Spennymoor Market Initiative.

With funding being provided by the Spennymoor Area Action Partnership, Spennymoor's outdoor market was relaunched on 18 September.

Visitors to the market will see two more traders on a permanent basis with a further two who confirmed that they will start trading in Spennymoor from Saturday 6th November.

The market has seen both an Arts Market and a Halloween Market with a Christmas Toy Market on 27th November, a Christmas Food Market on 4th December and Christmas markets on 11th and 18th December.

Since January with the weather being really cold and damp, the number of market stalls has fluctuated between 1 on a very cold, wet and windy Saturday to 8 on 12th February which was a Valentines themed market.

A Red Nose Market was held on Saturday 19th March.

On 21 May which was the last market as part of the Initiative, a selection of Vintage Vehicles were in the market place to add colour and interest to the town centre.

Monthly Loyalty Card BIG DRAW

As part of the shop local monthly prize draw promotion which is designed to reward the loyalty of Spennymoor shoppers, a BIG DRAW took place on Wednesday 1 June to celebrate shop local’s first year anniversary.

Since August 2010 a monthly draw has been made and some prizes have not been claimed.

All these prizes are now being put together to make a bumper prize fund. One lucky loyalty card holder will walk away with prizes which include:

A voucher for £35 of print work donated by Festival Print

A tin of chocolates and 2 bottles of wine donated by G.D. O'Hehir & Co Ltd Chartered Accountants

A £10 voucher for in store sales at Top to Toe

A £20 voucher for in store sales at Ken Warne Supermarket

A £20 voucher for in store sales (pottery or food) at The Kilnrooms

A £25 voucher for in store sales at Occasions

A computer health check valued at £50 donated by Hybrid Multimedia

A £25 sales voucher donated by Beautiful Brides.

To be in with a chance of winning the BIGGEST shop local prize fund of all, make sure you get your loyalty card from any of the registered shops and businesses which can be found on the shop local web site www.shoplocalspennymoor.com

The winning card number will be posted on the web site on Wednesday 1 June and carried in Spennynews.

Don’t forget to check your card number and Good luck!!!

Spennymoor Market announce the arrival of ‘The Bygones’.

Saturday 21 May marked the end of a 12 month Area Action Partnership funded market initiative in Spennymoor with the arrival in style of the Northern Bygones Society vintage vehicles.

Between 10.00am and 2.00pm around 16 Classic and Vintage vehicles from Spennymoor and the surrounding area was on display in the market place.

Behind every vehicle is a fascinating story and visitors to the market place will be able to have a chat to their owners as well as getting a close up view of these beautiful machines.

The Northern Bygones Society is a relatively new club, set up in January 2011. The club meet at ‘The Copper Beech’ Neasham Road in Darlington on the second Tuesday of each month at 7.00pm.

Also in the market place on 21 May was Tudhoe Colliery Primary School who will be the last school to take advantage of having a free stall.

Take a look in this unique attraction, never been seen before in Spennymoor’s market place.

Red Nose Market

Saturday 19th March

Spennymoor Town Centre.

Come and support Spennymoor Town Football Club at the Red Nose Market.

On Saturday 19th March Spennymoor Town Football Club held a skills challenge as part of the Red Nose Market in Spennymoor to raise money for Comic Relief.

Meet the club’s mascot and put your football skills to the test, have a chance of winning prizes donated by the club and at the same time help raise money for a very worthy cause.

The Red Nose market also included swing boats, bouncing castle, face painting and the traditional Spennymoor market stalls all kicks off between 10.00am and 1.00pm.

Everyone connected with the Red Nose Market looks forward to seeing you for a fun filled  day.

Red Nose Fundraising Receives Legal Endorsement.

Spennymoor Shop Local member, Evans and Co Solicitors are in full swing to raise money for Red Nose Charities.

Debra Swinburn, Partner at Evans and Co said:

‘Have you ever dreamt of going to work in your pyjamas and your face turns red? Well that's what the staff at Evans & Co will be doing on Friday 18th March, only it will be their noses that are red. Why, you ask? Because it's Red Nose Day and we hope you will join us in trying to raise as much money as possible for a great cause'

However, before the Big Day, from Friday 11th until Saturday 19th March, staff at the law firm were selling cakes to their clients and to anyone else who wanted to pop into the office at 33a Cheapside.

If anyone else is planning a money raising event for Red Nose Day, send us the details and we will post it on the web site www.shoplocalspennymoor.com

We will also include any Red Nose event or activity pictures on the Gallery page so use the ‘Contact Us’ page to send them in.

Thanks and good fundraising.

Spennynews Press Release

5 May 2011

Easter Treasure Hunt

A Treasure Hunt took place in Spennymoor during April as part of the Shop Local Initiative

Seven shops and businesses helped with the route by displaying window posters of Easter chicks. A simple route around the town took participants to Festival Print, Dobermans Furniture and Flooring, Occasions Cards and Gifts, Evans and Co Solicitors, Beautiful Brides, Fifty3 and The Kilnrooms.

Lorraine Lax owner of Beautiful Brides was delighted to see so many young people looking for what was a tiara on display in the shop window.

"My shop is not on a main road in town so it was lovely seeing lots of young people with their mums, dads, grandparents and teachers peering in the window collecting clues for the competition".

Over 40 treasure hunt forms were completed.

The three individual winners were: Artchie Pallister, Joan Watters and Nikita Jowett. They each win an Easter egg

There was a school competition and the winning school was Oxclose Nursery who win £50 to spend with local shops and businesses.

Jayne Smith, Headteacher said, "We took part in the treasure hunt as part of our Easter activities. Our children, teachers and helpers thoroughly enjoyed visiting the shops and businesses on the route. There were many skills which the children used including counting, writing and colouring. We are delighted to have won the school prize".

Phil Ball, Shop Local Project Lead would like to thank everyone who took part in the treasure hunt which was a great example of shops and businesses working together providing interest and fun in the town for local Spennymoor people.