Hartlepool History Then & Now

Looking south down York Road then

What we know about this image :

Looking south down York Road from Victoria Road, Hartlepool.

On the far right of the image is scaffolding where the Coop Chemist Store is in the process of being built. Beyond that on the right hand side of York Road, the signage for Bruce Moore's can be seen on the corner of South Road. On the other side of South Road was York Road Methodist Church and the top of St George's Church can just be seen.

On the left hand side of York Road, the shops still exist but under different ownership. Brough's General Dealers and Pools Dye Works can be seen and the white building with the diamond shaped advert was Frank Wright's Bookseller and Toy Shop.

The traffic lights were one of the few sets in the town at the time.

The photo was from a photographic record of the Central Area of West Hartlepool prepared in 1955/6 at the request of the Town Planning and Redevelopment Committee 'in the hope that it will be of interest to future generations of West Hartlepool'

The record focuses on areas which were within the next ten years to be completely redeveloped following The Max Lock Plan. It was compiled by WL Taylor and photographs developed by Thomas Clarkson Chemist of Tower Street.

Date (of image) : 1956

Donor : Harry Taylor

Creator : West Hartlepool Council

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