Residents of Aycliffe Village have agreed on forming a new Residents’ Association.

At a well attended meeting of residents of the village on Friday 7th September, chaired by Arun Chandran, Secretary of the Great Aycliffe Residents Association (GARA), the following were elected:

Chairman: Paul Burns

Secretary: June Palmer

Treasurer: Denise Telford

Asst. Secretary: Ann Ross

Committee Members: Peter Barden, Chris Hindle, Lynne Alan, Norma Cummings, V Mcintosh, Judy Harley, David Haskins.

They will meet on the last Friday of each month at 2.00pm in the Village Hall, Their Innaugural Meeting will be on Friday 28th September, at 2.00pm in the Aycliffe Village Hall, when hopefully their first business will be to adopt a constitution.

All residents will be most welcome, in attendance will be County Councillors Jim Atkinson and Sarah Iveson and Town Councillor Bill Blenkinsopp.

The residents thanked GARA for their assistance and no doubt the other Residents Associations will help and be of assistance to them.