
Eight retro Hartlepool and East Durham gardening scenes as we get ready for National Allotments Week
Get your gardening gear on! We're going on a retro trip to Hartlepool and East Durham's allotments.
National Allotments Week gets under way on Monday next week and it celebrates everything to do with these havens of horticulture fans.
There are great allotment sites in our own neighbourhood and we are taking a look back at some which have made the news over the years, from Briarfields to Waverley.
Fancy joining us as we cultivate some memories?
Fancy joining us as we cultivate some memories?
5. Over to Throston
Allotment holders at the Throston Allotments in 2017. Who do you know in this photo?
Photo: Kevin Brady
6. Planting time in 2014
Waverley Terrace Allotment Association members joined Hartlepool College of Further Education students (rear left to right) Julie Foreman, Teresa Devonport, Demi Parvin, Ste Brant, (front left to right) Paul Stockton, John Readman, James Elener and Kieran Marshall as they planted new trees 8 years ago.
Photo: FRANK REID
7. Ready to dig in Horden
Cotsford Junior School took over an allotment in 2016 and these pupils were ready to get stuck in to some gardening. Remember this?
Photo: Jane Coltman
8. Such a good job in Blackhall
Princes Trust workers were enjoying a well-earned break when we caught up with them in a Blackhall allotment in 2004. Recognise anyone?
Photo: LH