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A wonderful morning in Leadgate as residents joined a guided walk through our local heritage, remembering the stories and families that shaped our community.

Full article here:
https://consettmagazine.com/2025/11/08/history-remembrance-the-walk-sat-8th-nov-2025/
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
From the village pitch to County Hall ⚽💙

A true County Durham story of football, family, and community.
📖 Read more: https://consettmagazine.com/?p=94557

👇 Tell us your favourite local football memory in the comments! #Leadgate #Consett #Durham #Community #Inspiration
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
From artist to priest, Father John Bagnall’s story celebrates creativity, faith, and community in Leadgate.
🎨✨ Watch how art and devotion come together at Our Blessed Lady and St Joseph, Leadgate, Brooms.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The latest edition of the magazine is out now and available in Tesco and Morrisons. Liam and Dean are in and around Consett today on their rounds – stop and chat about featuring your story or Christmas advert.

#Consett #CommunityNews #LocalBusiness #Christmas2025
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
😺 One happy patient after a visit to Prince Bishop Vets — where care, compassion, and cuddles come first! 🩺💛

📸 Photo by George Ledger – Consett In Focus
October 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Donald Trump in… Consett?!

From Windsor Castle to a bacon butty on Middle Street, this fictional story imagines the most chaotic presidential tour ever.
Steelworks, Woolworths and Greggs wrappers — MCGA?

👍https://consettmagazine.com/2025/10/15/donald-trump-in-consett-make-consett-great-again/
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
From architect’s apprentice to artist on reclaimed wood - Phil Poxon’s journey is pure inspiration. Now showing in Stanley and Consett 🎨 

Support local creativity 👉 By George Ledger – Consett in Focus
https://consettmagazine.com/2025/10/13/phil-poxon-finding-his-canvas-in-the-community/
October 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
He built boats, carved clocks, and even made protest signs. Leadgate’s Fred Crowell is a craftsman with character. Read more👇

Story and photos by George Ledger - Consett in Focus

➡️ Read his full story, link in comments
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
From driving coal wagons at 12 to restoring homes and championing community spaces, Jimmy Donaghy’s story is one of grit, generosity, and true local spirit. Leadgate’s lucky to have him.

Full story: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/10/08/the-man-who-never-sits-still-jimmy-donaghys-story/
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🚨 Wow Consett! 1,389 of you hit our site at the same time when the October newsletter went out – nearly broke the internet! ❤️ We’re back online now & buzzing to see so many reading

👉 Read October’s edition: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/10/03/october-2025-consett-magazine-print-edition/
October 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
81 and unstoppable 💪

Brenda Surtees has spent her life serving Leadgate — and she’s still giving back today.

📸 Mark Wilkinson – Consett in Focus

👉 Read more about Brenda’s inspiring story: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/09/28/brenda-surtees-still-serving-to-leadgate/
September 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a colossal alien planet passed over Consett, County Durham? Local author John Hunter explored this idea, resulting in a captivating, unsettling, and strangely familiar short story called The Day the Sky Went Red.
September 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A Night for Change is happening this Saturday at Shotley Bridge Cricket Club, from 2pm to 6pm, in support of Maya’s Law.

Full details here: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/09/09/a-night-for-change-standing-together-for-mayas-law/

#MayasLaw #ShotleyBridge #ChildProtection #StandForMaya
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🌟 Meet Cecil Watson –Born in Pont Bungalows 80 years ago and still living there today.

📸 Story & photography by George Ledger – Consett in Focus

Full story: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/09/17/meet-cecil-watson-consetts-very-own-bowie-legend/
September 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🌟 Meet Cecil Watson – Consett’s very own Bowie legend!

📸 Story & photos by George Ledger – Consett in Focus

Full story:
https://consettmagazine.com/2025/09/17/meet-cecil-watson-consetts-very-own-bowie-legend/
September 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🚂 Made in Consett. Remembered forever.

A free heritage exhibition brings steel & steam back to life this Wednesday, 16th September.

📍 The Lodge, Blackhill Park – 10am–3:30pm
September 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Lanchester Wines and Greencroft Bottling are major local employers – and they’re hiring. Discover how Connor’s first job out of school became a promising career.

Full story: https://consettmagazine.com/?p=92654
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
“We thought it would last forever.”

In 1967, a student warned Consett its steelworks could shut. Few believed him.
Almost 10 years later, it happened.

https://consettmagazine.com/2016/04/04/focus-on-consett-meltdown-as-steelworks-shut-6695/
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Jennifer Daly’s Eternal Beauty salon in Leadgate is more than a business – it is a place built on confidence, connection, and community. 

📸 By George Ledger – Consett in Focus

👉 See the full story: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/09/09/jennifer-daly-and-eternal-beauty/
September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Graduate-led care, heuristic resources, and a setting that gently supports the first step into nursery life.

36–38 Derwent Street, Blackhill, Consett, County Durham, DH8 8LY

https://consettmagazine.com/2025/08/31/the-ripples-a-nurturing-start-for-under-twos/
September 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
156 golfers, local businesses, and the community came together for the Rotary Consett charity golf day.

£6,000 was raised for Willow Burn Hospice and prostate cancer charities. 💙⛳

Full story: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/09/05/an-ace-golfing-day-with-rotary-consett/
September 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
From tea and biscuits in 1985 to London trips, pantos and lifelong friendships, the Tuesday Ladies of Consett are still going strong 40 years on. 

Full story at https://consettmagazine.com/2025/09/03/the-tuesday-ladies-celebrate-40-years-of-friendship/
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
40 years of laughter, love and local spirit. The Tuesday Ladies of St Patrick’s Church in Consett have done it all. From coffee mornings to coastal getaways and fundraising shows, they’ve made memories that matter.

Author: Lorraine Weightman

See the full story: https://consettmagazine.com/?p=92590
September 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In the early 1980s, Lynne Goldsborough and Yvonne Harrop joined the salon as apprentices — and never left. Over 45 years later, they’re still at the helm

Full story: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/08/10/cuts-cuppas-community-the-story-of-salon-19/
August 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
A closer view of The Three Currocks against the rolling heather hills.
These cairns may once have marked boundaries—or pilgrim routes—now they stand quietly, beckoning us to wonder.

By Paul Hetherington | Consett Magazine

Story and Images: https://consettmagazine.com/2025/08/11/the-three-currocks/
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM