Taken in 1960. The church on the left is Bethesda and the shop to the left of it is John F Knights Park Road branch . To the right and out of sight would be the Park Hotel.
A Fina garage was built on this site, was demolished and is now Shotton's Kitchen Showroom. On the reverse of the photo it says that the site was to be a depot for Northern Dairies but this never happpened.
Date (of image) : 0/5/1960
Part of the "Library collection" collection
Location
Park Road Hartlepool is a mile long. The lower part, in particular from Stockton Street to York Road, has always been largely a business area, whereas the upper part is mainly residential. There are many substantial detached and semi detached homes, mainly of Victorian and Edwardian build which are fairly expensive properties.
When first developed, it was named Commercial Street, but this was changed in the mid 1880s because when Ward Jackson Park was opened in 1883, it literally became a road to the park from the centre of town.
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