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|type =[[Town]] | |type = [[Town]] | ||
|location = Northern [[England]] | |location = Northern [[England]] | ||
|first = | |first = Fanboys (short story) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|Wildthyme Beyond!]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Tik, Tak. Snick, Snack (short story)|Tik, Tak. Snick, Snack]]''}} | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Wildthyme Beyond! (novel)|Wildthyme Beyond!]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Tik, Tak. Snick, Snack (short story)|Tik, Tak. Snick, Snack]]''}} | ||
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'''Darlington''' was a market town in [[North]]-[[East]]ern [[England]]. | '''Darlington''' was a market town in [[North]]-[[East]]ern [[England]]. | ||
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Darlington had a variety of locations, such as: [[Great Big Book Exchange|''Great Big Book Exchange'']], a bookshop located on [[South Road]];'' [[Magda's Mysteries]]'', a specialist [[bookshop]] which secretly held the entrance to the Darlington branch of MIAOW, located in the [[Darlington indoor market]]; a branch of [[Greggs]]; an unnamed café; furniture store rooms; [[kebab shop|kebab shops]]; the [[East Coast Line]] train station; the [[Duke's Legs hotel|''Duke's Legs hotel'']]; the [[Arts Centre]]; [[Skinnergate]], which was a street filled with junk shops as well as a lesbian bar; and to the South of Darlington laid a [[motorway]]. Beyond the motorway, there was the [[Scotch Corner Hotel|''Scotch Corner Hotel'']], which resided in seven dimensions. Further south, just outside of an unnamed, neighbouring village, upon the brow of a hill, [[Magda (The Dreadful Flap)|Magda]] lived in an old [[Magda's farmhouse|farmhouse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'') | Darlington had a variety of locations, such as: [[Great Big Book Exchange|''Great Big Book Exchange'']], a bookshop located on [[South Road]];'' [[Magda's Mysteries]]'', a specialist [[bookshop]] which secretly held the entrance to the Darlington branch of MIAOW, located in the [[Darlington indoor market]]; a branch of [[Greggs]]; an unnamed café; furniture store rooms; [[kebab shop|kebab shops]]; the [[East Coast Line]] train station; the [[Duke's Legs hotel|''Duke's Legs hotel'']]; the [[Arts Centre]]; [[Skinnergate]], which was a street filled with junk shops as well as a lesbian bar; and to the South of Darlington laid a [[motorway]]. Beyond the motorway, there was the [[Scotch Corner Hotel|''Scotch Corner Hotel'']], which resided in seven dimensions. Further south, just outside of an unnamed, neighbouring village, upon the brow of a hill, [[Magda (The Dreadful Flap)|Magda]] lived in an old [[Magda's farmhouse|farmhouse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'') | ||
Darlington also had a [[Tesco]] supermarket ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annabel Regina (short story)|Annabel Regina]]''), and the [[University of Darlington]].([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | Darlington also had a [[Tesco]] supermarket ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annabel Regina (short story)|Annabel Regina]]''), [[WHSmith|WHSmiths]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'') and the [[University of Darlington]].([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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A [[time rift]] called the [[Dreadful Flap]] opened above Darlington in [[1965]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]'') | A [[time rift]] called the [[Dreadful Flap]] opened above Darlington in [[1965]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dreadful Flap (short story)|The Dreadful Flap]]'') | ||
In [[1981]], [[David Taylor (Imaginary Boys)|David Taylor]] and his little brother [[Chris (Fanboys)|Chris]] visted Darlington, and they went into a branch of WHSmiths to buy [[Target Books (Bafflement and Devotion)|Target novels]]. ([[PROSE]]: [[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]) | |||
In [[1982]], [[Hayter]] taught at the [[University of Darlington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | In [[1982]], [[Hayter]] taught at the [[University of Darlington]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]'') | ||