Darlington Historical Society has announced its summer walks programme. 9 July 2017 Westbrook Villas with Shirley King Meet at the Head of Steam railway museum at 1.30 pm 20 August 2017 West Cemetery with Richard Stephenson Meet at the cemetery main entrance at 1.30 pm Non-members welcome – no booking required. Walks cost £1 per more »
Enabling the Arts in Darlington
The Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway were formed in 2013 to take forward ambitious plans to conserve and promote the 1825 line in the lead up to the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the railway in 2025. While the development of the modern railway can be traced to a more »
A truly sad day for Darlington as Darlington council’s cabinet votes to move Crown Street Library to the Dolphin Centre. As an organisation whose members have continually voiced their opposition to the move, we feel that this decision, which will be voted on by full council on March 23, is a missed opportunity for the more »
Darlington for Culture and Darlington Hippodrome have launched an exciting new venture to support and promote arts and culture in the town. With the restoration work at Darlington Civic Theatre moving towards the final stages a new volunteering partnership has been forged between the regionally renowned Theatre and the award-winning community arts organisation, Darlington for more »
Campaigners seeking to save Cockerton Library from closure have said that they are unwilling to press ahead with the plan until the legal situation surrounding the future of the town’s library service is resolved. A steering group including a number of community businesses and organisations has been working over recent months to put together a more »
The Northern Echo has revealed a further cause for concern over the council’s plan to move Crown Street Library to the Dolphin Centre in the form of a legal issue that will further delay the proposals. You can find out more at http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15105369.Council_blunder_leads_to_yet_another_delay_of_contentious_decision_to_close_Darlington_s_Crown_Street_Library/ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15105369.Council_blunder_leads_to_yet_another_delay_of_contentious_decision_to_close_Darlington_s_Crown_Street_Library/
The Prison, a new anthology of short stories by Darlington author and Inkerman Writers member Michael Jarvie, is on sale for reading on Kindle. Taking its inspiration from James Joyce’s notion of the “epiphany,” as exemplified by his pioneering work “Dubliners,” this collection of short stories – or composite novel – focuses on the theme more »
Darlington for Culture (DfC), which support arts and culture in the borough, has announced that the number of volunteering hours that have been delivered in 2016 has topped 3,500 – its highest ever figure and up from 2,000 in 2015. Now, the organisation, which won the Contribution to the Arts category at the Best of more »
Friends of Darlington Libraries recently surveyed people about the council’s planned move of Crown Street Library to the Dolphin Centre. The report (the full version of which can be found in the attached pdf), based on surveying in October/November 2016, showed: 96% of respondents were satisfied with the library service at Crown Street, of which more »
Darlington Civic Theatre has announced that their 2017/18 magical pantomime will be the fairest of them all, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Running from Saturday 9 December 2017 until Sunday 14 January 2018 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be the first major production at the newly re-opened Darlington Hippodrome following its 18 more »