G. Reg. Todd Printer on the corner of Park Road and Campion Street. The shop is now and has been for many years, Mason's Garage and Watson's Dance Academy now occupies the upper floor. Benson Street is the next street down towards St George's Church which can be seen on the far left. There are advertising hoardings in the vacant piece of land on which a Jehovah's Witness Church was built in the 1960s. The church has now moved to Ashgrove Ave although the building remains.
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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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