Project News 2007
Here you will find news from our 2007 Traditional Boundaries, Traditional Skills Project. If you want to know more about the background to our project, click here.
National Park celebrate another year of Traditional Boundaries - November 2007
The 2006-2007 Traditional Boundaries, Traditional Skills trainees celebrated the end of their course in style at a special ceremony at Wallington Hall on Friday, November 23.
Farmers, funders and representatives from ONE North East attended the presentation ceremony alongside National Park mentors.
The trainees will now branch out on their own and will hopefully go on to put their new skills to good use in the community.
Exam success for Traditional Boundaries, Traditional Skills trainees - October 2007
From left to right; Leigh Murray, Gregg Allaker, Dave Sanderson, Michael Street, Neil Ingham, Liam Ridley and Chris Thompson
Congratulations to the seven successful Traditional Boundaries, Traditional Skills trainees who passed the intermediate Dry Stone Walling Association exam in October 2007. The eighth candidate, Patrick McDonald was unfortunately unable to take the test due to an ankle injury, he will now take his exam next year.
Showing off at Glanton Show, August 2007
Our Traditional Boundaries, Traditional Skills Trainee team attended Glanton show on Saturday, August 11th 2007. Due to the absence of the usual livestock classes and sheepdog trials, the remaining show attractions were moved to alternative locations in the village hall and the memorial hall. So our team set up the display of walling and fencing outside in the village centre.
Taste of tradition, July 2007
In July 2007 the team hosted a hands-on dry stonewalling taster day for the public at Walltown. Lots of people turned out and a good time was had by all.
2006-07 Northern Trainees Neil Ingham, Michael Street, Dave Sanderson, Steve Rigby and trainer Stephen Green
TBTS Trainee Carol Wilding planting trees at Great Chesters
Before - Derelict wall on National Trust land at Dunstanburgh.
After - The repaired wall awaiting the final coping stones.
Kirkley Hall ATV training, March 2007
The photo below shows some of our TBTS trainees receiving their ATV training at Northumberland College, Kirkley Hall near Ponteland on the 12th March. The training was organised by college tutor Jerry White on behalf of the TBTS Project. All 10 trainees were successful in passing the test which is awarded by The National Proficiency Test Council The training was put into practice the very next day when an ATV and trailer was used on a farm site to transport stone for dry stone wall repairs.
TBTS at Skills Agreement for the North East Region, February 2007
On 20th February the TBTS Project mounted a joint exhibition at The Ramside Hall Hotel in Durham with BTCV and the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the event was the launch of the Environmental and land Based Sector Skills Agreement for the North East Region. The new Sector Skills Agreement provides a framework for training in Environmental and land based skills in the region. Over 40 delegates attended from a wide variety of organisations. For more information visit the LANTRA website.
Children of Corbridge First School Learn Traditional Skills by Numbers
Trainees from Northumberland National Park’s Traditional Boundaries Training Scheme visited Corbridge First School on St Helen's Lane recently to give the children a hands-on experience of the dry stone walling that is such a feature of the Tynedale landscape. Visit the news section for further details.
TBTS Year Two Trainees, November 2006
In November 2006 we recruited our second batch of trainees for the project.
The Northern Area trainees, based at Rothbury, are: (left to right) Steve Rigby, Dave Sanderson, Carole Wilding, Stephen Green (Trainer), Michael Street, Neil Ingham
The Southern Area trainees, based at Haltwhistle, are: (left to right) Patrick McDonald, Liam Ridley, Leigh Murray, David Tasseel (Trainer), Chris Thompson, Gregg Allaker
