by Chris Lloyd | Darlington, Latest
THE First World War has a terrible reputation for its industrial slaughter. Men were killed in their tens of thousands by new technology: by rapid fire machine guns or by bombs dropped from flying machines or by shells fired from the first “land...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Darlington, In Your Town, Latest
WITH medals glinting in the sun, veterans and those set to follow in their footsteps marched proudly to Darlington’s cenotaph this morning. Hundreds gathered in the autumn sun to watch a parade wind its way from the Holy Trinity Church to the cenotaph at Darlington...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
ADVERTISEMENTS tell us as much about what life was like 100 years ago as any news story, so here we bring you a selection of the adverts that appeared in The Northern Echo this week in 1914. Obviously, the war was uppermost in people’s minds, but they were still...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, In Your Town, Latest, Richmond
ONE of the region’s leading military museums, which was created from the triumphs and tragedies of the First World War, has timed its reopening to coincide with Remembrance during the centenary of the conflict. The Green Howards Museum, in Richmond, North Yorkshire,...
by Chris Lloyd | Centenary, Latest
TO commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, The Northern Echo has turned its front page from August 5, 1914, into a limited edition mug and tea towel. The page reports the previous day’s devastating news that Germany had invaded Belgium and so...
