This is the place to find out all kind of things about Aycliffe Village – what is happening, what has happened and what is going to happen!
If you have any news about Aycliffe Village, let us know. If you used to live in Aycliffe Village, let us know – send us your memories, photographs etc and we’ll share them with the rest of the world! (OK, maybe only with Aycliffe Village!)
Please feel free to send us an email or leave a comment.
June 11, 2006 at 2:47 pm
Well, we seem to be up and running! Excellent work Gary…
I’d personally like to hear from anyone who was a BP Scout at Aycliffe Village from the beginning to the present day. We have just started a new group up in the village and it would be nice to have a group of memories & anecdotes that can be shared with all of the younger kids – you know the sort of thing… camping on Roseberry Topping in the middle of a gale, long baot trips in Wales etc.
So if you read this and think “those were the days!”, then pen something and we’ll be off to a fine start.
Additionally, i know that the village had a Boy Scout troup from the thirties onwards, so if anyone has any information, please post it…
Thanks & get blogging!!!
July 2, 2006 at 11:48 am
Aycliffe Village History Society is holding an exhibition in the village hall on Saturday 9 September and Sunday 10 September between 10am and 4pm each day. There will be old church records available, a copy of the 1901 village census, details about the mills that were on the River Skerne and lots more information on the village history. if you have any old photos, records or information that you would like to include in the exhibition please contact either Harry Moses tel.321773 or David Lewis tel. 319196.
Looking forward to seeing you all.
July 2, 2006 at 10:19 pm
One for the sidebar?
http://www.sedgefieldweb.co.uk/
OK, so I’m biased – it’s the site my dad created and runs.
August 8, 2006 at 11:22 pm
Great Aycliffe Village Hall (Diamond Jubillee School)
The village hall alterations are well underway… with the toilets & kitchen being swapped around to allow us to create a disabled access suite – and combine all of the toilet facilities at one end of the property.
The works mean that the hall is temporarily out of bounds to villagers who would normally be using it during the summer months, but i hope the inconvenience will be well worth it in the end!
JL
August 16, 2006 at 4:34 pm
I recently found out about the County Durham Villages webring, joined and added SedgefieldWeb to the ring.
Thought you might be interested in doing the same, Gary.
Tim
August 16, 2006 at 4:37 pm
Incidentally, the email link in your first item ‘Welcome to…’ doesn’t work at present.
Tim
August 21, 2006 at 8:50 pm
My God! Some people have finally gotten together and found some history about my birthplace and childhood home. I have been trying for years to find out more about the history of the village and I spent the first 14 years of my life happily in the best place in the world.I lived in St Andrews Close, and my father was Geoffery Atkinson who sadly passed away in 1980. My Grandparents were called Stan and Phyllis Atkinson who lived in North Terrace which was formally a pub. My Uncle Les still lives in the house. I have many fond memories of the village, the school, the church, the green, and the people.
I remember you Julian, you lived in Millfields and you were a year older than me I think the same age as Paul Atkinson my cousin.
I am 37 yrs old now and have been left Aycliffe Village for 23yrs but I still come back and look a round and reminise…
I am going to come to the historical thing on the 9th sept. Thanks for doing this, I have just spoken to Mr Moses for the first time in 27 years!
If you dont mind I would like to voice an opinion, back then the whole Village seemed to be a family now though a lot of people have moved in from elsewhere and it doesnt have the same feeling!
I grew up in the village and I shout about the people and the place to whoever will listen on my travels ( I work for the Radio and TV now) and would like to end like this If I ever die and I will I want to die in the prettiest Village God ever created Thats AYCLIFFE VILLAGE………..
Thanks Neil Glaves ( formerly Neil Atkinson)
Relatives connected with the Village*
Neil Atkinson me
Ian Atkinson ( Brother)
Norah Atkinson (Mother)
Geoff Atkinson ( Father deceased 1980)
Barry Akinson (Cousin)
Tony Atkinson ( Cousin)
Paul Atkinson ( Cousin)
Colin Atkinson ( Uncle deceased 2000)
Freda Atkinson( Auntie)
Kevin Edwardson (Cousin)
Lesley Edwardson (Cousin)
Greame Edwardson (Cousin)
Fred Edwardson ( Uncle)
Joan Edwardson/nee Atkinson ( deceased 1982)
Les Atkinson ( uncle)
Stan Atkinson (grandad deceased 1981)
Phyllis Atkinson (Nana deceased 1982)
Rapff Rickaby ( uncle)
Jean Rickaby ( auntie)
Steven Rickaby ( 2nd cousin)
Rachael Ricaby (2nd cousin)
Diane Rickaby ( 2nd cousin)
Digger Kent
Joan Kent
August 21, 2006 at 9:27 pm
Neil,
thanks very much for your enthusiasm – glad you like the site and glad you spoke to Haryy Moses. I am what you might call an incomer (7 years) but I’ll still be going to the history event, Keep int ouch
cheers
Gary Grainger (Webmaster)