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Memories of steel industry on film released

4:13pm Wednesday 20th February 2013

A RARE collection of films documenting the North-East’s industrial heritage has been released.

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War hero Woodbine Willie is honoured

1:49pm Friday 15th February 2013

A PLAQUE to honour a courageous First World War chaplain and poet called Woodbine Willie has been unveiled.

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Memories of a hungry schoolboy

1:24pm Monday 4th February 2013

THE front cover of Memories 110 showed Second World War airmen queuing in Feethams, Darlington, to enter the British Restaurant – a state-run dining experience which accepted ration coupons.

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Filling in gaps at school

1:21pm Monday 4th February 2013

MIKE MATSON, who was among the 1951 intake at the Stockton-on- Tees Grammar School, was vaguely aware that one of his grandfathers had attended the same school in the 1890s when it was called the Blue Coat School.

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Years gone by

1:18pm Monday 4th February 2013

MEMORIES 110 featured a book signed by Count Boruwlaski, the diminutive figure who is one of the most famous and colourful characters in Durham City’s past.

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A man’s shed is his castle

2:59pm Monday 28th January 2013

A MAN’S relationship with his shed or his attic is an extremely special one.

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No sign of wartime rivalry

2:54pm Wednesday 23rd January 2013

THE Dad’s Army TV series made much of the rivalry between the ARP (Air Raid Precautions) service and the Home Guard during the Second World War.

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Beginning of a golden era

2:25pm Wednesday 23rd January 2013

THE weather is not yet right for cricket, but this rare picture of Darlington Cricket Club takes us back to the days of blazers, moustaches, trilbies and walking canes.

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Plane parts appeal

2:05pm Wednesday 23rd January 2013

ON A similar theme, at 8.49pm on January 13 – last Sunday – a hardy group of souls gathered at the scene in Darlington where, 68 years ago, Pilot Officer William McMullen crashed his bomber into farmland, killing himself, but sparing the residents in the nearby houses.

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