The World’s First Planned Railway Community

Now and Then

Walking in Middlesbrough yesterday I went past the site of the world’s first railway community and took time to stop and think.

The Town Hall remains, called ‘Old Town Hall’ for longer than anyone can remember, the current much larger one having been built from 1883, as the town grew at a startling pace. When the Old Town Hall was built in 1846 it was se…