Echo Memories

ECHO MEMORIES

The Locomotion No 1 replica goes through Heighington station during last September's recreation of the inaugural journey. Photograph: Stuart Boulton/The Northern Echo.

Free festival at world's oldest station marks 201st anniversary of the railway

An early diesel, D244, at the southbound platform on June 11, 1960. The only remains of the 1861 are the wall on the right hand side. The wall with the oculi, the rounded ventilation holes, are from the 1887 rebuild; the section without them, is the

An early diesel, D244, at the southbound platform on June 11, 1960. The only remains of the 1861 are the wall on the right hand side. The wall with the oculi, the rounded ventilation holes, are from the 1887 rebuild; the section without them, is the

How the first Bank top station did not amuse Queen Victoria

Russ Swift and his SS Jaguar 100

Russ Swift and his SS Jaguar 100

Stuntman Russ Swift takes his 1936 Jaguar SS100 to Hurworth Grange show

Is this the face of the Stockton man who invented the match 200 years ago?

The end of the line: the buffers at Middleton-in-Teesdale station. In 1868, when the railway arrived at Middleton, its promoters hoped to carry on up the south side of the dale and over the top into Alston in Cumbria, collecting more lead as they went.

The end of the line: the buffers at Middleton-in-Teesdale station. In 1868, when the railway arrived at Middleton, its promoters hoped to carry on up the south side of the dale and over the top into Alston in Cumbria, collecting more lead as they went.

Embrace the railway story of a dale's end of the line and its showcase exhibition

The Mynarski statue at Teesside Airport

The Mynarski statue at Teesside Airport

20th anniversary of supersize statue to hero WW2 airman who flew from Teesside

Beryl Hankin with one of her famous customers, Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves, who got sent home from school because of one of her products

Beryl Hankin with one of her famous customers, Jim Moir aka Vic Reeves, who got sent home from school because of one of her products

Meditations of the Gurus: life and times of Darlington's most idiosyncratic shop

Jeremiah Vokes, Kerry Eaton and the Reverend James Harvey with the

Jeremiah Vokes, Kerry Eaton and the Reverend James Harvey with the

Darlington Church receives ‘truly amazing’ 400-year-old bible after £40 buy

Altogether Archaeology gets to grip with the windmill site in Teesdale. All pictures courtesy of Altogether Archaeology

Altogether Archaeology gets to grip with the windmill site in Teesdale. All pictures courtesy of Altogether Archaeology

County Durham history fair to learn about 3,500 years of life on a Teesdale hilltop

Bambra's token found in Darlington by Mark McMullan

Bambra's token found in Darlington by Mark McMullan

Token found in Darlington field transports us back to the birth of the Blaydon Races

Steve Davies Chairman of the A1 Steam Locomotive and Neil Booth with some very rare nameplates Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Steve Davies Chairman of the A1 Steam Locomotive and Neil Booth with some very rare nameplates Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Darlington railway enthusiast's heaven: the first, last, fastest and the future

St Peter's Church, Birkby, near Northallerton, built in cheap local bricks in 1776 but on the site of a much older church

St Peter's Church, Birkby, near Northallerton, built in cheap local bricks in 1776 but on the site of a much older church

Chance to walk back through time through the streets of a deserted medieval village

The monument to Hannah Latham in Startford churchyard

The monument to Hannah Latham in Startford churchyard

The New Year's Eve murder in the snow that shocked Teesdale 225 years ago

Laying the corner stone of the Edward Pease Free Library IN DARLINGTON on June 4, 1884

Laying the corner stone of the Edward Pease Free Library IN DARLINGTON on June 4, 1884

This picture was taken in Darlington exactly 140 years ago - what was going on?

John Orchard of Marchday at lingfield Point

John Orchard of Marchday at lingfield Point

Derelict Darlington landmark facing demolition changing the skyline forever

Jon Smith interviewing Martin Luther King

Jon Smith interviewing Martin Luther King

Farewell to the king of the quest, the last British journalist to interview MLK

Peering into the Auckland Park icehouse

Peering into the Auckland Park icehouse

What was found when archaeologists broke into a 250-year-old icehouse?

The opening of South Gare

The opening of South Gare

The fabulous feast which opened South Gare at the end of the world

A postcard sent from Croft to Benwell in Newcastle in 1912.

A postcard sent from Croft to Benwell in Newcastle in 1912.

How did the monks meet their end in the village gardens of Croft?

Divorce in 1922

Divorce in 1922

Did a cad and a bounder take advantage of a wealthy Teesdale wife a century ago?

The Yarm office of the D&S Times

The Yarm office of the D&S Times

First woman ever to vote revealed in the pin sharp headlines

Sgt George Purvis Russell of the Royal Army Medical Corps

Sgt George Purvis Russell of the Royal Army Medical Corps

"I thought I was in for it..." Diary of a Darlington nurse in the siege of Malta

The Hagg Gates, Cotherstone

The Hagg Gates, Cotherstone

Taking a tour in pictures, and through time, in a Teesdale village

8 terrifying ghost stories from Durham, Darlington and North Yorkshire

8 terrifying ghost stories from Durham, Darlington and North Yorkshire

8 terrifying ghost stories from Durham, Darlington and North Yorkshire

Francis Barber, educated in Barton, when he was Dr Samuel Johnson's personal assistant

Francis Barber, educated in Barton, when he was Dr Samuel Johnson's personal assistant

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Black History Month Part 2: From a Barton schoolboy to a famous boxer

RAF Thornaby, November 1939,. Picture courtesy of Geoff Hill

RAF Thornaby, November 1939,. Picture courtesy of Geoff Hill

Amazing pictures of Queen Elizabeth II visiting the North East for the first time

George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth visit RAF Middleton St George and RAF Leeming on August 11, 1944. Watermarked pic

George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth visit RAF Middleton St George and RAF Leeming on August 11, 1944. Watermarked pic

12 previously unseen pictures of the Queen visiting Teesside Airport back in the day

An elephant in Bedale's main street, probably in the 1940s, with St Gregory's Church in the distance

An elephant in Bedale's main street, probably in the 1940s, with St Gregory's Church in the distance

When an elephant fell off a North Yorkshire bridge and had to be fortified with rum

Six killed at Teesside airshow - in 1949 when a bomber crashed in flames on the airfield

Six killed at Teesside airshow - in 1949 when a bomber crashed in flames on the airfield

Six killed at Teesside Airshow in 1949 when bomber crashed in flames on the airfield

A lovely study of the Bay Horse and the east end of Hurworth in the mid 1960s

A lovely study of the Bay Horse and the east end of Hurworth in the mid 1960s

10 pictures from this historic Darlington village from 100 years ago

Echo memories - Aeolian House, just outside Darlington, near the Morrison Supermarket at Morton Park on the road to Middleton St George

Echo memories - Aeolian House, just outside Darlington, near the Morrison Supermarket at Morton Park on the road to Middleton St George

How did this lonely murder house in Darlington get its notorious name?

East Street, Darlington

East Street, Darlington

The story of Darlington's lost ten pin bowling alley which is about to be demolished

High Row on a sunny day that has caused all of the shops to pull down their blinds so their window goods were not bleached or damaged. On the right, the cabs are parked outside the market hall, and there is shelter in the street for the cabmen

High Row on a sunny day that has caused all of the shops to pull down their blinds so their window goods were not bleached or damaged. On the right, the cabs are parked outside the market hall, and there is shelter in the street for the cabmen

11 previously unseen pictures of Darlington from more than 100 years ago

Commondale by Joan and John Roberts

Commondale by Joan and John Roberts

Would you take a walk in an uncommon dale looking for... bricks?

The Tees Cottage Pumping Station in Darlington captured by John Mannick with a drone

The Tees Cottage Pumping Station in Darlington captured by John Mannick with a drone

The amazing North East engineering that's open to the public this weekend

This site could soon be home to Darlington's Treasury base - but what did it used to be?

This site could soon be home to Darlington's Treasury base - but what did it used to be?

This site could soon be home to Darlington's Treasury base - but what did it used to be?

The Tees Cottage Pumping Station in Darlington captured by John Mannick with a drone

The Tees Cottage Pumping Station in Darlington captured by John Mannick with a drone

The amazing North East engineering that's open to the public this weekend

The scene at the White Swan at Broad Hambury, in Amerbdale, as the Captain approaches the pub for his lunchtime pint

The scene at the White Swan at Broad Hambury, in Amerbdale, as the Captain approaches the pub for his lunchtime pint

See the model landscape, with steam trains running through it, that has taken 63 years to build

Rare old picture of a lost Hurworth pub sheds light on village life

Rare old picture of a lost Hurworth pub sheds light on village life

The rare old picture of a lost Darlington village pub

The Croxdale crab in full flower in 2019. It may have been 200 years old. Picture: Den Gregson

The Croxdale crab in full flower in 2019. It may have been 200 years old. Picture: Den Gregson

Storm Arwen destroys County Durham's only champion tree

Darlington mayor Cyndi Hughes waits to lay a wreath at the obelisk outside Darlington Memorial Hospital on Remembrance Sunday

Darlington mayor Cyndi Hughes waits to lay a wreath at the obelisk outside Darlington Memorial Hospital on Remembrance Sunday

Remembered in Nigeria, but not in Darlington - more stories of the missing 155 from the town's war memorial

The pier was opened in 1869 and this picture shows the original octagonal houses on the prom. Behind the pair of houses is the cliff lift, which opened in June 1884

The pier was opened in 1869 and this picture shows the original octagonal houses on the prom. Behind the pair of houses is the cliff lift, which opened in June 1884

In pictures: the yesterday and today of historic Saltburn

William Harry Vane Milbank in duelling action

William Harry Vane Milbank in duelling action

A daredevil life of duels, debts, drama and drugs - the man who should have inherited Teesdale

IN MEMORY: Major William Charge Booth, of Oran, near Catterick Village,

IN MEMORY: Major William Charge Booth, of Oran, near Catterick Village,

Leading the Charge: one of the two most popular men in the North Riding