A BOOK that will take residents of Shildon on a trip down memory lane is being launched this month.

Shildon and District, by Tom Hutchinson, will be launched in the town's Timothy Hackworth Museum on Saturday, October 25.

Mr Hutchinson will be available to sign copies between 10.30am and 12.30pm, and 2.30pm and 3.30pm on the day.

The book starts with a tour of the town and surrounding villages and then looks at the lives of people in the area through more than 230 postcards and photographs of daily life at school, work and play