THe most noteworthy landmark in Darlington is the clock tower over the market.
Here's St Cuthbert's church (Creative Commons License).
Darlington Corporation once ran trams.
Trolleybuses replaced trams.
A fleet of Daimler and Guy motorbuses replaced the trolleybuses. One of the latter, no. 86, is seen in the town centre.
One of the more unusual vehicle types purchased by Darlington Transport was a batch of Ward Dalesman saloons.
The main depot of United Automobile Services was in Darlington. The building also served as a bus station. Leyland Leopard/Willowbrook coach 6225 emerges from the gloom.
In later years, United buses just terminated on Darlington's streets.
Associated with United was Tees & District. A Leyland Lynx 2 is seen in Darlington.
Arriva took over Tees and United.
Meanwhile, Stagecoach had displaced the buses of Darlington Transport.
Barton coaches, from Nottingham, were frequent visitors to Darlington, having bought out Hall Bros.
Your Bus was a short-lived competitive operator.
Dales & District runs services out into the hills to the west.
In the Market Place is the Pennyweight, a Vaux house back in 1989.
The Britannia is a fine Cameron's pub.
The Glittering Star is a traditional boozer, owned by Samuel Smiths.
Number Twenty 2 is a lovely free house on the edge of the town centre.
The Quakerhouse is worthy finding for its range of real ales.
Darlington has two Wetherspoons, the Tanners Hall and the William Stead.
We now take our leave of Darlington town centre and head out east to Darlington Transport's depot, where we find a row of Roe bodied Daimlers.
In the yard, a Seddon, no. 66..
The next post will see us crossing the border into Yorkshire.
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