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Although this website has international appeal, the items on this page relate to Hartlepool and the North East of England.

Waves at the New Pier in old Hartlepool late last month © Stan Laundon.

Viewers of the BBC Television programme "Look North" may have noticed on Friday night, March 5th, that a photograph of mine was chosen as the "Photograph of the Month" for February. The photograph (above) was titled "Industrial Power" and was taken at the New Pier (Heugh Breakwater) in old Hartlepool. It will now be featured on the Look North 2011 Calendar which will help to raise money for the annual BBC's Children in Need. Graeme Rigby, the Curator of the Side Gallery, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne was the judge and described the photograph to have "drama and movement". You can view a slide show of other waves photographs on the Old Hartlepool page. A larger size of this photograph can be seen here!

Forthcoming events and shows:


Thursday, March 11th: "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" at the Town Hall Theatre, Hartlepool. If you remember trams, national service, rationing, tin baths, street parties, teddy boys, Worker's Playtime, Radio Luxembourg, Morecambe and Wise, Quatermass, Sunday Night at the London Palladium or even the Epilogue, then this show is for you - a nostalgic trip down memory lane and a show not to be missed. It starts at 2.00pm and tickets are £10, concessions £9. For further details call (01429) 890000.

Albert Lee and Hogan's Heroes

Albert Lee, one of Britain's leading guitarists, is playing dates in the North East this month and May. Albert, who has played with many country greats over the years including Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band and the Everly Brothers, will be backed by Hogan's Heroes and is playing concerts at Gateshead, Marton, in Middlesbrough and Barnard Castle. The dates are Friday, March 12th at the Lancastrian Suite, Gateshead. The following night - Saturday, March 13th - the show stops off at the Marton Hotel & Country Club in Middlesbrough. Call 0191 3720311 for details on both of these concerts. Tickets for Gateshead and Middlesbrough are £25 VIP which will get you a reserved seat at the front 3 rows of tables, £18 gets you free seating behind that. On May 15th he's appearing at the Mickleton R & B Club in Barnard Castle. The number to call for information on this show is 01833 640458.

Friday, March 12th: Do you want to relive the excitement of a great night at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in the 1960s? Then make tracks to Hartlepool’s Town Hall Theatre next Friday for the fantastic new show ‘Merseymania’.

It takes its inspiration from the most famous beat club in the world and within minutes of the curtain rising you’ll understand exactly why this musical craze swept across the globe. Turning the spotlight on the years 1965 and 1969, the show combines pulsating live music, Scouse humour and some fun audience participation! Against a realistic stage set which helps recreate the electrifying atmosphere of the Cavern, you’ll be able to relive the songs of the Beatles, The Searchers and others and you’ll discover how the music and on-stage fashions changed over the years. Recapturing those exciting times is The Beat Club group, featuring Steve Quillon. Few people are better equipped for the task – Steve was born in Liverpool and his two appearances at the Cavern in 1969 earned his group of those days a place on the Cavern Club Wall of Fame. The show starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost £12, or £11 for concessions. To book call the Box Office on 01429 890000.

Wednesday, March 17th: "The No.1 50's & 60's Show" invites you to tap for feet to the hits from the 50's by Elvis, Cliff, Connie Francis, Paul Anka and Bobby Darin amongst others. Then enjoy a taste of the swinging 60's with number one hits by Dusty Springfield, Sandia Shaw, Cilla, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and more. Tickets for this Town Hall Theatre show are £13/£12 concessions and the music gets underway at 7.30pm.

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