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Erratic porphyrys Chris Lloyd goes in search of erratic porphyrys - giant boulders that history has imbued with great significance in the Tees Valley. 10:21am Thu 8 May 08
Barton institute Barton's grand two-storey village institute is 100 years old and it was born out of the most fabulous village fall-out. Chris Lloyd tells the tale in which the vicar is cast as the villain... 7:34pm Mon 28 Apr 08
Howlish Hall In the wake of recent articles on Coundon, Chris Lloyd returns to the nearby Dene Valley where the mining communities of Eldon and Close House were overlooked by the mineowners of Howlish Hall. 5:44pm Tue 22 Apr 08
Shildon Tunnel Last week the four funnels above Shildon Tunnel were demolished. They were prominent landmarks that dated back 160 years when steam trains rumbled through the belly of the earth, as Chris Lloyd tells. 11:40am Tue 15 Apr 08
Fit for a king's financier An application has been submitted to demolish a mid Victorian villa in Hurworth Place on the outskirts of Darlington. Chris Lloyd tells of its connection with the king's closest friend who was one of the richest self-made men of his generation. 10:29am Tue 8 Apr 08
The lime cells Darlington's Railway Centre and Museum reopens this weekend after a £1.7m refit as Head of Steam. It is one of five historic railway buildings on a wedge of land which make up the world's oldest railway complex. Chris Lloyd explains the background of the most overlooked of them all, the lime cells. 1:59pm Thu 3 Apr 08
