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From potential editor to delivery driver role in less than a week!
THE LATEST instalment of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS finds feature Writer JOHN RIDDLE adjusting to a new life in the sun – and...
Chance to take early retirement opened the door to a new life in Tenerife!
I FIRST went to the Canary Islands in the late 1990s when a friend, a work colleague, booked me on a holiday to Los Cristianos,...
Blue Men of the Sahara and climbing goats…it just has to be Morocco!
In the 1980s, I ticked off another continent, plus one more country on my travel bucket list, when I went to the North African kingdom...
So many famous sights to see in Paris . . . if you can-can visit!
AFTER finishing his tour of the British Isles and the Republic of Ireland in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS, feature writer JOHN RIDDLE crosses...
Pools were just minutes away from the Championship!
WALES is the latest destination for Hartlepool Life feature writer JOHN RIDDLE as he continues his travelling exploits in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS....
The ‘Little Waster’ Andy was always a family favourite
JULY 10 was the birthday of one of Hartlepool’s favourite sons – cartoonist Reg Smythe! Feature writer JOHN RIDDLE looks back at the great man’s...
Durham Gala set to celebrate coal mining
ON SATURDAY, thousands of former miners and their families will be in Durham City to see the 140th annual parade of Lodge banners, listen to...
A Titanic journey and World Cup gratitute to a Northern lad Jack!
WITH the World Cup in full swing, this week’s episode of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS finds Hartlepool Life feature writer JOHN RIDDLE reminiscing...
Guinness isn’t the only reason to visit the beautiful Emerald Isle
HARTLEPOOL life feature writer JOHN RIDDLE heads to the Emerald Isle in the latest episode of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 YEARS. “IF YOU ever...
Armed Forces Day is a time to reflect and ‘give peace a chance’
WITH this week’s Armed Forces Day, Hartlepool Life feature writer JOHN RIDDLE looks back at John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance” and other famous anti-war...