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THE “preferred location” for the Treasury headquarters in Darlington, it was revealed this week, is “Brunswick”.

EXACTLY 93 years ago, one of the area’s most famous hostelries was destroyed by fire after two local brigades had refused to attend the blaze…

IN September 1963, Irene Hodgson was out shopping, pushing her pram in front of her as she crossed the top of Darlingtons Tubwell Row - and a…

RECENT Memories have told how in the 1960s, shove hapenny was all the rage in the pubs of County Durham, leading to the formation of a Durham shove…

FORTY years ago, Darlington’s mayor was a man who had profited from a life of crime: he was Bill Newton who wrote 125 thrillers, featuring heroic cops like Joey Binns and Miles Dresser, which had been translated into 13 different languages. Indeed, in the early years of his career, one of his stories was considered too racy for America where it was banned by magistrates and his publishers were ordered to pulp 1,200 copies. And his year wearing the golden chains of office began when he p...

THE Untouchables was the nickname given to Liverpool’s all-conquering football team of the early 1920s which featured, way out on the left wing, a player who started and finished his career at Darlington. A book is being written to commemorate the centenary of the Untouchables winning back-to-back league titles in 1921-22 and 1922-23, and the authors are looking for information about the players, particularly Fred Hopkin who missed just two matches in those heady seasons but finished his ...