Drinking, breastfeeding, fruit and veg shops and the prospect of regional assemblies – whatever happened to them? – were among the topics they were interviewed about by the Hartlepool Mail in 2004 and 2009.
Missed our previous retro collection of pictures of town folk having their say? Click here.
![........on breastfeeding in 2004.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmVhN2ViMDNlLTA2MDMtNDFlMC05Yzc2LWYzY2FhODVjZGI5YzozNGFiMzZhYS0xMTg5LTQyMjktYWJkOS1iZmU2MTZlNGIzZjg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![.......about the town's drinking issues in 2009.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJlNmZkOTY2LTdhYTItNDAxZi1hN2VhLWNiMmZhMjQ5MGUxMjo4NzdlNjRkYS0wM2U2LTRiZGEtODk2MC0xMTlkYzY4YTBmZTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Telling it as it is...............
.......about the town's drinking issues in 2009. Photo: FLR
![.........on breastfeeding in 2004.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRmZjE2OTEwLTljODAtNDMyMC05NDczLTNiNjI3MzI3YWM5MTo4ODVmMzA5Mi0xNWVhLTRiZTUtODNmNC03MDY0OTlkM2M0N2Q=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![..........on breastfeeding in 2004.](https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUzMTc0ZDY1LWQwMDQtNDM0Mi04NDRmLTdmYzE3OWZlMTk3YTpkMzhiYWUzMC00NjE3LTRiYTAtYWJhMy1jOWEwYzBiZjA3N2Y=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1 / 5