Echo Memories

The first edition of The Northern Echo

The man who shot his pistol "in quick succession" at his lovers rival but somehow left him unharmed

A look at the old cars parked in a Bishop Auckland Odeon in 1966

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Echo 150

The story behind the long service silver tea set given to a Northern Echo printer in 1918

The wreckage of Peases Mill and one of the most striking images taken from 1894

Remembering McMullen 75 years to the moment he sacrificed his own life to save Darlington

Monday marks 75 years since Second World War hero sacrificed his own life to save lives in Darlington

150th Anniversary

Andrew Smith was editor for two years but was in charge for two massive stories

David Kernek: My professional 'highlight' was the no-confidence motion in Labour that gave us Thatcherism

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150th Anniversary

Former editor Peter Sands recalls the moment his reporters came face-to-face with a gunman

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Allan Prosser: I can finally reveal how The Northern Echo gave The White Fox of Weardale a terrible 'twatting'

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Three special dates that shaped The Northern Echo

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In pictures: The building of the iconic Northern Echo office

Charles Starmer and his age of 'gimmicks and nig nogs' at The Northern Echo

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The birth of The Northern Echo born out of a bitter local political dispute

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William Stead saw the job offer to become The Northern Echo's editor as "a glorious opportunity of attacking the devil"

Echo 150

January 1, 1870: Man found dead in snow at Spennymoor

Not born but bread: a look at Boris Johnson's Darlingtonian ancestors

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Norman Cornish and his seasonal scene in the Northern Echo

150 year anniversary of Merrybent and Darlington Railway's bridge construction

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In pictures: Middlesbrough through the ages

The story of a sailor's one-of-a-kind golden Darlington medal

A look at the bookplates belonging to leading Darlingtonians

150 years since the opening of Barton railway but it closed having never sold a passenger ticket

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The secret swastika hidden under the lino in a Darlington hairdresser’s shop

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Crazy capers of hot air balloonists in the Tees Valley decades before the story of The Aeronauts film

Why a stonemason carved the wrong date on Barnard Castle’s 450-year-old County Bridge

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The railwaymen who gave 1d a week to build homes for war heroes

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Book reveals hidden history of Durham City in 50 buildings, plus more history books that could make great Christmas presents

The horrifying screams of Richard Snell as he became the only local man to be burned at the stake

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The son of a one-eyed sorceress who escaped from the Tower of London made Durham City what it is today

War stories of grateful PoWs and Land Army girls in hostels

The ambitious A to Z of Barningham by Jon Smith and its account of events

The history of Rockliffe Hall on its ten year anniversary

The search for the lost foundation stone laid 150 years ago

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The rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I that led to 99 men being hanged from trees along Darlington road

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This magnificent Norman Cornish painting is centrepiece of new exhibition of artist's work at Bowes Museum

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The life of Norman Cornish as an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth opens today at the Bowes Museum

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The day a cow was brought into a pub so drinkers could have fresh milk with their whisky

The story behind the vehicle with the registration 999 JUP

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The Richmond slave given his freedom after saving life of gamekeeper during moors fire

The story of County Durham's oldest inhabited building and its curious spiral staircase

The quest to find the first war memorials in the region takes us to the Boer War

The day Gypsy leader's great-grandfather rescued wounded German soldier screaming in agony for his mum

A look at Bishop Auckland's fleet of refuse trucks from the 1940s

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In Pictures: The story of Sadberge's Women's Land Army

The story behind Skinningrove's fireworks commemorating the 8ft 6ins "Yorkshire Giant"

In pictures: When a tsunami of pipes caused a great ring road crash

ABC and DDS: Memories from the golden age of South Durham buses

How Tom Elder fell in love with a Land Army girl

Archaeology sites beside River Skerne reveal secrets of Prince Bishops and the Romans

The 1,000 year history of Auckland Castle as it reopens its doors

In pictures: How Darlington was radically reshaped in the 1960s and 1970s by the inner ring road

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The tragic story of Charles and Mary and the cross dedicated to them in Gainford

In pictures: The slums and the shops of South Church before they were demolished

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