Miss Armstrong, a teacher at Dyke Hose School, standing beside a Bee Line coach in 1963, the 'bee' motif visible on her right.
Date (of image) : 1963
Donor : Gillian Smith
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Private bus company which was founded in West Hartlepool in 1934. The company provided holiday tours to resorts around the UK, later into Europe and actually owned the Royal York Hotel on the Isle of Wight in the past. They were also known for day trips, mystery tours and were hired for private tours. The company had large garage premises in Oxford Road until closure in 1986.
It appears Beeline headquarters later became Linthorpe Middlesbrough and the company later became Ellerman Beeline before disappearing.
Many people of Hartlepool will remember travelling 'on the Beeline' as was commonly said at the time.
More detail »This school officially opened in 1946 although it had been completed in 1939. For a period in 1941 it was used by children of Brougham School as troops were using that school.
In 1973 the school became Dyke House Comprehensive and in 2011 was extensively refurbished. During this time the children were taken by bus to the empty Brierton School in Catcote Road.
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