Aged 20, he died in the early hours of opening day in 1825 in the home of his father, Edward, in Northgate, Darlington. Instead, Edward remained at home in what is now a semi-derelict kebab takeaway and pizza parlour. Isaac Pease's headstone in the Friends Meeting House graveyard in Darlington(Image: )“During the last year of the railway making, he was seldom out of the house,” it continues. Matthew Pease beside his great-great-great-gradfather's statue, which was unveiled in 1875 to celebrate the 150th annviersary of the railway. There is much debate about whether any of the Peases made it half-a-mile up the road to catch a glimpse of the opening day scenes, but the Echo’s 1875 article is adamant.