THIS is a truly historic occasion for the Darlington & Stockton Times as it celebrates the 175th anniversary of our first publication on October 2, 1847. It is quite amazing to think how much the world has changed since the first newspaper was printed on a hand-cranked press in Barnard Castle. Those days were not just pre-digital but they were before electricity and the internal combustion engine; they were not just before the world wars of the 20th Century, but the Crimean War had not even begun; those days were nearly a century before Queen Elizabeth began her record reign when a young queen, Victoria, had only been on the throne for ten years. Throughout it all, the D&S Times has endured.

Source: The Times October 02, 2022 04:06 UTC