Hartlepool History Then & Now

Thornton Street looking west from Swainson Street

What we know about this image :

The image looks towards York Road and in the distance Clifton Avenue. Earnshaw's Bakery is on the left and Peckett Street is the street off to the right.

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) : 8/2/1955

Creator : West Hartlepool Council

Part of the "Hartlepool Library Collection" collection

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