The Atlantic Hotel, 14 Surtees Street. Licensee: Minnie Putnam. With a poster on display advertising the showing of the 1948 Film, "I remember Mama" at the Odean Cinema
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Part of the "Hartlepool Public Houses" collection
Location
The Atlantic Hotel was in Surtees Street Hartlepool and it opened in 1865. It was delicenced in 1955.
In 1870, Charles Blondin walked a tightrope from the Atlantic to the nearby Market roof in Lynn Street carrying the 5 year old son of the landlord. (from The Lion Roars and the Monkey Bites by Marie-Louise McKay)
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