Clockwise from top left, Andy Capp, Hartlepool United footballers in the late 1980s, Stuart Drummond (right) the day after he became Mayor of Hartlepool and Seaton Carew Beach.Clockwise from top left, Andy Capp, Hartlepool United footballers in the late 1980s, Stuart Drummond (right) the day after he became Mayor of Hartlepool and Seaton Carew Beach.
Clockwise from top left, Andy Capp, Hartlepool United footballers in the late 1980s, Stuart Drummond (right) the day after he became Mayor of Hartlepool and Seaton Carew Beach.

Hartlepool Tall Ships Races 2023: 10 random facts you may not know about the town

Visiting Hartlepool for the Tall Ships Races and no little about the town or its folk?

Here are 10 random facts about Hartlepool, its people, places and myths which you may not have known. For more town trivia, go to: 23 famous people with Hartlepool links and 14 TV shows and movies to be filmed in the Hartlepool area.