http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/ Darlington and Stockton Times /columnists/spectatorsnotes/ en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:31 +0000 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:31 +0000 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/resources/images/999292/?type=rsslogo http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/ http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/5058228.Light_the_blue_touch_paper_and_retire/?ref=rss SPECTATOR would like to echo the sentiments of the correspondent who last week praised the contribution made to our letters page by Christopher Loader, a pupil at the Allertonshire School, Northallerton. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:43:07 +0000 a179d3d6c1649f93d216e60f9466d87b http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/5043907.Is_Darlington_a_dirty_town__Discuss/?ref=rss SUNDAY morning in West Auckland Road, Darlington. Near the Faverdale roundabout, a council workman is spotted wearing his “Street Scene” team bib busily litter picking. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:28 +0000 18ed85f3d57e372c4e9bd0277b1dc2bf http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/5030891.What___s_the_future_for_old_school_/?ref=rss THE relocation of Hurworth House School to Polam Hall in Darlington, if approved, opens up an interesting commercial property opportunity in Hurworth. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:32:22 +0000 a0be054e4ed51f5b04bfbe4faa868fd1 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/5018024.Welcome_to_Thornton_Gate__we_hate_you/?ref=rss DRIVING through Thornton le Moor, the village near Northallerton which seems pretty much united in opposing Judy and Nigel Bell’s plans for a retirement village on their doorstep, Spectator noted the dozens, perhaps more than a hundred, of “Say No to Thornton Gate” posters on almost every gatepost, tree or other roadside vertical surface. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:37:54 +0000 65eaf58dd62e5a6378b818c6a5c05d3c http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/5004714.Darlington___s_growth_industry_____pawnbroking/?ref=rss JUST a few years ago, a pastime for an idle Spectator moment was counting the number of places one could buy a cup of coffee within half a mile of Pease’s statue in Darlington town centre. Every time it was a different number, because new coffee outlets were opening almost by the week. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:08:56 +0000 226410ec1105aa8b0489cec18153005e http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/4984713.Please_sir__can_I_have_some_more_sage_butter_/?ref=rss SCHOOL dinners are not what they used to be, that’s for sure. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:41:41 +0000 4794eadeca33f56d5aa86554df093c79 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/4880099.Darlington___s_invisible_man_finally_breaks_cover/?ref=rss UNTIL this week, we had begun to think Darlington’s Conservative prospective Parliamentary candidate Edward Legard was the invisible man. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:22:16 +0000 7995de96435d99575bed3481bb038576 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/4866114.Jury_is_still_out_on_Darlington___s_economic_future/?ref=rss THE Darlington Debate, held this week by the Darlington Partnership at Lingfield Point, was a good natured discussion about the economic future of the town. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:45:54 +0000 083c49f8a9605ce8d501561373895617 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/4841001.The_big_county_finds_its_borders_are_expanded/?ref=rss NOW we know Yorkshire’s a big county and once was even bigger when its boundaries stretched to the south banks of the Tees, but we don’t think even the most expansionist Tyke would claim that Raby Castle, the Bowes Museum and Hartlepool could ever be counted as part of the broad acres. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:15:49 +0000 60d683391ede8829c3f23b90e9f2bcf2 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/columnists/spectatorsnotes/4827354.A_young_boy___s_pragmatic_sense_of_priorities/?ref=rss SPECTATOR’S Christmas reading included Neville Tate’s book about the birth of Yarm School. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:43:13 +0000 e2d7abe62ac7881baae58bad6423c1a4