West Hartlepool

Hartlepool Sports Personality 2023 Luke Swales, from Pools Youth FC, is presented with his award by Judith and George Stannard. Picture by FRANK REID

Gus Robinson Hartlepool Sports Awards report and pictures

Dennis Lendrem writes a novel about the bombardment of Hartlepool.

Hartlepool author publishes new book

Steve Close in Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool, with the new Boer War Statue behind him and a copy of the commemorative brochure he has published. Picture by FRANK REID.

New brochure commemorates war heroes

Hartlepool RNLI chairman, Malcolm Cook, pictured with a copy of his new book.

Hartlepool author publishes book about the RNLI

(Back row) Guy Gould (U10 blues); Lewis Murphy (first team); Paul Hackwell (Trustee); Conrad Gould (FC Kickers); Salaam Shaheen (Chair and Trustee); Chris Birkbeck (Trustee); Eden Shaheen (U10 blue). (Front row) Craig Linsel (first team); Jon Gould (Trustee and Vice Chair); Chris Murray (Groundskeeper). Picture credit: Michael Driver

FC Hartlepool given go-ahead for Northern League football

Making the headlines in 1991.

Hitting the headlines in 1991

The Hartlepool team which drew in 14,000 fans for a cup match.

The Hartlepool boys who made history

The 2011 Boxing Day dip at Seaton Carew.

Hartlepool Christmases past and how they've changed

Ward Jackson Park.

Park nominated in vote to find UK’s favourite

Life in Hartlepool in 1993 including a Royal visit. Did you get to meet Her Majesty the Queen?

Here are the headlines - from 1993

Pets of all varieties have made the news in Hartlepool.

Eels, seals and the cleverest dog in the North East

How the find was reported in the Northern Daily Mail.

The day an elephant was washed up at Seaton Carew

Alan Goodwin whose family tree research has led him to Hartlepool.

Bomber crew’s tragic fate

A sad day for shipbuilding in Hartlepool.

The day shipbuilding died in Hartlepool

Assistant hub coordinator Sharon Iddon admires the artwork in the new children’s area.

Chance to see new-look hub with free community activities

Another view of part of the South Durham Steel and Iron Co Ltd works.

Storm force memories from 60 years ago
Think we’ve got it bad with the storms? Think again.

James Webster Bunton.

From ferry boatmen to fish hawkers - the Hartlepool family with a fascinating pa...

Hartlepool Mail legend Richard 'Dickie' Jacques, who has died at the age of 91.

Tributes to Mail legend Richard 'Dickie' Jacques after his death aged 91

Chelsea Pensioner David Lines lays a wreath in memory of his seaman uncle Joseph Sculley from Hartlepool who was killed during the Second World War.

Hartlepool seaman honoured 81 years after death

The age of the steam railway. All aboard for a journey through the decades.

Rolling back the years to the age of steam

Rugby players at West Hartlepool

West Hartlepool sign sponsorship deal with Anglian Water

A previous year's Colour Run in aid of Alice House Hospice.

Hospice Colour Run returns after pandemic with new venue

Ralph Ward-Jackson with the statue of his ancestor in Church Street, Hartlepool.

West Hartlepool founder’s descendant joins election race

The Squince family at Foggy Furze Farm in the 1890s. Their descendants went on to have a large market garden and florist's shop, Layton's at Foggy Furze. Photo: Roger Stubbs.

Six things you didn't know about Foggy Furze revealed in new book

Heugh Battery Museum volunteers fire a field gun to remember the victims of the Bombardment of the Hartlepools.

Gun fire sounds in Hartlepool to remember First World War Bombardment

Albert Edward Reece, who was nicknamed Cockie, was born in West Hartlepool and was a father of four by the time he served as a stoker on HMS Warspite.

A Hartlepool war hero who was feared lost at sea

Statues of Andy Capp, Sir William Gray, and Baden Street street nameplate.

Council's stance on town statues and street names
Hartlepool civic chiefs do not plan to review the town's existing statues and street names in response to nationwide reviews prompted by the Black Lives Matter protests.

The street party on VE Day, but where in Hartlepool is it?

The mystery behind a Hartlepool VE Day photo

The front page of the Northern Daily Mail on VE Day.

Life in Hartlepool in 1945

Gavin Painter: Points

RUGBY: Hartlepool Rovers 0 West Hartlepool 66

SWITCH: Chris Atkins

RUGBY PREVIEW: Horden v West Hartlepool

GAME ON: West v Northern has passed a pitch inspection

RUGBY: West Hartlepool v Northern and Ryton v Rovers beat weather

BACK IN SIDE: Stuart Waites

RUGBY PREVIEW: West Hartlepool v Northern

SOUTHERN THE WEST HERO: West stand-off Zac Southern. Picture by JOE SPENCE

RUGBY REPORT: West Hartlepool 9 Dinnington 3

BACK ROW DYNAMO: Liam Bailey

RUGBY PREVIEW: West Hartlepool v Dinnington

BRINKBURN BATTLE: West Hartlepoo (Green) scrap for the ball with Wheatley Hills. Picture by JOE SPENCE

RUGBY REPORT: West Hartlepool 15 Wheatley Hills 16

West (green) V Sheffield

West Hartlepool defeat Sheffield