Darlington: Town of Brass Bands and Despair

Living in Darlington, County Durham

Darlington. Beautiful Darlington. Traditional market town that is the embodiment of North Eastern values. When I was growing up there, expectant mothers did not get the usual NHS offering of a ‘baby starter pack of nappies, wet wipes and a helpful booklet’. No; babies of Darlington Memorial Hospital were prepared for life as a future […]

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If, in Darlington, you’re black, there’s no going back

Living in Darlington

Darlington. I don’t know where to start – the cheeky little ***** on their BMX’s or the constant abuse non-straight-haired people receive on a day to day basis. Darlington isn’t a hell-hole, or bad, it’s just Darlington. Since moving from the South when I was a baby, growing up in Darlington was fairly normal, as […]

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