Features

The connection between Victorian glass bottles and candles may not be obvious, but to the Askew brothers, it is a...

A photographer who brought the beauty of Teesdale to newspaper and magazine readers across the country for more than a...

BARNARD Castle's oldest butcher's shop marks its centenary this year.Started by a decorated First World War hero, William Peat Butchers...

Little Newsham Forge is tucked away between Staindrop and the A67. Wendy Short went to investigate and found a craftsman...

A Teesdale Mercury reader brought in this photograph of a woman walking across the iced-over River Tees in January 1940. Catherine...

TEESDALE has long been the inspiration for writers both local and further afield.And one long forgotten novel, printed by the...

A dip into the Mercury's photo archives this week unearthed a couple of musical memories from yesteryear - one from...

RESIDENTS in Barnard Castle are to be asked whether a piece of the town's social history should be saved for...

FOR many people in Teesdale the armistice was not an end to their worries and their suffering.Armed forces personnel were...

"PEACE on earth." Singing those words during the Christmas season in 1918 must have meant so much to families in...