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A FORMER town mayor and “proud Darlingtonian” who served on the council for more than 40 years has died. Tributes have been paid to former Conservative Darlington councillor Tony Richmond, who died on Wednesday at the age of 81. The father and grandfather, who was first elected in 1976, decided to step down from the council in 2019 due to ill health. During that time, he led Darlington Borough Council from 1988 to 1991, and served as the town’s mayor in 1993/94. Tony Richmond during his tenure as Darlington town mayor Wife Sue Richmond paid tribute to her husband as a “very proud Darlingtonian”. She added: “He was a lovely man. All he wanted was to be a good man.
Plans were revealed last month to transform the three-storey Gardeners Arms in the centre of Haddington. The historic venue, on the town’s Kilpair Street, dates back hundreds of years, with The Fraternity of Gardeners of East Lothian once based in the town. They purchased a property which contained an inn on the corner of Market Street. However, last orders may have been called at the pub, which has not been open for about three years. Flats would be created on each floor of the building under DSI Properties Ltd’s plans. Haddington’s community council did not object to the proposals but felt that the plans could be altered to keep the ground floor available for business use.
Called the ‘Inspiring Volunteering Awards’, they are being organised by Volunteer Centre East Lothian (VCEL). Based in Tranent, VCEL says it wants to recognise and celebrate the achievements, efforts and significant impact volunteers make within the county. People can nominate a volunteer or team of volunteers that they think deserve recognition for the contribution they have made. Nominations can be made individually or by a team to any of the seven categories. The categories are: community volunteer of the year (a new award for this year), health and wellbeing volunteer of the year, environmental and education volunteer of the year, volunteer team of the year, young volunteer of the year (nominees must be under the age of 25), outstanding trustee of the year, and lifelong commitment to volunteering.
The little-known birthplace of modern travel in North East England
The Stockton and Darlington Railway started a communication revolution akin to the internet – let’s celebrate its 200th birthday
18 April 2021 • 3:00pm
A walking and cycling path which runs parallel to the original working railway lines, between Stockton-on-Tees and the collieries at Shildon, to celebrate the Royal Assent
Credit: VisitBritain//Thomas Heaton
It’s a big-budget movie waiting to happen. Virile working men with gritty personalities are pitched against landed aristocrats resistant to change. An epoch-making vision of the future of the world is hatched in a windswept corner of northern England. Blood, sweat and blueprints. A huffing, puffing machine made with man’s bare hands is born. “The Invention of Railways” – starring British A-listers and a legion of extras from Co Durham. The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was granted Royal Assent 200 years ago on April 19. The line woul