The Sunderland beauty spot which was under threat from slag and waste

It was in 1957 when a plan was proposed for Hylton Dene to be filled in with slag and waste from Hyton Colliery.

The prospect was considered in a National Coal Board plan.

Were the Dene’s days numbered?

Hylton Dene, a place of rural beauty on the outskirts of Castletown, consisted of a lake flanked by wooded slopes.

But an Echo report from 1957 said: “It will vanish if an NCB plan to have it ''filled in" is approved.

Standing idle in the bus station

Also in the headlines that year;

Sixty buses were standing idle at Park Lane as a result of a one day token strike today by 216 employees.

No joy for Raich on return to Roker

SAFC hero Raich Carter was back at Roker Park - as the manager of Leeds United.

He sat in the directors box but his side were beaten 2-0 by the Black Cats.

The era of the police traffic control box in the centre of Durham City was coming to an end.

The City's plan to introduce Britain’s first TV controlled traffic lights was being considered.

In the end, they lasted until 1975.

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