FEARLESS broadcaster Kate Adie has taken in part in a series of events to commemorate the outbreak of World War One.
The Sunderland-born war reporter was at Palace Green, next to Durham Cathedral, on Saturday as part of a weekend of activities.
The 68-year-old journalist gave a talk and signed copies of her newest book, Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One.
Enter CIC Youth Theatre Group performed extracts from Home Fires, an original musical about the experiences of soldiers on the frontline and their families back home.
Music from the era was performed by Pittington Brass Band and people were able to get their First World War and Edwardian memorabilia and collectibles valued by auctioneers Anderson and Garland.
Exhibitions and displays from Durham County Record Office, the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery, Durham University, Beamish Museum and the Bowes Museum were on show in a marquee yesterday (Saturday, September 14) and today.
There were also pictures and poetry produced by local schoolchildren as part of a competition run by the DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery and sponsored by the Gillian Dickinson Trust.
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