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• 31 Dec 2020
LOCAL HERO: Kim Clark, from Evenwood, who created thousands of meals for those in need during the lockdown TM pic
April
THE dale, in common with the rest of the country, adjusted to life under lockdown.
Milkman Neil Rabbitts reported a 30 per cent increase in demand as more and more people embraced home deliveries – with Connelly’s Toyshop inundated with orders for games, activities and jigsaws to help keep spirits up.
Teesdale Conservation Volunteers – known to all as Rotters – closed its Startforth site but offered to deliver compost to the homes of those with gardens.
“We think Rotters will be particularly useful this year because most of us will be confined to their homes with many keen to grow their own food,” said Martin Bacon.