February 6, 2026

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Category : Features

Q&A: Laughing along with DADS army

Q&A: Laughing along with DADS army

ByTeesdale MercuryJun 6, 2021

Days before the Covid-19 crisis forced everyone into lockdown last year, the Dalton Amateur Dramatic Society (DADS) marked its 21st birthday with a production of Peter Pan. For this week’s…

A cow-ncil meeting with a difference

A cow-ncil meeting with a difference

ByTeesdale MercuryJun 3, 2021

After pitching up at Cotherstone village green for an al fresco parish council meeting, reporter Stuart Laundy this week finds himself back out on assignment and under cover… but all…

Gods and monsters – where artists sought their inspiration

Gods and monsters – where artists sought their inspiration

ByTeesdale MercuryMay 25, 2021

In the latest of her regular columns, Dorothy Blundell takes a sideways look behind the scenes at The Bowes Museum where she is a volunteer WHERE do painters get their…

Long-gone gasworks powered Barney for more than a century

Long-gone gasworks powered Barney for more than a century

ByTeesdale MercuryMay 23, 2021

Memories of Barnard Castle’s gasworks are now fading but the site, which was in use between 1834 and 1952, was once the town’s powerhouse. Historian Tony Seward takes a look…

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