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PENNYWELL Ring Debbie Mitchie on 0191 501 7433 or debbie.mitchie@ northeast-press.co.uk
Pennywell Neighbourhood Centre is holding trips and activities over the school summer holidays. Activities are: Carlisle Park in Morpeth, August 27, 10am to 4pm, £4.50 adults and £2.50 children; Gibside, Rowlands Gill, August 28, 10am to 4pm, £8.50 adults and £4.50 children; Summer crafts, August 20, 1.15pm to 2.30pm, £2 per child; Make Summer Mocktails and Fruit Kebabs, August 22, 10.3oam to noon, £2 per child. For further details, contact the centre on 0191 5341477.
GRANGETOWN AND ASHBROOKE Ring Chris Dixon on 0191 551 7090/07950828272 or email cmdixon@hotmail.co.uk
ICOS held a litter pick recently in Backhouse Park. A total of 14 people (some pictured) collected nine bags of rubbish. This is the latest community clean-up in the park, a project in St Michael’s ward funded by the East Area of Sunderland Council and supported by local ward councillors. Rotarian Phil Tweddell, of the Rotary Club of Sunderland, acted quickly when he heard that an 18th century bound book of designs for Sunderland’s old North Pier at Roker was being auctioned. Phil was determined that the coloured illustrated designs should remain in the city and convinced the Rotary Club to back him financially at the Boldon auction. Phil’s bid was successful and the beautifully bound collection of drawings were formally handed to members of the Roker Heritage Group at last week’s Rotary meeting in the Rosedene Hotel Sunderland Ladies’ Probus Clubwill meet on Thursday, August 23, at St John’s Church hall, Ashbrooke Road, with coffee from 10am for a 10.30am start. Geoff Hughes will talk about Famous People Who Made The North East Great. Any group or organisation that is looking for funding of an event or project in St Michael’s ward might qualify for the Council’s Community Chest scheme. Many have been supported in the past. For further details contact any of the ward’s councillors: Michael Dixon (0191 5517090) Robert Oliver, (07500993646) and Peter Wood (0191 5226036). The regular Northumbria Police “PACT” meeting for St Michael’s ward residents took place last week at the usual Auckland Homes, Hill View venue. Members of the neighbourhood police team were joined by St Michael’s ward councillor Peter Wood. Topics for discussion included the latest crime statistics for the ward; parking and other problems around schools; police check on speeding traffic; Backhouse Park and the future of the PACT meetings themselves. The next meeting, which all ward residents who wish to meet members of their local police team are welcome, will be on Tuesday, September 11, at 6 pm at the usual Auckland Homes venue Ashbrooke Residents’ Association held its regular meeting recently at the Age UK building, Stockton Road, under the chairmanship of Jim Lowther. Also present were Judith Ridley, from Gentoo; St Michael’s ward councillors Robert Oliver and Peter Wood and a member of the Northumbria Police neighbourhood team. The meeting discussed a number of Gentoo issues – trees, communal cleaning of properties, weeds, guttering, fire doors and the need for locks for rear gates. The police representative reported on a quiet time for crime in the area. Members discussed with their ward councillors fly-tipping, refuse bins being left out in back streets between collections and the need for more litter bins in the area. The next meeting (the AGM) will be on Thursday, September 6, at the same venue, starting at 5.30pm. All residents from the Azalea Terrace/Avenue and The Avenue streets are welcome to attend. The next meeting of Thornholme Residents’ Association will take place on Monday, September 10, at Ashbrooke Sports Club, at 6pm. St Michael’s Residents’ Association will meet on Wednesday, September 5, at Auckland Homes, Hill View Road, at 6-30pm.
SEAHAM Ring Elizabeth Armes on 0191 581 0419
Children’s Holiday Club will take place from Monday, August 20, to Wednesday, August 22, from 10am to noon, for children aged between five and 11. Take part in a morning of craft making, science experiments, games and music with refreshments included. Forty free places are available, but places must be booked. Contact Deacon Esther on 07572 153791 for more details. The C7th Anglo Saxon Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Old Seaham, is open to visitors on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 2pm to 4pm until mid September. Friendly guides will give you a brief history of the building. A craft table will be available for the purchase of knitted and sewn items, beautiful woodwork, and jams etc. Services for the Joint Benefice of Christ Church, New Seaham, and St Andrew’s, Dalton-le-Dale, for Sunday are: Holy Communion at Christ Church at 10am and St Andrew’s at 6pm. Evening prayer will be at 6pm in Christ Church. Every Wednesday there is a short service of Holy Communion at Christ Church, followed by tea, coffee and a chat, subject to funerals. . Parish Vestry is from 7pm to 7.30pm on Mondays to arrange Weddings, Banns and Baptisms. Services at St John the Evangelist and All Saints’ Church are: every Sunday, a celebration of the Eucharist at All Saints’ at 9.30am and St John’s at 11am. Sunday school for pre-confirmation children at 11am each Sunday. The parish office at St John’s is open for Baptism and Marriage arrangements on Mondays between 6pm and 6.45pm. On Tuesday, August 21, Danielle Smith will preside at the evening service held in Seaham SNU Church, Vale Hall, Marlborough. There is a £3.50 charge on the door. Everyone is welcome. A ‘STOP SMOKING’ session is held every Thursday from 2pm to 3pm at Eastlea Community Centre. No appointment is needed. Sit and Keep Fit takes place every Monday from 10.30am in Seaham Methodist