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Just before the last but one lockdown, there have been so many, in late 2020, I was invited for a hike across the moors with Bernie Slaven. It was a glorious day with wonderful views and being the very day when the first vaccine was given the green light it seemed a day for optimism. At long...

Teesside Lions basketball club is the subject of a film documentary, airing Saturday 9/01/21, by talented local boy Charlie McKenna. Documentary Trailer: Charlie, a pupil of Nunthorpe Academy in Middlesbrough, is just 14 years old but has already caught the eye of some established creative...

Harry Pearson's long awaited The Farther Corner does not disappoint. The Far Corner became a record of north east football before the great changes of new stadia and shifts in Northern League axis from former coalfield townships, so will The Farther Corner be a record of the north east football...

Last Saturday marked the 90th anniversary of the death of the remarkable Arthur Wharton. Born in Ghana in 1865, he moved to Darlington in 1883 where he made sporting history. Arthur became the first black professional footballer, the first official fastest man, a professional cricketer and a...

A project to educate visitors on the vast array of trees in Stewart Park has culminated in a fascinating new leaflet guide. Interesting Trees of Stewart Park profiles eight trees in detail, with a total of 40 mapped around the park. The leaflet has been produced after a joint project between...

Clive Tyldesley was the voice of ITV football for a whole generation. The successor to the great Brian Moore, has opened up his matchday notes to provide a unique memento of Boro's greatest day, the winning of the Carling Cup in 2004. Read his pen pics of both squads and you are all prepared to...

Memories and unseen photographs of Middlesbrough in the 1970s and 1980s have inspired a new book by historian and Heritage Unlocked consultant Dr Tosh Warwick. Memories of Middlesbrough in the 1970s and 1980s brings together unique John Severs’ photographs, historical images and community...

The Most Famous Man on Marsh Road: Memoir of growing up in interwar Middlesbrough brought to life through artist and historian collaboration. Fascinating insights into life growing up in interwar Middlesbrough’s Marsh Road in the town’s Cannon Street area have been published following the...

Harry Pearson took his mazy dribble through north east football back in 1994 with the incredible Far Corner, surely the finest football fan book ever written. This year has marked a long awaited return to the north east grass roots from Harry with The Farther Corner. And I tell you what it is so...