In , Stanley briefly garnered attention in various national tabloid newspapers as well as BBC Radio 1 's Chris Moyles Show when local curry house impresario Harresh Ramadan turned his Indian takeaway restaurant on Front Street into a fish-and-chip shop and renamed it Harry Ramadan's, a spoof on the more famous and well-known Harry Ramsden's chain, with signage in an identical font and colours.

The Harry Ramsden's chain sued, citing breach of copyright, with Ramadan backing down shortly after the national publicity had subsided. Soon thereafter, the shop took on new ownership and adopted the new name Jump 4 Joy's before closing down entirely in In October , plans by Archer and Rostron Ltd. Campaigners promised that the new Town Council would increase the pace of regeneration within the town. In , an arson attack left an historic building on Stanley Front Street in ruins along with a billiards club and several shops below.

Stanley PMI Online Store | Mugs, Bottles, Coolers, Cookware

November saw the demolition of the burnt buildings. The Urban District Council area of Stanley was created in Prior to this, Stanley had been administered for the purposes of the Poor Law and sanitation by the Lanchester Union. After a governance review in , the three Councils were combined and Craghead was transferred from the Lanchester Rural District to form a larger Stanley Urban District.


  • Rain Valley.
  • Seven Easy Steps to Building Your Own DIY Aluminum Can Solar Heater.
  • Stanley, Falkland Islands - Wikipedia.
  • Danger Everywhere (The Legion Book 2).
  • The Last Forest Nymph;
  • Paradox Lost!

Under the local government re-organisation of , Stanley Urban District was merged with the Consett Urban and Lanchester Rural Districts to create Derwentside District Council, which was the lower tier authority until a further re-organisation in abolished all the District Councils in County Durham and combined all local government functions into a unitary authority under Durham County Council. Politically the local authority is dominated by the Labour Party, with 7 of the town's 8 allotted seats on Durham County Council being held by the party.

Prior to the town formed part of the Consett constituency now part of North West Durham. The electoral ward named Stanley had at the Census a population of 9, The town now stretches into what were formerly neighbouring villages and towns such as Annfield Plain to the west and Beamish and Pelton to the east.

This sometimes creates confusion over which local authority is responsible for certain areas, particularly around the Durham - Gateshead border to the northeast near the Causey Arch. In recent decades, with the decline of traditional industries and the encroachment of large supermarkets and chain stores, 'Old Stanley' has declined, with many locally owned shops and pubs closing.

The town's main shopping area, Front Street, is pedestrianised, housing independent shops alongside large chains such as Boots.


  • .
  • Youre Gonna Hear From Me.
  • Stanley, the Baltimore cat who received a $19, transplant, dies at 18 - Baltimore Sun.
  • ?

A market is held on Front Street on Thursdays and Saturdays. There are also supermarkets such as Asda and Iceland located within the town. Tesco may construct a new supermarket on the Clifford Road Retail Complex site, which currently accommodates the Clearance Bargains store and a range of empty buildings that had previously housed Kwik Save , Presto , a furniture shop, and an indoor-market.

Stanley, Falkland Islands

Refurbishment of Stanley town centre in recent years has seen the opening of a new solar-powered bus interchange and an extension to the Louisa Centre leisure facility incorporating a new town swimming pool. Future redevelopment will see the opening of a new health centre and a Sure Start children's centre. The Louisa Centre contains various sport and leisure facilities including a fitness suite, metre swimming pool, a nursery and meeting rooms.

The Lamplight Arts Centre, founded in and entirely refurbished in , hosts concerts and recitals by local and national musical acts as well as small plays, exhibitions, classes and seminars. Stanley is renowned [ citation needed ] for its annual summer playscheme situated at Stanley Youth Centre.

This has been running since and is organised and run by a group of local people, recruiting international volunteers through YAP Youth Action for Peace. The scheme runs for the first two weeks of the summer holiday, with children participating in games, activities and trips to local cultural and leisure venues.

Stanley Youth Centre offers activities to young people Monday to Friday during school term as well as a summer programme.

Located at the top of Tyne Road, facilities include a sports hall, pool table, table tennis, meeting rooms and coffee bar. The range of activities available include DJing, volunteering, Duke of Edinburgh Award , babysitting, first aid and youth work courses.

Navigation menu

The centre closed in after many decades of work with young people. Stanley is a well known brand of tools and has produced millions of hand planes , saws , rulers , try squares , chisels , screwdrivers , and many other types of tools for consumer and for industrial use.

Their innovations include the Bailey plane, the Surform shaper , the PowerLock tape measure , the utility knife called the "Stanley knife" in British English , and an unusual multitool known as the Stanley 1 Odd Jobs. A Stanley tape measure and tool box. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A hot glue gun. A "quick change" utility knife. Archived from the original on Archibald Leonard Bailey Alonzo G. Retrieved from " https: Views Read Edit View history.