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A fabulous picture from The Northern Echo archive of the LNER docks at Middlesbrough, taken in May 1936.

A voyage of exploration along the Tees in 10 fab old pictures
WE recently took a tour of Teesdale, guided by Richard Garland's 1803 book about the dale which has recently been republished, so now let us go on a more recent journey along the river with the help of The Northern Echo's photo-archive where there is a packet of pictures marked "River Tees"...

The spire of the United Reformed Church can be seen in the distance

PREMIUM The long lost homes and chapels of Darlington - do you know any of these?

Scarborough had five miles of electric trams operating between 1904 and 1931. This postcard was sent on September 3, 1924, by Gladys on the seafront to her friend, Miss M Hauxwell at Blackwell Hall in Darlington - presumably she was a domestic servant.

PREMIUM Wish you were here? Postcards from holidays in Whitby and Scarborough from 90 years ago

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has announced it was pulling all its steam services due to fires caused by engine sparks (file photo)

Disappointment as North Yorks steam trains suspended 'until further notice'

Picture: CONTRIBUTOR

How thousands across the North East were taken off air - and some for months

Following the arrival of its Dick Turpin carriage ride attraction, York Dungeon says it has received a number of requests for the character to be renamed 'Richard'

Dungeon attraction responds after parents upset over 'offensive' character name

Work starting on Darlington Indoor Market Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT.

New restaurant and bar could be opening inside Darlington's Market

Douglas Sayles was just 17 when he joined the Royal Navy

Tributes paid after Darlington and Aycliffe WW2 veteran dies days after his birthday

The east Durham beauty queens line up, with Miss Wheatley Hill at the front

PREMIUM When every girl in County Durham wanted to be crowned Miss Crimdon

A unique perspective of Heugh gun battery 2 from 'Remnants of War' by Joshua Gallantree

What is the story behind these North East remnants of WW2 that you can still see

Joseph Swan and a lightbulb

PREMIUM Switched on by Rishi's lightbulb moment

Mary Kezia Roberts

PREMIUM The woman who survived the Titanic and then went down on a ship off Whitby

Sally Fleetham, the Miss Wheatley Hill, is crowned Miss Crimdon 1960

PREMIUM "So proud of our beautiful Miss Crimdon 1960"

egglescliffe from the archive.

PREMIUM The village that's caught between the Hole of Paradise and the Devil's Hill

Another still from Robert Andresen's beautiful video on YouTube showing the last resting place of the Cretejoist

PREMIUM An amazing 100-year-old Tees Valley concrete barge found in a fjord

Horses pass the finishing post at Redcar Racecourse in 1962

PREMIUM And they're off: the story of 150 years of racing at Redcar

Historic Transporter Bridge structural problems 'much worse than advised'

Historic Transporter Bridge structural problems 'much worse than advised'

The Ripon Museum Trust is celebrating its 40th year

Museum trust celebrates its 40th anniversary with special exhibition

Hornby's Hogsmeade Station model set, the real-life inspiration is Goathland Station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which was used as a location for Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone Picture: Charlotte Graham.

Heritage railway teams up with Hornby to offer £1k in prizes for train fans

Summer, 6, has once-in-a-lifetime experience escorting Lionesses onto pitch

Summer, 6, has once-in-a-lifetime experience escorting Lionesses onto pitch

Redcar Races is celebrating its 150th anniversary on August 9

The sands of time – looking back on 150 years of racing at Redcar

Harry on his beloved North York Moors

Tributes to passionate journalist Harry, who loved poetry, the Moors and his family

Durham Miners' Hall could join the likes of Taj Mahal as a UNESCO world heritage site if a bid by an international consortium is successful

How Durham Miners' Hall could win world heritage status alongside of Pyramids and Taj Mahal

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is hosting its gala from September 22 to 25 and enthusiasts will be able to see some iconic locos across the four-day celebration

Heritage railway announces details of its highly-anticipated annual Steam Gala

Saltburn Pier by John Mannick Photography from The Northern Echo Camera Club

LISTED: The famous people and companies tweeting about Yorkshire Day

Rosberry Topping by Paul Kent from The Northern Echo Camera Club

What is Yorkshire Day and why do we celebrate it? – Everything you need to know

The three cooling towers of Darlington on January 28, 1979. John Hill took the picture by standing where the Wilko's multi-storey car park is now with the Magnet bowl on the right

PREMIUM Five amazing pictures from the day Darlington's skyline changed forever

PREMIUM The County Durham secret agent who was stripped naked and executed at 23

St Andrew’s Church in Great Fencote Picture: Google

Dismay at plans to 'patio over' family graves to convert church into housing

A James Bond collection worth more than £75,000 is going under the hammer in Stockton Picture: Vectis Auction House

One of world’s top collections of James Bond toys up for sale in the North East

Of the castle at Barnard Castle, Garland says:

PREMIUM Join the first tourists on a trot around the beauty spots and murder scenes of Teesdale

Serial killer Mary Ann Cotton.

PREMIUM When Britain's greatest mass murder was arrested in her County Durham home

The giant sequoia in the gardens of No 45, Blackwell

PREMIUM Why this weekend is your last chance to see Darlington's tallest tree up close

Gleeson Homes unveiled a commemorative plaque at its Greenfield Park, Bishop Auckland development in memory of the late DC Jim Porter.

Police officer who was shot and killed in Bishop Auckland has plaque unveiled

Father Donnelly funeral: Watch the live stream from Newcastle here

WATCH: See live stream of Father Donnelly's funeral as it's underway now

Heritage projects that celebrate working class history across the region have been awarded tens of thousands of pounds from Historic England

North East projects that celebrate working class heritage are awarded thousands

The Regal, an ABC in Northgate, Darlington, opened in 1938 on the site of a theatre

PREMIUM The Darlington cinema that showcased world film premieres before its sad decline

The Ketton Ox in Yarm. Picture: Google StreetView

PREMIUM This is one of the oldest pubs in the North East - and it could be the most haunted

Picture: STEVEN CURTIS PHOTOGRAPHY

PICTURES AND VIDEO: Parade held after regiment receives freedom of County Durham town

JE Hodgkin painting a railway engine at King's Cross station in May 1927. This was a publicity photo for an exhibition he was holding in Liverpool. Picture courtesy of the Darlington Centre for Local Studies

PREMIUM 100 years of Darlington Society of Arts: the surprising stories of its founders

The symbolic giant miner's helmet, produced at metal sculptor Ray Lonsdale's studio in South Hetton, for installation on the ex-Houghton Colliery site
Picture: CREO

Sneak preview of new mining artwork created at County Durham sculpture studio

The Manor House, East Appleton, now on the market for £1.45m and once the home of poet Richard Brathwaite. Picture courtesy of Savills

PREMIUM Take a look at the beautiful country home of "rollicking" poet that's up for sale for £1.45m

Durham v Hampshire at Riverside , Chester le street - Otis Gibson celebrates taking 10 wickets. Also pictured is Ben Harmison

SPORT NOSTALGIA 15 years ago: Durham's Gibson takes all 10 wickets

Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen at the unveiling of their sculpture, Bottle of Notes, in Middlesbrough on September 24, 1993

PREMIUM Has the Tees Valley come to love this controversial sculpture whose internationally renowned creator died this week?

Mary Ann Cotton

PREMIUM Arrested exactly 150 years ago: Mary Ann Cotton

From the late 1840s until the Second World War, the New Inn was called the Railway Inn. Yarm bridge was a favoured crossing point for drovers from the Highlands of Scotland as they headed onto the North York Moors and the Hambleton Drove Road. It is said

PREMIUM Welcome to Paradise – the Hole of Paradise, a place where railway history was made

The village of Cotherstone. Picture: Cotherstone Parish Neighbourhood Plan.

Neighbourhood plan for County Durham village is given stamp of approval

Who is Stefan Banach - today's Google Doodle?

Who is Stefan Banach - today's Google Doodle?

Matt Vickers places a remembrance day cross

Campaign to award pardoned World War One heroes the medals they deserve

Team Middlesbrough taking on Helvellyn’s notorious Striding Edge

Looking back to a campaign to stop a motorway link road tearing up villages

A rediscovered cast of St Bede's skull has arrived at Durham Cathedral Museum Picture: Durham Cathedral

Rediscovered cast of St Bede's skull arrives in North East for major new exhibition

Spearheaded by NYMR, ‘Love Your Railway’ is a six-week campaign which runs over the summer holidays Picture: Charlotte Graham

NYMR spearheads campaign encouraging people to support heritage railways

The Napoleonic glass tumber dates from the 19th Century and sold for £8,800 at Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn

Emperor Napoleon's glass fetches thousands at North Yorkshire auctioneers

Classic Car Show at Newby Hall and Gardens in Ripon Pictures: JAMES SCOTT

15 pictures as crowds flock to huge classic car show featuring over 500 vehicles