February 6, 2026

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Category : Features

From the shores of Normandy

From the shores of Normandy

ByTeesdale MercuryJun 4, 2024

A song composed by D Day veteran Jim Radford will be performed in the special anniversary concert at The Witham on June 8. Durham resident Clare McComb was a great…

Fancy going on a wayzgoose?

Fancy going on a wayzgoose?

ByTeesdale MercuryMay 26, 2024

Ever been on a Wayzgoose? Unless you work in the printing trade the chances are that you haven’t. David Croom has been looking into the meaning of this ancient and…

Harmless sport… or an attempt to deceive law?

Harmless sport… or an attempt to deceive law?

BySam AlexanderApr 4, 2024

Two decades on from the ban on fox hunting, the sight of horses and hounds in the countryside continues to stir emotions. Sam Alexander joined the Zetland and Bedale hunts…

Snakes alive – it’s Leon’s exotic animals

Snakes alive – it’s Leon’s exotic animals

ByMartin PaulApr 3, 2024

A DALE teenager is carving out a niche as an exotic animal showman. Leon Horrocks, from Woodland, started showing strange and unusual reptiles, amphibians and insects, at the age of…

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