This collection of Tees Valley curiosities brings together a series of unusual, intriguing and extraordinary buildings, structures, incidents and people from all parts of the county.

Included in these pages are fascinating relics from the area’s industrial, ecclesistical and military past, including puzzling earthworks at Thornaby Green; Redcar’s war-time early warning system; Yarm’s octagonal Methodist chapel; Thornaby’s Five Lamps; Middlesbrough’s Dock Tower with its three clock faces and one blank; and the intriguing primeval forests that lie off the beaches of Hartlepool and Redcar.

Using a range of illustrations and photographs, Robert Woodhouse tells an alternative history of the Tees Valley that will fascinate residents and vistors alike.