Taken in 1968 from the then new College of Further Education roof, the very vast majority of this scene is so very different today. On the far left is the Coop Central Stores building which remains as Park Towers apartments. In the middle distance with the square tower is St George's Church, now the United Reform Church.
The church with the spire is St John's Presbyterian Church in Park Road and now the site is an entrance to the shopping centre near TJ Hughes.
Stockton Street runs across the centre of the photo and this of course was before it was a busy dual carriageway. The street running diagonally with advertising hoardings on the corner is Bell Terrace and the large red building opposite the grassed area is the Salvation Army hall. The street at the bottom running towards Stockton Street is Arthur Street although the houses in that and the other 'A' streets will have been demolished to make way for the college.
Date (of image) : 1968
Donor : Russell McAndrew
Creator : Harry Elliott
Location
There were corps in Hartlepool and West Hartlepool.Hartlepool Corps opened in 1876 in Lumley Street, was later renamed Hartlepool Citadel Corps, and moved to a new hall in Durham Street which opened in May 1969.
West Hartlepool Corps, later renamed Hartlepool Temple Corps, had a hall in Stockton Street which was replaced by the current building on the site of the demolished Park Road Methodist Church in Park Road on the corner of Lansdowe Road.
More detail »Opened in 1880, the church was demolished in 1985 some time after closing and the site is the lower Park Road entrance to the Middleton Grange Shopping Centre. The congregation became part of St George's United Reform Church.
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