A HISTORY club in a former County Durham colliery village meets this week to look back at the rise of the Citizens Advice body.

Margaret Boziac is the guest speaker of Wheatley Hill History Club, at its meeting on Wednesday March 30.

She will give a talk on Citizens Advice, the independent organisation offering confidential information and advice, in the 1960s.

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The meeting takes place at Wheatley House, Wheatley Hill, starting at 11am.

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