Taken outside the John Street workshops, the photo was probably taken in the 1920s. The tall man in the centre is probably Edgar Phillips himself with his wife Mary next to him in the black dress. The young boy may well be a son possibly Ambrose or Ken who later took over the business.
The building in John Street ,which was one of the first West Hartlepool streets off Lynn St and behind Church Street, looks as if it could have been built from limestone from the docks as Christ Church and the Athenaeum had been.
HHT&N 852
Donor : Douglas Ferriday
Part of the "Library collection" collection
Location
Well known local electrical and plumbing firm. The workshops were in John Street. From around 1920, the company had a shop in Church Street next to the Yorkshire Bank but this recieved a direct hit from German bombs in 1940 and had to be demolished. Flats were built in the space in the 1990s. After the bombing, premises were bought on the other side of Church Street below Lynn Street.
More detail »First street from Church Street running east from Lynn Street to George St. It was one of the first streets built in the new town of West Hartlepool around 1850.
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