Nostalgia

ANNIVERSARY APPROACHES: Next Sunday, Darlington's Head of Steam, home of the world famous Locomotion No 1, is celebrating the 193rd anniversary of the opening of the world's first modern railway

200 years ago today the name "Stockton & Darlington Railway" got its first public airing

The day Charles Dickens came to Darlington, 160 years ago today

The great Dane of Darlington Wednesday cycling

When north Durham had its own zoo, complete with dancing bear

Misfiring detonators and missed warning signs that led to the Winston derailment

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Binns advert from 1935 spotted in Silver Jubilee magazine

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150 years since owner of Walworth Castle and his family died in once Britain's worst railway disaster

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We didn't have the foggiest about Yorkshire Fog Grass

When Forcett knew how to party

Battle of Stockton - fascists and anti-fascists clash with knuckledusters and razor blade studded potato

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Watch vintage footage of Weardale as it was in the 1950s

Looking back as Sherwoods of Darlington sells business

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Early 1900s photos when swimming was great pastime of mining communities

Town's heritage and creativity to be captured in new exhibition

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In a meeting 200 years ago today in Darlington, the idea for world's first modern railway was born

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Put to the Sword

Swimming baths played central role in Black Boy pit life

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140-strong vintage bicycle collection fills attic of perhaps last surviving Darlington Wednesday Cycling Club member

Echo historian Chris Lloyd invites Darlington residents on guided walk taking in town's theatre history

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Pictures: Spennymoor as it used to be

Pictures: Durham life in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s

I fielded as Garry Sobers hit those six sixes

Pictures: Superb collection of photographs of old Middlesbrough

At the bar

Remembering Northallerton's bloody past

Letters: Chris Lloyd deserves knighthood for services to local history

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There are tales to be told at Darlington's newest bar, Dr Inks

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Giving Youth a Chance

On this day...

50 years ago...Tan Hill for sale amid fears that “the high spirits may be losing some of their sparkle”

Gaunless Valley History Trust exhibition of photos from area's industrial heyday

Watch fascinating film of a bustling 1960s Darlington and Patons & Baldwins workers

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Ten pictures of Durham as it used to be

Almost 50 years since mainline steam ended, steam loco preserved for posterity

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How Joe the Quilter was found with his "throat cut from ear to ear"

Flying back to day Ray Hanna piloted Spitfire under Winston Bridge

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Memories of Middleton St George co-op where Ernie Hall delivered groceries by horse and cart

Darlington cycling club founded in 1893 when workers got a Wednesday afternoon off

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Shop at Binns... for cast iron garden rollers

The Banks o'Swale o'Morton

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A rare glimpse of history that knot a lot of people get to see

In pictures: 175 years of Bishop Auckland station

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Slasher Mary makes her mark on the world's most famous bottom

Memories steps out on the trail of Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll

Binns had seamstresses, French polishers, haberdashers and as we've now discovered... garden rollers

Chance to own two pieces of Teesdale history - if you have a spare £10 million

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Arty. crafty homes of Gertie Bell

As Britain bakes thoughts turn to ice-cream and the hokey pokey men

Pictures: Quaker Women in 19th Century Darlington

Flying Scotsman's ride through time

From the Archive: the Durham Miners' Gala

Pioneer who opposed giving women the vote

Stunning old pictures of County Durham from the Historic England archive

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