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TAKING a tour of Darlington town centre more than a century ago, WJ Mountford walked off High Row and up Clark’s Yard. “The old houses and workshops that crowded this picturesque and narrow way have nearly all become warehouses,” he wrote in his unpublished memoires in 1908. Then he, like Memories 510, looked up. “There is an interesting old leaden spout at the south side of the yard which bears the initials ‘IP 1767’,” he noted, referring to the drainheader on the top of John Pease’s old house. And then he looked down, and said: “A wooden gate bearing iron spikes st...

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 published his 84th novel, The Way to Get Dead. It was, said the Evening Despatch newspaper, “a pace...

The premises on Post House Wynd in Darlington Picture: ZOOPLA/THOMAS STEVENSON A WAVE of retail units just brimming with potential have gone on the market in and around Darlington town centre. From a former Topman in a prime location to a cosy little store on Blackwellgate, a number of retail units have come up for either rent or to buy. In what could be the perfect opportunity for start-up businesses, or even already established names, there are a number waiting to be filled. We've scoured Zoopla to bring you some of the most recent premises to hit the market - and how much renting...

The premises on Post House Wynd in Darlington Picture: ZOOPLA/THOMAS STEVENSON A WAVE of retail units just brimming with potential have gone on the market in and around Darlington town centre. From a former Topman in a prime location to a cosy little store on Blackwellgate, a number of retail units have come up for either rent or to buy. In what could be the perfect opportunity for start-up businesses, or even already established names, there are a number waiting to be filled. We've scoured Zoopla to bring you some of the most recent premises to hit the market - and how much renting...

A BLACK door, filthy from decades of roadsplash grime, opens directly from the street. On one side of it is a pizza shop; on the other a couple of kebab takeaways, and the downcomer beside it has rusted away at headheight so that when it rains, the water must splurge out onto the pavement. The fanlight above the door is so encrusted with dirt that no light filters into the narrow dark passage behind. The passage leads straight to another doorway which opens to reveal complete blackness. I pull out my phone and turn on the flashlight only to discover that I’m wrapped up in a straggly cur...