by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jul 19, 2024 | Events, News
Children’s Book Day Children’s Book Day — Sunday 11 August 10.00 — 3.30 Tales in the Dales at Stanhope Railway Station and on the Story Train Expect lots of fun-packed activities on the Story Train at our special Children’s Book Day! Go on a very special journey with...
by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jul 19, 2024 | News
A series of free writing workshops taking place along the original Stockton & Darlington Railway Line, in celebration of the bicentenary of the UK’s first passenger railway. Find out more here:...
by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jul 2, 2024 | People Of The S&DR
Locomotion No.1’s arrival at the level crossing at Aycliffe Lane was witnessed by many people who turned out to see ‘t’iron hoss’, many of whom assisted with the removal of the locomotive from the dray onto the track. However before it could get going, the...
by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jun 11, 2024 | People Of The S&DR
‘R Day dismissed for disorderly conduct’.1 during the works to build the Skerne bridge was recorded in the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company minutes for 17 December 1824. So what do we know of Ralph Day? Indeed, can we be sure he was even called...
by Caroline Hardie-Hammond | Jun 11, 2024 | Artefacts Of The S&DR
Despite severe weather late in 1823 when railway cuttings collapsed, quarry tracks became quagmires, and workmen were injured, George Stephenson was able to report in December to the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company that the river Gaunless between St. Helen...
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