Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1810 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Local events; Timeless Teesdale; Weardale; Ray Lonsdale's Tommy; Friends
Covering Dates: 2011-2022
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Francesco de Zurbaran was a Spanish painter living in the 17th Century. 13 of his paintings, representing patriarch Jacob and his sons, were purchased by Bishop Trevor for £125 in 1756, and placed in Auckland Castle.
In 2010 the Church Commissioners tried to sell the paintings and remove them from the castle. When news was released to the local media, a very active campaign to 'save' the paintings ensued, led by members of Bishop Auckland Civic Society and The Northern Echo. As a result, Jonathan Ruffer, a financier, offered to pay £15 million to save the local heritage.
The campaign was successful and the paintings remained in the castle. As part of the campaign, an oratorio 'The Patriarch and the Paintings' was performed in Durham Cathedral on 30 March 2011.
Durham International Brass Festival is an annual event attracting brass bands from all over the world to perform in County Durham. The Festival has a varied and full programme, such as Streets of Brass, where musicians give free performances in the streets, in Durham City and elsewhere. Concerts in Durham Cathedral form part of the programme.
Timeless Teesdale was a project developed by Durham County Council, The Bowes Museum and the Witham Centre in Barnard Castle as part of the Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition in Durham in the summer 2013. This illustrated guide-map was created for visitors coming to Durham to see the exhibition to introduce the Teesdale area with its beautiful countryside and picturesque villages and guide them through this part of County Durham.
Ref: D/X 1810/4This sculpture was designed and made by a local artist Ray Londsdale, who was also the author of a short poem inscribed at the back of the statue, entitled 1101:
"Now adrift in the wake of this glorious slaughter,
He'd seen many a soul cleansed in filthy water.
Seen godless men reach out for the Bible,
As lead tore the flesh from both friend and rival.
Soon home to the joy and celebration of kin,
Drunken slaps on the back at a favourite inn.
But heavy in his pocket lies a small piece of card,
And the note written on it will break a mothers heart."
