Echo Memories


Archive photos from The Northern Echo and The Northern Despatch, our now defunct evening sister paper.

Rail crash at Darlington, June 27, 1928. The scene at Bank Top station where a Scarborough excursion train ploughed into the back of a goods train - its driver had passed a signal set at danger. Twenty-five died and 82 were injured, 45 of them seriously.

Rail crash at Darlington, June 27, 1928. The scene at Bank Top station where a Scarborough excursion train ploughed into the back of a goods train - its driver had passed a signal set at danger. Twenty-five died and 82 were injured, 45 of them seriously.

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Sidecar racing on Saltburn beach. Picture by Douglas Jefferson.
previous image icon 'Middlesbrough circa 1941' it says on the back, but this must be August 1942 when architect William Peachey's impressive train shed at Middlesbrough suffered a direct hit in a German air raid. The shed was never rebuilt. Picture by Douglas Jefferson.
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Archive photos from The Northern Echo and The Northern Despatch, our now defunct evening sister paper.

6:00pm Wed 14 Jan 09

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