the hospitality lounge. Details are available from hospitality@darlingtonfc.org.

Quakers have made a promising start to the new season in the Vanarama National League North.

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Building affinity with society Darlington Building Society is giving the region’s community “We want everyone in the community to feel involved the opportunity to decide how 25 charities will share a because there are so many organisations that do fantastic donation of £16,000. work around us.Through this programme, we hope to be able to support the charities our members and the public Following a vote by the building society’s members earlier feel have the greatest need.” this year, it was highlighted that assisting others, elderly and loneliness and medical research were the key groups of Kathleen Rickaby,customer service consultant at the society’s Cockerton branch, is delighted that the Alzheimer’s Society people the members would like the society to support. has been shortlisted for her branch as the organisation has The results of this vote led to the employees from the a strong, personal connection. organisation’s 10 branches each selecting a charity in each category they feel passionately about.

She said: “This was a wonderful opportunity for the staff at all branches to give back to charities that mean a great A public vote is now open to decide how the total sum deal to them. is shared between the 25 charities, which include local organisations St Teresa’s Hospice, Cash for Kids and the “The Alzheimer’s Society has offered support to myself and Teesdale & Weardale Search and Rescue team. my wider family in recent years so I’m very pleased that they, as well as all other shortlisted charities, will receive some A total of £1,600 is available per branch to be donated support from the affinity initiative.” between the three shortlisted charities.The charity receiving the highest number of votes per branch will be named Due to their value in the community, three charities were affinity partner and benefit from a £1,000 donation as well honoured by being shortlisted in multiple branches. as from all in-branch fundraising activities throughout the The voting process is now open to the public and members year. at www.darlington.co.uk or any Darlington Building Society Brand and Customer Insight Officer, Josh Palin, believes the branch.Voting will close on Sunday September, 17th. society’s campaign is a great way to involve the community in the process of selecting these beneficiaries.

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Darlington Mechanics’ Institute was founded in 1825 to give recreation and education to mechanics (which used to mean anyone who worked with their hands).

In 1851, £750 had been raised for a building fund and the foundation stone was laid by Elizabeth Pease who was influential in the Institute’s new building, which was opened in 1854 and is still in Skinnergate; now known as “The Keys”.

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It had the first library in the town and it used to have a theatre as well – that must have been one of the first in the town.

In August 2013 the organization moved to its new premises in Bondgate where it now resides. It comprises a games room with two full size snooker tables and a reading room where members can socialize.

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Wednesday 6th September 2017 10am – 12noon Foxglove Covert LNR, Wathgill, Downholme, Richmond, N Yorks, DL11 6AH. A walk to look at autumn changes at Foxglove Covert, focusing on decay and decomposition: What happens to autumn leaves? What happens to wood, look at log piles and have a search to see how it is all the circle of life! This walk is for adults. This event is part of the Flowers of the Dales Festival. Suggested donation is £3 per person.

Ocean Film Festival World Tour 23rd September 2017 - 7:30pm Princess Alexandra Auditorium,Yarm School, The Friarage,Yarm,TS15 9EJ An unforgettable evening of short films to the Princess Alexandra Auditorium.

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Art Exhibition Saturday 29th September/1st October Hurworth Village Hall, Church Row, Hurworth, Darlington, DL2 2AQ The photographs, paintings, drawings have all been produced by 4 young artists all of whom live in Darlington/Hurworth. Entance to the exhibition will be free and refreshments by donation will be served.

Peter Barron former editor of The Northern Echo has agreed to open the event at 10am and the general public are welcome from 11.00am onwards.

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September 12th 7.00pm West Cemetery (1 mile walk) 16th Hartlepool Bioblitz 23th 9.30am Salthorne (2 miles) Don G, John T 24th Recorders Conference 25th 7.00pm Indoor Meeting Darlington Contact the Club Secretary Steve Keeney on 01325 258162 for further information.

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