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• 1 Jan 2021
LEST WE FORGET: Normal Remembrance Day services were not possible, so alternatives were organised, including a socially distanced event on Gainford green TM pic
October
WITH the dale back under local lockdown measures there was little to be optimistic about.
Having embraced Eat Out to Help Out in August, cafes and pubs said they were now counting the cost of measures banning anyone from different households meeting up at their venues.
In Barnard Castle, the YMCA closed its premises due to financial pressures, the future of the Edinburgh Woollen Mill was thrown into doubt and beauticians said restrictions had dramatically affected their businesses.