THIS is Darlington as it looked 50 or so years ago in a selection of pictures which have not been seen since they were taken in the mid 1960s. They've been languishing in a box since then but, literally, we've dusted them off and scanned them in to our digital age. Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of information about what they show or why they were taken, so if you have any stories or details or memories connected to them, please get in touch. Email chris.lloyd@nne.co.uk
A busy High Row in 1964: there are large numbers of older people sitting on the benches in the sun or standing in the queues beneath the clock tower. Practically all of them are wearing some form of headgear
An amazingly long piece of metal turns off Stonebridge and goes down Crown Street. The beam can only be heading for Peases Mill, which was wis where the Sports Direct complex is today
A town centre garden beneath the power station on Haughton Road, with its slender chimneys and dumpy cooling towers. Where was this garden?
A very busy shopping scene at the top of Priestgate on April 20, 1975. Will we ever see shopping crowds like this again?
The view from Binns' upper floor looking straight down Horsemarket and Leadyard to the River Skerne - the new town hall of 1970 blocks out the bottom part of this view. What is the occasion? There's clearly a religious procession into the old town hall. A band is playing with its backs to the photographer, and there is a very elderly car in the centre. Two ladies are holding a banner that says "feed the winds" or "feed the birds", and what a lot of police there are view: at least six policemen on foot and two on horseback. You'd never see so many in one place today
Crowds of shoppers in Skinnergate in 1975. One man has bought a large rug
The main entrance to the Kings Head was on Prebend Row, where a telephone shop is today
A new zebra crossing being installed where Bondgate meets High Row
North Road, looking into the town centre from Harrowgate Hill. The tall oddly shaped building is a reservoir - today only Reservoir Cottages remain. The police information sign, with a coffin, is rather good
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