Scores of people from across Hartlepool have played bingo over the decades at home and in bingo halls.

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Here are 25 photos of people across Hartlepool enjoying a game of bingo over the decades

By Madeleine Raine

Published 12th Apr 2024, 12:28 GMT

Bingo has been played by scores of people across Hartlepool at home and in bingo halls across the decades.

Here, then, are 25 photos of people playing the popular game at Mecca Bingo, in The Lanyard, the former Carlton Bingo, in York Road, Hartlepool, and in care homes across the town.

5. Having fun

This lady is enjoying a good old-fashioned game of bingo at Mecca, in Hartlepool, in 2003. Photo: DW

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6. Michael Cashmore

Michael Cashmore enjoys a game of bingo in 2014. Photo: Tracy Walker

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7. Did somebody say bingo?

Iain Wright, former MP of Hartlepool, plays a game of bingo in 2008. Photo: TC

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8. Doreen Laybourn

Doreen Laybourn enjoys a game of bingo in 2014. Photo: Tracy Walker

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Here are 25 photos of people across Hartlepool enjoying a game of bingo over the decades

Bingo has been played by scores of people across Hartlepool at home and in bingo halls across the decades.

5. Having fun

6. Michael Cashmore

7. Did somebody say bingo?

8. Doreen Laybourn

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