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Painting the buzz of Bishop Auckland in the old days “AS a young lad, I worked on the pots and pans stall on the old market,” says artist Gary Miller whose view of Bishop Auckland market graces today’s front cover. “I remember getting picked up really early on a Thursday morning and helping a gentleman called Geoff set up the stall. I would then head to school and come straight back afterwards to help pack the van away.” How Darlington honoured its gallant WW1 heroes with a controversial medal DURING the First World War, Darlington commemorated the bravest of its war heroes by presenting them with a gold medal. A century of song: how Darlington Operatic Society made the Hippodrome its home IT is 100 years since Darlington Operatic Society did a deal with the legendary owner of Darlington Hippodrome, Signor Rino Pepi, and became a twice yearly fixture at the theatre. In a day of great drama, how the operatic society saved Darlington Hippodrome IN a day of drama as outlandish as any plots from an operetta, Darlington Operatic Society bought and sold a derelict theatre within hours, losing a staggering £2,500 on the deal but saving a hippodrome. Corners of south Durham that, since the First World War, have been forever Belgium ONLY a handful of headstones still stand amid the rough cut grass of an old cemetery on the outskirts of Sedgefield, but one stands out due its bright yellow and red crest. Self-sacrificing bravery of the names carved in a village's stone memorial “Major Robb was shot down when we made the bayonet charge and he was lying 40 yards in front of the Germans, who were waiting for anyone who attempted to rescue him,” wrote Pte John Warwick in a letter back to his wife, Ada, in Darlington, in the earliest days of the First World War. “I do not know what made me do it but I went out to bring him back. Diary of a WW2 Darlington airman sheds light on mystery fatal crash THE diary of a Darlington-born Second World War pilot has shed new light on the family history of an award-winning broadcaster. Village hall, where the WI paddled the concrete, celebrates its 100th anniversary THIS weekend, Brancepeth Village Hall celebrates its centenary with an open day where visitors will be able to see the concrete blocks in the walls that members of the Women’s Institute paddled by hand. The six brave brothers caught up in the war's first gas attack “I HAVE had a letter from Jack informing me of Sep’s death, poor lad,” wrote Lance-Corporal Oswald Garbutt of the Green Howards back to his parents, William and Anne, in Brompton, just outside Northallerton, following the news that their youngest son had been killed in the First World War. Read more

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