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Rift House Shopping Centre

What we know about this image :

At a cost of £74,326, Rift House Shopping Centre opened in Catcote Road close to the junction with Oxford Road. There was a range of shops, VG and Thompson supermarkets, Hughes fish and chip shop, Gillen's newsagents, Sparks bakers and Edna Jones wools,women's and baby clothes. Today there are more takeaway shops, but Edna Jones' shop remains.

The shopping parade was extended when the nearby  CalciPte, later Shakespeare, public house was demolished.

Date (of image) : 11/3/1966

Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service

Creator : NDM

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