TWO history books are about to go on sale, detailing the history of local transport and places of worship.
The subject of Roads and Road Transport in the Stockton-on- Tees District to 1968 has been written by Reg Sowler.
It covers the history of roads, public transport and steam road maintenance vehicles and describes how the railways affected the road system in Stockton.
The second book, to be published next Monday, is called Places of Worship in Stocktonon- Tees, written by Alan Betteney and Peter Moon.
It tells of how churches developed and declined following the town's economic rise and fall. It also examines how the places of worship have moved away from the centre of towns as populations have shifted, and how buildings have been lost or converted into shops or homes.
Both books will be available from Stockton Tourist Information Centre, in the town's Central Library, the Book Inn, in Billingham, and the Guisborough Bookshop.
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