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Darlington Town Walk Guide
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County Durham Photographic Memories
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Darlington memories
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Oh to be sweet sixteen again!
I believe the girl walking in the photo with the shopping bag is myself at the age of 16 - 17 judging by my hair style at that time. I recognise the skirt as one I had made myself and my walk also. I also remember the cardigan I was wearing and of course I recognise myself. I had just walked past a cake shop where my sister worked at the time, and I am looking in a jeweller's window. I would have been very interested in the rings as I was due to be engaged on my 18th birthday in January 65. The Wynd is pretty much the same as it was then - very ...read more here
Contributed by Margaret Batey
County Durham memories
Oh to be sweet sixteen again!
I believe the girl walking in the photo with the shopping bag is myself at the age of 16 - 17 judging by my hair style at that time. I recognise the skirt as one I had made myself and my walk also. I also remember the cardigan I was wearing and of course I recognise myself. I had just walked past a cake shop where my sister worked at the time, and I am looking in a jeweller's window. I would have been very interested in the rings as I was due to be engaged on my 18th birthday in January 65. The Wynd is pretty much the same as it was then - very ...read more here
A memory of Darlington contributed by Margaret Batey
Golden days
It reminds me of the days when I used to visit my aunt.
A memory of Newton Aycliffe contributed by First Name Last Name
Gainford Primary school
I was sorry to leave the village, some of my best memories of my childhood relate to Gainford and its residents.
I lived in what was known locally as 'knobs row' or High Row, no.13.
One of my best friends was a boy whose surname was Absolom, and he lived in the row of houses next to this shop.
I went to the primary school when the headmaster was Claude Cree, this would be from 1965 till 1969 when we moved to Scotland.
I remember the shop well, I spent a lot of my pocket money on childhood knick knacks!
Some of my other friends were made when I went on to Barny 'secondary modern'. They kept me on the bus ...read more here
A memory of Gainford contributed by Penny Airlie
Extracts From Darlington & County Durham books
Woodland Road is better known today as the A68. In the second half of the 19th century, Darlington was growing fast, attracting industry and business. Along Woodland Road were built villas and town houses for the town’s business and professional classes.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
The first church in the Palatinate in the Early English Gothic style, St Cuthbert’s dates from about 1180, when its construction as a collegiate establishment was begun by Bishop Hugh le Puiset. The church is cruciform in plan; the aisles were added during the early 13th century. About a hundred years later the low crossing tower was heightened to house a belfry, and the spire was added.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
In the early 1870s, the Duke of Cleveland’s estate near to the town centre was given over to development. Some of it was used to create Stanhope Park, and it was here that the Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth was built in 1875. The school took in boarders, and its design featured an undercroft playground at one end.
An extract from from"County Durham Photographic Memories".
Designed and built by George Stephenson, Stockton and Darlington No 1, ‘Locomotion’, achieved a speed of 15mph when he hauled the 34-wagon inaugural train from Shildon to Stockton on 27 September 1825. This engine was later converted to petrol.
An extract from from"Times Gone By".
Designed and built by George Stephenson, Stockton and Darlington No 1, ‘Locomotion’, achieved a speed of 15mph when he hauled the 34-wagon inaugural train from Shildon to Stockton on 27 September 1825. This engine was later converted to petrol.
An extract from from"Countryside Poems".