History
![Photographs in the book Life in the Moorlands of North-East Yorkshire’ written in 1972 by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby, showing the herringbone pattern on moorland masonry. The more time-consuming ‘rib’ pattern was reserved for higher-status](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18308849.jpg)
![Photographs in the book Life in the Moorlands of North-East Yorkshire’ written in 1972 by Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby, showing the herringbone pattern on moorland masonry. The more time-consuming ‘rib’ pattern was reserved for higher-status](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18308849.jpg)
COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER
![A pair of Darlington savoury ducks](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12352966.jpg)
![A pair of Darlington savoury ducks](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12352966.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Croft 1951](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18326765.jpg)
![Croft 1951](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18326765.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![The Flying Scotsman at Locomotion, Shildon.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17559187.jpg)
![The Flying Scotsman at Locomotion, Shildon.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17559187.jpg)
![Bashed milepost on the A167 near Great Smeaton](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18273227.jpg)
![Bashed milepost on the A167 near Great Smeaton](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18273227.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Carr End, near Bainbridge, the home of the Fothergill family from 1667 to 1841. Picture courtesy of Savills](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18248449.jpg)
![Carr End, near Bainbridge, the home of the Fothergill family from 1667 to 1841. Picture courtesy of Savills](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18248449.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Lady Ingilby enjoying the grounds Image: Northern Echo](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18278051.jpg)
![Lady Ingilby enjoying the grounds Image: Northern Echo](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18278051.jpg)
![The five gardens that are open today plus the location of the village hall where refreshments are being served](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18273098.jpg)
![The five gardens that are open today plus the location of the village hall where refreshments are being served](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18273098.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Penhill from Leyburn Shawl, by Michelle Bray.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13998611.jpg)
![Penhill from Leyburn Shawl, by Michelle Bray.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13998611.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Bees caused chaos in Low Coniscliffe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18251504.jpg)
![Bees caused chaos in Low Coniscliffe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18251504.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![I love it when work takes me to beautiful places like Bilsdale](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18230041.jpg)
![I love it when work takes me to beautiful places like Bilsdale](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18230041.jpg)
COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER
![Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Darlington](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18250588.jpg)
![Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Darlington](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18250588.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has reportedly been in talks over the creation of a new visitor experience to replace the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18248381.jpg)
![Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has reportedly been in talks over the creation of a new visitor experience to replace the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18248381.jpg)
![Ullathorne's mill beside the County Bridge in January 1974. On the left beside the bridge is the former White Swan pub, which is now residential. It dates from the 18th Century, and its location on the riverside makes it seem likely that it too was a](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218442.jpg)
![Ullathorne's mill beside the County Bridge in January 1974. On the left beside the bridge is the former White Swan pub, which is now residential. It dates from the 18th Century, and its location on the riverside makes it seem likely that it too was a](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218442.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Drama student Francesca Hansen models extremely bravely for an Echo photographer on Marske beach on October 1, 1986](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218209.jpg)
![Drama student Francesca Hansen models extremely bravely for an Echo photographer on Marske beach on October 1, 1986](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218209.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Lesley Bottomley, left, and Kate Smith, two of the village hall trustees who led on the project](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18212667.jpg)
![Lesley Bottomley, left, and Kate Smith, two of the village hall trustees who led on the project](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18212667.jpg)
![Beamish Museum has completed a major milestone with the 1950's Town opening fully next month](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18217940.jpg)
![Beamish Museum has completed a major milestone with the 1950's Town opening fully next month](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18217940.jpg)
![I now have a nice stand for my teapot made by National Products England from a material called Silveroid. I’d like to find out more about it](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18178435.jpg)
![I now have a nice stand for my teapot made by National Products England from a material called Silveroid. I’d like to find out more about it](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18178435.jpg)
COUNTRYMAN's DAUGHTER
![Cllr Tristan Learoyd with Dr Kendra Quinn and site south of Marske](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18195373.jpg)
![Cllr Tristan Learoyd with Dr Kendra Quinn and site south of Marske](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18195373.jpg)
![A postcard sent from Croft to Benwell in Newcastle in 1912.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16846207.jpg)
![A postcard sent from Croft to Benwell in Newcastle in 1912.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16846207.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![A horse drawn carriage typical of the style in the 1620s was filmed at Kiplin Hall](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18180521.jpg)
![A horse drawn carriage typical of the style in the 1620s was filmed at Kiplin Hall](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18180521.jpg)
![The air museum has remodelled its existing replica of a Hurricane IIC Night Fighter into an exact copy of the plane flown by Yves Mahé](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18174976.jpg)
![The air museum has remodelled its existing replica of a Hurricane IIC Night Fighter into an exact copy of the plane flown by Yves Mahé](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18174976.jpg)
![Stan Hollis on parade with, inset, the Victoria Cross he was awarded](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18169712.jpg)
![Stan Hollis on parade with, inset, the Victoria Cross he was awarded](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18169712.jpg)
OBJECT OF THE WEEK
![A blue plaque to Bentley Beetham, inset, has been unveiled on the house where he used to live in Cotherstone, County Durham](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18173985.jpg)
![A blue plaque to Bentley Beetham, inset, has been unveiled on the house where he used to live in Cotherstone, County Durham](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18173985.jpg)
![Wedding bands have been worn by both sexes since the time of the ancient Egyptians, 5,000 years ago](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18142028.jpg)
![Wedding bands have been worn by both sexes since the time of the ancient Egyptians, 5,000 years ago](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18142028.jpg)
COUNTRYMAN'S DUAGHTER
![Laying the corner stone of the Edward Pease Free Library IN DARLINGTON on June 4, 1884](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17178577.jpg)
![Laying the corner stone of the Edward Pease Free Library IN DARLINGTON on June 4, 1884](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17178577.jpg)
ECHO MEMORIES
![Whistle and Mark McMullan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18156060.jpg)
![Whistle and Mark McMullan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18156060.jpg)
![Company Sergeant-Major Stan Hollis, the only man to be awarded the VC for acts of bravery on D-Day](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9946345.jpg)
![Company Sergeant-Major Stan Hollis, the only man to be awarded the VC for acts of bravery on D-Day](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9946345.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![The view towards Hood Hill and Roulston Scar](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18127823.jpg)
![The view towards Hood Hill and Roulston Scar](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18127823.jpg)
![Mark McMullan has found another cannonball](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18131822.jpg)
![Mark McMullan has found another cannonball](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18131822.jpg)
![Redcar is no stranger to wartime reconstructions, having been used as Dunkirk in the film Atonement in 2006](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18135035.jpg)
![Redcar is no stranger to wartime reconstructions, having been used as Dunkirk in the film Atonement in 2006](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18135035.jpg)
![Young visitors to the Green Howards Museum in Richmond](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18132748.jpg)
![Young visitors to the Green Howards Museum in Richmond](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18132748.jpg)
![Middleham Castle, where a beacon will be lit to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13347572.jpg)
![Middleham Castle, where a beacon will be lit to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13347572.jpg)
![David Brooks, Richmond Town Clerk](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18090405.jpg)
![David Brooks, Richmond Town Clerk](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18090405.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Mr Nosey Parker was a term in common use from the late 19th century onwards. This postcard is from a series published in 1907](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18066072.jpg)
![Mr Nosey Parker was a term in common use from the late 19th century onwards. This postcard is from a series published in 1907](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18066072.jpg)
COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER
![MP Peter Gibson, Market holder Robin Blair and Michael Harvey Market manager with the new bell which is to be installed in Darlington Indoor market Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18093560.jpg)
![MP Peter Gibson, Market holder Robin Blair and Michael Harvey Market manager with the new bell which is to be installed in Darlington Indoor market Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18093560.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Historic Redcar family, the Thompsons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18072488.jpg)
![Historic Redcar family, the Thompsons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18072488.jpg)
![Mark McMullan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12481868.jpg)
![Mark McMullan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12481868.jpg)
![The historic headline from the D&S Times](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18065082.jpg)
![The historic headline from the D&S Times](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18065082.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Hill Close House, Darlington. Picture courtesy of Anthony Jones Properties](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18044005.jpg)
![Hill Close House, Darlington. Picture courtesy of Anthony Jones Properties](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18044005.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Huts at Ripon Barracks](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18062386.jpg)
![Huts at Ripon Barracks](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18062386.jpg)
![Richmond Market Place, with Holy Trinity on the left](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18043247.jpg)
![Richmond Market Place, with Holy Trinity on the left](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18043247.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![The 1926 Morris Cowley Bullnose Sports now that it has been restored ready to go back on the roads for the first time since the 1930s to the Hurworth Grange Classic Car Show on Sunday, May 12](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18041917.jpg)
![The 1926 Morris Cowley Bullnose Sports now that it has been restored ready to go back on the roads for the first time since the 1930s to the Hurworth Grange Classic Car Show on Sunday, May 12](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18041917.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![An appeal has been made to find firefighters from 1974, as County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) prepare events to mark its 50-year milestone](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18035249.jpg)
![An appeal has been made to find firefighters from 1974, as County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) prepare events to mark its 50-year milestone](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18035249.jpg)
![The cowhouse off North Moor Lane in North Northallerton appears to be save from development. Picture: Hannah Chapman](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18041843.jpg)
![The cowhouse off North Moor Lane in North Northallerton appears to be save from development. Picture: Hannah Chapman](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18041843.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Fossils at the Whitby event last year](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18030566.jpg)
![Fossils at the Whitby event last year](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18030566.jpg)
![An example of a depiction of this tale in Hartlepool](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18029752.jpg)
![An example of a depiction of this tale in Hartlepool](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18029752.jpg)
Young Reporter
![North Yorkshire Council’s conservation and digitisation manager, Rachel Greenwood, in the County Record Office preparing for the annual Archives at Dusk event](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18016587.jpg)
![North Yorkshire Council’s conservation and digitisation manager, Rachel Greenwood, in the County Record Office preparing for the annual Archives at Dusk event](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18016587.jpg)
![The octagonal chapel at Yarm Methodist Church, was said to be John Wesley's favourite](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18014285.jpg)
![The octagonal chapel at Yarm Methodist Church, was said to be John Wesley's favourite](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18014285.jpg)
OBJECT OF THE WEEK
![Bentley Beetham's picture of Base Camp with Mount Everest behind](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18015204.jpg)
![Bentley Beetham's picture of Base Camp with Mount Everest behind](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18015204.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Echo memories - Fighting Cocks station with some of Middleton St George's iron industry shown in the background - D14/11/03AL.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11675945.jpg)
![Echo memories - Fighting Cocks station with some of Middleton St George's iron industry shown in the background - D14/11/03AL.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11675945.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![Water End, Brompton, December 1935.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17988783.jpg)
![Water End, Brompton, December 1935.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17988783.jpg)
LOOKING BACK
![The Ran Tanners lead the parade in 2023. Paul Martin on the right on squeezebox, Ian McKone on the left on fiddle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18006853.jpg)
![The Ran Tanners lead the parade in 2023. Paul Martin on the right on squeezebox, Ian McKone on the left on fiddle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18006853.jpg)
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