I’ve already told you about WildGround, who will be working in Ferndene Park most Tuesdays between now and January. WildGround is a three-year initiative to deliver high quality traineeships in natural heritage grounds maintenance. On […]
Picnic in the park… The Last Shift Festival
Greenside Pit closed 50 years ago yesterday. Thank you to the proud keepers of our heritage for bringing our village together for an afternoon on the green. Hard work goes into organising a wonderful event […]
Puttin’ on a show!!
When it comes to putting on a show, St. Agnes RC school in Crawcrook do it in style. Mrs Hankin kindly invited me along to what she termed as “A concert in the yard.” I […]
Last Shift Festival, Brass band march through Greenside
A faulty zoom lens meant that I didn’t get all the photographs I wanted to this morning, at the launch of the Last Shift Festival in Greenside. Here are the few I did manage to […]
More Thorp Academy demolition photos
Wednesday, 22nd June, 2016 Saturday 18th June, 2016
Bit by Bit – Thorp update
Thank you so much to Karen of Thorp Academy for taking me to the top of the STEM building this morning to get some photos of the demolition work. Also to the staff of Thompsons […]
Down the Dene
We are very fortunate indeed that WildGround will be working in Ferndene Park most Tuesdays between now and January. WildGround is a three-year initiative to deliver high quality traineeships in natural heritage grounds maintenance. The […]
Busy Bee Busy Bee
An over reliance on “screen” entertainment can leave youngsters unchallenged, so Wyevale Nurseries have come up with the idea of Busy Bee Week. Held over the half term holiday, parents and children can enjoy gardening, […]
Judith’s year of giving
I’ve recently had a birthday which means I have a list. Contents included a wireless mouse, new trainers, and the latest John Wilson CD. Rytonian Judith Lawson has put me to shame then. Judith celebrated […]
Friends of Ferndene Park
Friends of Ferndene Park was set up in 2006, though not as a gardening group. This bit began in 2010 which was when Gateshead MBC gradually began to withdraw horticultural resources. The flower beds, which […]
Reception & Year 1 Football
Ryton and Crawcrook Albion are currently recruiting for 2016 – 17 U7s teams to play in the local league First session free then £3/week (pay as you go) Saturdays: 10am – 12pm (R & Y1) […]
Race night for Borneo!
Heather and I had a smashing time on Saturday evening with our friend Lyz, and some new pals she introduced us to, Chelsea and Andrew. The occasion was “Race Night for Borneo” at Ye Olde […]
Food Fayre!
Ryton Produce Market is back again, and will be here on the last Saturday of every month until the end of the summer, 10am to 1pm. We went down there this morning and have just […]
Let’s Tri-It then! Tri-It Gym and Fitness Centre, Ryton
“I think,” said my best friend Irene during an early morning shift thirty years ago, “that we should join a gym.” “What do you mean, we?” “Well you and I, it would be nice to […]
Quiz! The Pack Horse Greenside, every Thursday
Malcolm Clarke has been in touch to tell me that there are fund raising events being arranged for the 50th Anniversary of the closing of the Greenside Mine, and a Festival to be held in […]
Thorp Academy, now and last year
Last July Kay Farrow of Thorp Academy kindly showed me around and allowed me to take photographs inside the classrooms. They were still in use, so I didn’t publish them at the time. Here they […]
Ryton Co-Op, Christian Aid bag pack
Were you in the Co-Op yesterday? Ryton Christian Aid volunteers were there raising money by packing our shopping bags. This is a spring tradition for them (and us) and yesterday’s bag pack was the tenth […]
Old Thorp Academy, saying goodbye bit by bit
Many thanks to the staff of Sir Robert McAlpine, who allowed me to take some photographs of the gradual demolition of the old Thorp Academy today. Health and safety laws decree that I’m not allowed […]
Neil Aiston, his love of Ryton
Fellow Rytonian Neil Aiston has kindly been in touch. His love of Ryton, and of photography, has led him to capture our village in a series of wonderful photographs downloaded on to Flickr. I hope […]
Concert at Holy Cross Church
Whatever your religion, or if you don’t have one at all, we are all privileged to be able to enjoy the beautiful building and grounds of Ryton Holy Cross Church. Have a walk around the […]
Stick to village speed limits
I just want to mention the Ryton Festival again, and something that happened a few minutes after the eleventh session had concluded up in St. Agnes RC Church, Winlaton. A visibly distressed young man from […]
Ryton Festival Eleventh Session
St. Anne’s RC Church in Winlaton was the venue for the eleventh session of Ryton Festival this afternoon. We heard from the choirs of Corbridge Middle School (Junior and Senior) Hareside Primary School Cramlington, and […]
More from Ryton Festival, Tenth Session
The tenth session of Ryton Festival in Emmaville Hall was opened last night (Thursday) by its Vice – President Mrs Doris Williams. The Federation of Festivals is a national movement, but Mrs Williams said that […]
Ryton Festival – Ninth Session
Let’s hear what the adjudicator; Norma Redfearn, has to say about our festival, and the festival movement in general. She was kind enough to give me a written quote. “I have had a wonderful time […]
