A selection of photographs and documents kindly shared with this project by Mr. & Mrs. Sam and Margaret Chappell.
Annie Brownlee was a professional violinist, but was also the pianist at hartlepool's Electric Theatre during the 1930s.
More detail »Salvation Army girls Constance Odgers (left), Mary Horsley (centre), and Harriet Chappell (right), taking eggs to Howbeck Workhouse.
More detail »A group of school boys from Elwick Road School, on the Burn Valley playing field in 1942.
More detail »"Handmaidens" bowls team at the Festival of the Sea in August 1986.
More detail »Samuel Chappell's first motor car, in which he passed his driving test in 1955.
More detail »Harriet Chappell outside No. 50 Milton Road in 1938/39. Harriet was Manageress at the Seaton Bakery; there was also a shop in Hart Road (later Raby Road).
More detail »John Richard Chappell in Wharton Street in 1956/57, with Errol Street in the background.
More detail »John Richard Chappell, next to the rose beds in Ward Jackson Park, with 'Four Winds' in the background.
More detail »Lynnfield School, 1960-62, with "King" John Richard Chappell in the centre of the back row, wearing his crown.
More detail »Mrs. Carter, Caretaker at the Yorkshire Bank on Church Street, outside No.50 Milton Road.
More detail »Private (later Cratfsman), Samuel Chappell (2nd from left), on National Service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), at the Poperinge Barracks, Arborfield, Berkshire, in 1952.
More detail »Samuel Chappell (front), on National Service at Arborfield, Berks. in 1952. At the back (left to right), is Ernie Blood (from Newcastle), Rex Pedder (from Luton), and John Bradley.
More detail »Staff at the Morritt Arms, Greta Bridge. On the right is Hartlepool girl Annie Brownlee, a professional musician who was also the pianist at Hartlepool's Electric Theatre during the 1930s.
More detail »Margaret Chappell relaxes on the grass at a holiday camp in Yarmouth, with the family's works van in the background.
More detail »Richardsons Westgarth ("Richies"), choir displaying two of their trophies. J.William Brownlee is on the front row, fourth from the right.
More detail »Sandringham Road Presbyterian Church, West Hartlepool. In June 1958, the church amalgamated with St John's Park Road. Now the Hartlepool Football Supporters Club.
More detail »Sandringham Road Presbyterian Church Outing - William Brownlee is on the back row, second from the right.
More detail »Samuel Chappell's pale blue, 1965 Hillman Super Minx.
More detail »Jobs were hard to find or keep in Hartlepool in the early 1960s as this letter from "Richies" shows.
More detail »Margaret Fawcett and her her father about to enter the Sandringham Road Presbyterian Church. Margaret, with the help of Reverend Cooper's wife, made her own wedding dress, and those of the bridesmaids. The wedding car was supplied by Meredith's Taxis.
More detail »Wedding guests, all from Gamlen's Chemist shop at No.223 York Road, outside the Sandringham Road Presbyterian Church for the marriage of Samuel Chappell and Margaret Fawcett.
More detail »The wedding group outside the Sandringham Road Presbyterian Church in 1939/40. The church is now the Hartlepool United Supporters Club.
Georgina Pike worked as Head Clerk at Binn's Department Store; Robina Brownlee was a nurse at Cameron's Hospital; Richard Fawcett was a coffin-maker for Simpson's and lived in Hart Road (old Hartlepool). His house was one of those damaged during the German Bombardment in 1914.
An outing for the Wesley Church Ladies Group.
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