County Council Info
Latest press releases from Durham County Council - Environment Awards, Scammers and Sugar Consumption.
World Championship success for Dance SchoolDance It Live It with Sophie Johnson, attended The World Championships at Blackpool, Winter Gardens at the end of June 2017
Summer Breakout
*Note: timetables revised 18th July*
Trimdon Community College, Trimdon Grange Community Centre and Trimdon Station Residents association are running a Summer programme of activities for children and young people ages 7 and above - details and timetables here.
Village Parish
Agenda for the meeting scheduled for 11th July on this page. Minutes are online for the meeting held on 16th May 2017 also the Annual Meeting held on the same date. Previous minutes etc. on their home page.
Foundry Parish
At a special meeting of the Council it was agreed to extend the public inspection of the Accounts of Trimdon Foundry Parish Council until 4th August 2017 to enable parishioners extra time. The parish accounts for the year ending March 31st 2017 are available for inspection until 4th August 2017 - details here.
Minutes for the meetings held from January to June 2017 are online now - see this page. All previous minutes etc. also online and available from the Foundry Parish home page.
Missing DogPossibly last seen in Trimdon, any sightings please contact Dog Alert Darlington, details on poster.
Citizens Advice
at Trimdon Outreach, Trimdon Village Hall. Free, independent, confidential and impartial advice.
Grange Community Centre
'What's On' updated 20th April 2017. New classes include Boogie Some More - our new Boogie classes are a great way to have fun and get moving with your little ones.
Summer Dance Camp with Sophie Johnson, Thursday 17th August 2017. Please book in advance!!
Photo Galleries
New additions to our galleries are 12 editions of a Parochial School magazine from the 1920s and 30s, provided courtesy of John Robinson
History Section
The History section of the website has many articles submitted by readers, which give a remarkable insight into local life in the war years and earlier. A recent addition is Recollections of Trimdon Village, from an interview given by Grace Clark in 1998. Grace was 91 at the time.
Booklets published in the 1960's can also be found here, plus many chapters from Trimdon Snippets.
Summer Reading Challenge
At the Village library, all sessions free but places limited so please contact the library on 03000 269 522
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ncidents in TrimdonBurglary, Car Crime, Fire, Accidents etc. are often not reported in the local papers or anywhere else. Please use this page to leave a quick note or comment about any incidents happening in and around Trimdon so that others can see what's happening. Last report added 18/07/2017
Summer TripsFrom the Station Road Community Centre. Please book early as places are limited, full details on the Centre's page.
Local Facilities
Latest updates on the Village Hall, Community College and Grange community centre pages;
- Trimdon Station Community Centre
- Trimdon Grange Community Centre
- Community College
- Village Hall
- Library Noticeboard
- Health Trainers
Drop-In Support Sessions
at Trimdon Community College, come along between 10am-12noon Tuesdays for some free and friendly advice.
GuestbookThe Guestbook pages (last message added 9th July 2017) are available for anyone to use to leave a message, question or opinion on anything related to Trimdon, and contains messages from 2004 onwards. – no log-in or sign-up required. Read it here.
Research - Can You Help?
This section is available for anyone who would like to ask genealogy or other queries of Trimdon families. Many people ask for information regarding their family tree etc. - perhaps you could help? (updated 7th July 2017 - John Duddin)
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