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."