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NEXT weekend, there is the chance to walk quite literally in the footsteps of a showbiz giant. Because, at his most corpulent, actor and theatre impresario Stephen Kemble weighed 30 stone, and he was famed the length and indeed width of the country for being able to play Shakespeare’s most rotund character, Sir John Falstaff, without any padding. He made his name in London, but came north to manage a circuit of theatres based around Durham and Newcastle, but stretching as far north as Aberdeen, and including for a season the tent theatre in Darlington. Indeed, after that season, he ...

DARLINGTON is one of the first of 100 places in the country to benefit from the Government’s £3.6bm Towns Fund, which aims to transform town centres. It is going to spend the first part of its money on two yards running off High Row – Clark’s and Buckton’s – which are fascinating places, jammed with history and bursting with potential to become quirky, curious and atmospheric. As part of the project, Darlington council is asking people to share their stories, videos, pictures and memories of the yards: did you meet your partner in one of the cafes or pubs; did your family eve...