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THE Victorians believed they were extremely clever in building underground sewers which flushed away all the horrible human effluent that previous…

THE Batts area of Bishop Auckland is clearly bewitched. Last week, we told the chilling story of the ghost in the gaslight – a posh fellow, with…

IF you are sitting comfortably, we’ll begin. A long, long time ago – well, 50 years ago – Peter Daniels was sitting in the drawing room of his…

ON March 3, 1873, 150 years ago to the day, the Durham Spring Assizes opened, and Mary Ann Cotton was in the dock, facing four counts of murder –…

CLEVELAND BRIDGE, the Darlington company of engineers that is so famous that it featured in a University Challenge question a fortnight ago, was…

JACKY the monkey was once laid to rest by his master in the stately grounds of a County Durham castle, but his master had taken a mistress and had…

A PIONEERING steam railway, designed by George Stephenson, which connected the Durham coalfield to a port on the coast, celebrates its 200th…

Oft on Stainmores wintry waste, Beneath the moonlight shade, In sighs to pour his softend soul, The midnight mourner strayd. THIS is a true and…

THE final curtain is to come down on the last of Darlington’s small cinemas from the golden age of the silver screen when the town proudly boasted…

THE final curtain is to come down on the last of Darlington’s small cinemas from the golden age of the silver screen when the town proudly boasted…