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Sudell Primary School in Darwen will be celebrating 100 years of Educating Darwens youngsters next year and plans for this celebration are underway. The school would like to hear from past students who attended Sudell School, to get intouch and share your experience of school life at Sudell. During its long history Sudell school has been a boys secondary school and also a junior school before the leaving age was raised. For further information or to share your experience please contact Mr D Milner at the following email address :
sudellcentenary@btinternet.com
Excellent Turnout for Local History! 6:13pm Tue 6 May 08 Despite some incorrect advertising (it worked to our advantage Nafeesha, Thanks) with regards the Graveyard Survey classes Darwen Local History Society had a successful April meeting with an attendance of 75 people, an excellent turnout. Thanks to everyone who attended.
Where are Darwen’s historical documents? 5:19pm Sun 4 May 08 As reported in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph in December 2006, Darwen documents had been abandoned, covered in asbestos dust under Darwen Town Hall.
Celebrating Volunteers 1:38pm Wed 30 Apr 08 A Celebration Event is to be held commemorating Volunteers Week.
The Event will provide an opportunity for groups who use volunteers to get recognition for themselves and for their volunteers.
Bold Venture Park Management Plan 2008 10:08am Fri 25 Apr 08 I attended the Friends of Bold Venture Park meeting last month in the draughty Scout hut on the 'top park'.
Making Headway 12:11pm Tue 22 Apr 08 Headway East Lancashire, a local support group for parents, carers and survivors of brain injury, are holding their Annual General Meeting this week.
The group, founded four years ago and serving local people primarily in Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, will be meeting at Crosshill eLearning Centre on Shadsworth Road in Blackburn this Thursday, 24th April, commencing at 7pm.
Does your group need a grant? This is right up your street 2:00pm Mon 21 Apr 08 The latest round of Community Network Grants is now open for bidding.
If you work for a voluntary, community or faith group and would like to receive up to £5,000 to fund a project, Community Network Grants will be right up your street.
Get vinvolved! 12:22pm Mon 21 Apr 08 A new volunteering project for people in Blackburn with Darwen aged 16 to 25 has been launched.
Blackburn with Darwen V Project takes the place of the former Millennium Volunteers initiative.
Treasure Chest 2:07pm Wed 16 Apr 08 A chance for groups to bid for up to £5,000 for work with children and young people has is now available.
Voluntary, community and faith groups working with youngsters between the ages of 5 and 13 in Blackburn with Darwen are invited to apply for the latest round of the Children's Chest.
Darwen Local History Society members visit 'Roman Altar' 9:06pm Sat 12 Apr 08 Members from Darwen Local History Society visited Manchester today to view the 2,000yr old 'Roman Altar' discovered in March by Manchester archaeologist Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd on the site of former Tom Garner Motors'
The excavations have been on going since February by (PCA) and are now in their final week.Reader comments (2)
Like Gardening? 2:43pm Mon 31 Mar 08 The monthly meeting of the Derwent Garden Club, will be featuring a slide show on "The Gardens of Cheshire" by Kevin Pratt.
Head for Heights? 12:26pm Fri 28 Mar 08 Local man Ian Preston is going to brave the elements and put his fears behind him for an extreme fundraising activity.
What do you think? 4:00pm Wed 26 Mar 08 I recently spoke to former Sunnyhurst councillor, Mr. Nigel Nuttall and there were a few things he mentioned during our conversation that I decided the people of Darwen need to have a say on.Reader comment (1)
Do you know about all the activities and events that go on at the Sudellside Community Centre? Do you want to know? If you do, come along to the Sudellside Community Association's SPRING FLING this coming Sunday, April 6th 2008 from 1-4 pm. This Celebration of Sudell, following the Royds report and threatened closure of this community centre, will be an opportunity for the community to come together. The threat of closure may have now passed but the community is not sitting on its laurels but instead striving to be a community to be proud of.
A BIG thank you 4:05am Mon 24 Mar 08 The Sudellside Community Association would like to say a very big thank you to all who travelled with us to York on Easter saturday.
But is it spring or winter? Mayhaps the weather be confused? Or betwixt seasons, when the weather is 'unsettled' or the changing of the seasons from one to the other. Winter's last 'shout?' Before rushing into spring. Kind of a 'weather lag,' then? Catch my drift? Pun intentional.
Quite ironically, am listening to the soundtrack to the modern fairy tale by Neil Gaiman - Stardust.
While it is true that there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is such a thing as a reasonably priced lunch in amenable company. Seniors aged over 50 are welcome to come and enjoy a 3 course lunch for £2 every Thursday lunch time at Sudellside Community Centre at 12.15 pm, and having had your lunch, how about joining the seniors social club for a game of bingo or raffle or whatever activity is scheduled for that week which is also held from 1.15pm at the Community Centre in Sudellside. For futher information about either of the Seniors Groups contact Gail or Tracey at Sudellside Community Centre on 01254 760270
Whilst doing research for the local history society you often come across some interesting but pretty usless information, but with this mornings earthmoving experience the usless info then becomes quite exciting!
The times for the next Pact meeting for Darwen Central and Belgrave areas are 5:30pm till 6:30pm on Monday 10th March 2008, at Knott St Community Centre, Knott St, Darwen.
On Monday the 18th Darwen Local History Society was host to Norman Redhead, the County Archaeologist from Manchester University when he gave his presentation on Community Digs'.
Had Charles Dickens been alive now, instead of being born into the Victorian era, he may have found rich pickings of prose alive and well in a small corner pocket of Lancashire called 'Darwen' or 'Darren' as some know it better.
DLHS have been awarded £4,500 towards their community dig scheduled for 2009. Dig Darwen' project has been Part funded by Blackburn with Darwen Council and European Regional Development Fund, the money is to go towards the desk assessment which will be completed by Manchester University later this year.
Blackburn with Darwen Community and Voluntary Services recently featured Lancashire Telegraph's Community Websites in their Threeway newsletter. The article appears below.
