Nobles, Andrew - Alternative guide to Hartlepool, cartoon page, album covers and home of the Hartlepool Model Flying Club (model airplanes). Hartlepool.
Hughes, David - Family, genealogy, Hartlepool and war memorials. Hartlepool.
Sanderson, Paul - Paul Sanderson's trip down memory lane to Saltburn by the Sea, Cleveland. My Saltburn 1951-1970.
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