I am Hartlepool born and bred but I left the town at age 18 in 1975 to attend University.By Francis Ryan I returned for term holidays, undertaking a variety of summer jobs, from cleaning toilets at ...

West Hartlepool was founded in 1847 as industry started to spread out of Hartlepool towards the newly erected docks. This painting shows how much it had grown in just ten years. In the painting ...

Plans for 385 new homes at a North East marina as part of a larger £120million development have been backed by key town figures. It comes after a planning application for Hartlepool Marina was ...