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Pancakes are flipping great for charity

FUNDRAISERS are going flipping crazy today to mark Pancake Day.

Alan Gowland, Charlie Whyte, Allan Rowland and Terry Metcalfe

Reunion was out of this world

MUSICIANS who have not seen each other for more than 40 years have been reunited with a helping hand from the Hartlepool Mail.

Read and rhyme

CREATIVE youngsters can enjoy a free library session.

A real shocker

VISITORS are in for a shock at the latest science exhibition at the Museum of Hartlepool.

Some of the youngsters who took part in the sports event are pictured with their trophies and medals.
Pictured (left to right) are Robert Hurn, Hannah Hurn, Rhys Mc Kenzie-Owens, Kyle Mc Kenzie-Owens, Lennox Mc Kie, Lewis Galloway, Nathan Trench and Connor Moran.

Sporting success

YOUNGSTERS had sporting success when they took part in a week of fun and games.

Community News

Tall Ships police planner praised

High Sheriff of North Yorkshire Alexandra Holford presents Chief Inspector Michael Williams with his commendation

The sweethearts separated by war

LOVE had no bounds for Albert Thompson.

THEN: (from left to right) Mick Larkin, Rob Ryan, Les Calvert, Dave Bell and Mick Lilley pictured outside the Hartlepool Mail offices in 1978.

Rolling back the years

MUSICIANS who formed a band during their schooldays rolled back the years for a charity concert.

Sisters reunited thanks to Mail

TWO sisters have been reunited thanks to Together Again after 15 years apart.

Can you help name the minesweeper?

Thanks to Derek Hinds of the Tees Packet shipping history group who sent these pictures to Memory Lane with the following request:

A picture of Tom Norman pictured on his ‘Panther’ motorbike in the Hartlepool Mail recently brought back memories for former Panther motorbike owner Keith Fisher who sent this picture to Memory Lane that shows himself and friend John Fairey (above).

Opinion

Consequences of past neglect

I READ the headline, How could they do this? about morons who desecrated a grave by stealing a plaque and a personalised ornament from a churchyard (Mail, February 14).

All grateful to IOR

THE Mail has been remiss in devoting insufficient attention to the heartbreaking tale of woe unfolding a few miles east along the A66.

Charity begins at home

A PUZZLING conundrum created by the Chancellor, George Osborne, began with the siding by him of a massive bonus to a top banker, yet he failed to realise the significance it engendered to the man in the street.

Déjà vu

MY heart goes out to the people of Northallerton and the North Yorkshire Dales when I watch the unfurling of the orchestrated demise to their Friarage Hospital.

An excellent presentation

WE would like to say a big thank you to Seaton Academy of Dance for their excellent presentation of Sleeping Beauty.