Nostalgia

Ralph Henderson Robinson

Teenager 'Weenie' who was killed in "a crime unparalleled for fiendish cruelty" during the war

The deadliest day: With strings attached to the triggers of their machine guns, the Germans fired at the DLI from deep in their foxholes

Women's football in 1918: Dainty Dinah ladies versus the girls from the Birtley Cartridge Case Shop

Andrew Mynarski - the airman who covered in flames fought to save his friend's life aboard their stricken bomber

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The miner who left home with a kiss from his wife but whose body came home black and bloodied in a wheelbarrow

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When the Echo said Shildon was one of the "ugliest places on earth"

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A Durhams' D-Day Diary: There were snipers everywhere picking us off and booby traps at every corner

D-Day 75: How D-Day was forged in Teesdale

The incredible story of D-Day hero Stan Hollis - the only man to win the VC on the 'longest day'

D-Day 75: How the DLI fought their way off the beaches and into the Normandy streets

A Durhams' D-Day Diary: All hell let loose as we landed on the beach

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The day Hollywood sex symbol Jayne Mansfield brought Darlington to a standstill

Why are so many County Durham places named after foreign towns?

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The 'knocky-up boards' of the County Durham mining communities shown in pitman artist's painting

A voice from the beaches - the story of D-Day from the Durham who was there

The white sock is off Durham Cathedral's central tower after three years - be the first to climb it

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Glass tap that delivered water with an eggy farty whiff almost 200 years ago is going on display

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Pictures: The unseen beautiful places in Darlington

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What was Bob Geldof doing at Darlington wool factory, Patons & Baldwins?

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As a campaign launches to save the world's oldest railway institute, we look at its history

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1928 Chrysler 65 that laid up near Richmond during the war sets off on 514 mile trip to Holland

The mysterious death of a servant girl whose master had "wanted to take liberties with her"

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Losing a fortune on the horses didn't stop Henry Witham from creating building that still bears his name

Terrifyingly haunted manor house where the sounds of children crying for their lost mothers can be heard

Liszt - he smoked, he drank, he fell in love with glamorous women and he toured the North-East

The 'knocky-up boards' still on houses today that told the 'knocky-up man' what time to wake the miner inside

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Showcase of steam at Locomotion

Old photo of Cleveland Bridge apprentices sparks memories of Ron Maddison - do you recognise anyone?

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A komfy glow of a kinema - pitman artist captures warmth of a coalfield cinema

Can anyone tell us the make and model of these motorcycles?

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When Middlesbrough fell in love with North Korea story to be told inside newly-refurbished town hall today

The Darlington lunatic who torched York Minster

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The game of human chess in Heighington that gained national interest

A look at Darlington's postal history as plans to merge post office with WHSmith are announced

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Working horse weekend at Beamish

Clara Curtis Lucas - a feminist before the word was invented - was Darlington's first elected woman

Rowntree's chocolate bar has "slightly sour smell" - but it is 97-years-old

A glimpse inside two Newgate Street shops of the 1950s - TJ Brown and J Thirkell & Son

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Stepping back in time at historic railway

Coalfield cinema memories of illegal gambling dens and floating skeletons that came down from the ceiling

1959 FA Amateur Cup final - clash between experience of Crook Town and youthful exuberance of Barnet

'I was there that day in 1959 when Crook Town lifted the FA Amateur Cup'

How Heighington - a most perfect village from the 12th Century - got its name

Call to share memories of A1 Scotch Corner hotel

"A lovely lad and a good footballer" - Cyril Gowland who played for a number of Northern League clubs

The grim death toll at a Second World War aerodrome near Darlington

Voice of Dad's Army - one half of Flanagan and Allen - spent his honeymoon in Consett

A shadowy figure in the Irish community was beaten to death on Albert Hill - was it by his own men or the police?

Legend of the secret tunnel that links abbey to manor gardens

Scandal in Skeeby - the day baby Isabella was dumped outside the manor

When a 4,000lb blockbuster bomb exploded at Croft airfield

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Plans to develop tree-lined Mowden Hall is good reason to examine its beginnings

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The North-East's short dabble with concrete boats that amazingly floated

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