Where did you have your first pint? Was it one of these 15 Hartlepool pubs?

For many people, it is a moment they never forget.

By Chris Cordner

Published 10th Feb 2020, 16:45 BST

Updated 10th Feb 2020, 16:50 BST

It’s the time when they had their first ever pint. But can you remember where you had yours in Hartlepool or East Durham?

Was it a town centre favourite like the Emporium or Bar Paris.

Was it a hostelry further out of the town centre like the McCorville or the Hourglass?

Or maybe that special tipple happened out of Hartlepool in somewhere like the Eden Hill in Peterlee.

Take a look at our 15 choices – some former pubs and some still with us – and see if yours is there.

Was it a hostelry further out of the town centre like the McCorville or the Hourglass?

5. The Lighthouse

A Church Street hostelry pictured in 2004. Does this bring back happy memories of a first pint? Photo: SH

A 2007 view of this Victoria Road favourite. Was it one of the first pubs you visited? Photo: HM

Who remembers a pint at the Emporium? Photo: LH

A Church Street view from 2005. Does it bring back happy memories of visits to Rockies Bar back then? Photo: MH