A selection of photographs and documents kindly shared with this project by Mrs. Maureen Ledington.
A bonfire set on Hartlepool Town Moor to mark King George V's Silver Jubilee.
More detail »The Ledington family enjoy a day on Seaton beach in the early 1950s.
More detail »The Hamilton family enjoys a day on the beach at Seaton in July 1950. Maureen Hamilton (later Ledington) is the girl in the front row.
More detail »Mary Scurr with Billy and Olive taking a stroll around the Burn Valley Gardens, in 1928.
More detail »Peter Ledington (second from the left) at a children's outing probably organised by the Rovers' Quoit Club in the early 1950s.
More detail »Maureen Hamilton (now Ledington) with her dad at Seaton Baths in the early 1950s.
More detail »Fashionable bathing beauties strike a pose for the camera at Seaton Carew in August 1932.
More detail »Fashionable bathers at Seaton Carew in 1932.
More detail »Council staff on the roof of the Municipal Buildings in May 1932.
More detail »Council Staff on the roof of the Municipal Buildings in May 1932. Mary Scurr is on the back row (centre), with Jeannie Lappin on the front row, right. Sitting next to her is Audrey Pailor (later Woods).
More detail »Council Staff in a chicken run on the roof of the Municipal Buildings in May 1932. Audrey Pailor (later Woods) is third from the left.
More detail »Council staff in a chicken run on the roof of the Municipal Buildings in 1932.
More detail »Council staff (with the exception of the Town Clerk and two others), on the roof of the Municipal Buildings in 1932.
More detail »Council staff on the roof of the Municipal Buildings in 1932, with an array of plant pots and troughs behind them.
More detail »Dad sitting astride his new motorbike, with the Hartlepool Registration Number EF 8120.
More detail »Jeannie Lappin and her dog taking a breather on a walk around the Burn Valley Gardens in 1928.
More detail »Jeannie Lappin (back) and Mary Scurr, with a sizeable audience looking on at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
More detail »Dyke House girls, 1961. Maureen Hamilton (later Ledington) is third from the left in the second row. Their teacher was Miss Beryl Reed (not shown).
More detail »Dyke House girls, 1961. Their teacher, Miss Beryl Reed, is in the back row on the right. Maureen Hamilton (later Ledington) is third from the left in the second row.
More detail »Peter Ledington (front row) with his aunty Mary Barton and cousin Ken Barton (first left) plus friends on a trip to the Headland around 1949. St Hilda's church can be seen in the background.
More detail »Frank and Frances Scurr in their finery.
More detail »A Hartlepool NALGO Amateur Dramatic Society outing to Alnwick on Sunday, 30th August, 1950. Mary Scurr is on the extreme right.
More detail »A Hartlepool NALGO Amateur Dramatic Society outing to Alnwick on Sunday, 30th August, 1950.
More detail »Celebration on Hartlepool Promenade to mark King George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935.
More detail »A group of ladies outside Hazelhurst, Wooler Road shortly after it opened.
More detail »A slightly fuzzy image of Hitler's yacht Grille, in the Coal Dock at West Hartlepool just after the war. She remained in the port until 1946 when she sold to a Canadian buyer.
More detail »Mary Scurr is just a blur as she makes a feet-first entry from the springboard at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
More detail »Outside West Hartlepool Municipal Buildings, the Mayor takes the salute during the March Past at the 1935 Jubilee celebrations.
More detail »Alice Mary Scurr was born on 24th January, 1905. At the time her parents, Mark Smith Scurr (b.1878), and Frances (Fanny) Mary Scurr (nee Shan, b.1876 or 1877), lived at 37 Rydal Street, West Hartlepool.
Her father had previously resided in Avenue Road, and her mother in Waldon Street and No.10 Bell Terrace.
Mary Scurr (left), with her father Frank and mother Frances.
More detail »Maureen Hamilton (now Ledington) with her bike in 1956.
More detail »Maureen Hamilton (now Ledington) and her bike at Seaton Carew in 1956. The Cafe Royal can be seen in the background.
More detail »Municipal Buildings decorated with flags and bunting to celebrate the 1935 Royal Jubilee.
More detail »Council staff members (left to right), Sheila Gaunt, June Paxton, and Jessie Bunton.
More detail »Council staff members Jim Taylor, Mr Allsopp, Ron Godfrey, Jim Blackwood, Frank Lamb, Joyce Walker and Nick Williams; before the last two-named left in June 1950.
More detail »Council staff members in 1950.
More detail »Jessie Bunton, Mary Scurr, Sheila Gaunt and June Paxton, standing in front of Mr. Allsopp.
More detail »Office staff members (left to right): Mr. Stewart and Jessie Bunton (back row), with Mary Scurr, June Paxton and Sheila Gaunt.
More detail »Mary Scurr and a friend on the sands at Teesmouth in 1929.
More detail »Mary Scurr sitting on the rocks at Hartlepool on September 6th, 1931.
More detail »Maureen Hamilton (later Ledington) enjoys the paddling pool at Crimdon.
More detail »One of four images of a family picnic at Seaton Carew on 9th August, 1931.
More detail »One of four images of a family picnic at Seaton Carew on 9th August, 1931.
More detail »One of four images of a family picnic at Seaton Carew on 9th August, 1931.
More detail »Picnickers enjoying a cup of tea and a sandwich at Seaton Carew, on August 9th, 1931.
More detail »The West Hartlepool Public Library dressed up to mark King George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935.
More detail »Mary Scurr (second from the left), and other members of staff from the Registrars Office in 1948.
More detail »Jeannie Lappin (right, with the natty footwear), with an unknown friend and the two youngsters Billy and Olive, at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
More detail »Jeannie Lappin out for a stroll with the dog in the Spring of 1931.
More detail »Jeannie Lappin stuck halfway down the shute at Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
More detail »Mary Scurr and some young girls from a Sunday School class in September 1931.
More detail »Peter Ledington poses alongside a 'Duck' - an amphibious landing vehicle - on Seaton beach in the late 1940s. Peter is wearing hand-knitted swimwear.
More detail »A rare image of the Peter Pan statue taken sometime after it had been formally presented by the Guides and Brownies to celebrate the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
Having been replaced from donations and fundraising by guides and brownies in 1961 after it was vandalised, it was again vandalised in 1962.
More detail »Jeannie Lappin modelling a striking Art Deco swimsuit at the Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool in 1931.
More detail »Young Peter Ledington, wearing a fine pair of hand-knitted swimming trunks, is pictured with his older cousin Ken Barton. In the background is an amphibious landing vehicle known as a 'Duck'.
More detail »Peter Ledington (on the right) and friend on the sands at the Headland in the early 1950s. The Harbour of Refuge public house can be seen in the background.
More detail »Mary Scurr and her dog "Wag", with Marton Hall Middlesbrough, long before it burned down in 1960, in the background .
More detail »Young Peter Ledington inspects the washing at 13 Addison Road in 1948.
More detail »Jeannie Lappin (wearing some classy pool shoes), Mary Scurr, Billy and Olive at the Hartlepool Headland Outdoor Swimming Pool, in 1931.
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