Can you help identify or date the photographs in this section? All we know about these images are that they feature people or places in Hartlepool and the surrounding areas and we would love to know more. If you can help, please let us know through 'Contact us' on our Home Page. Thank you.
A family group. Two of the boys have bicycles and another boy is holding a dog. Probably taken in one of the villages.
HHT&N 501
More detail »Name of factory not known but in the HArtlepool area. Date unknown.
More detail »We do not know which ammunition factory this was in the Hartlepool area. Date unknown.
More detail »Women working on an assembly line. Location and date not known.
More detail »A fabulous photograph of industry, we know the location is Hartlepool but not the name of the business or date.
More detail »A group of people on a charabanc outing from Hartlepool. Where To ? There is an advert for the Yorkshire Herald on the building behind the vehicle.
More detail »A man cutting a cake surrounded by other people. Not known where or when or why.
HHT&N 416
More detail »Possibly around 1950. Unknown band and unknown venue
More detail »Dignitaries visiting a factory at Middleton. Look at he ladies expensive clothes.We do not know any names.
More detail »Photograph of Isabella (nee Calderwood) and James Pattinson Dinsdale who lived at No. 5 Charlotte Street
James Dinsdale died on 5 January 1950 aged 67 and was cremated at Darlington.
More detail »Judging from the smiles these ladies have just finished their shift at the shipyard. The numerous 'Victory' salutes suggest this photograph was taken during the Second World War, probably at Gray's shipyard - does anyone have any more information?
More detail »Workers alongside their fire engine. Date and location unknown.
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More detail »Photograph of a group of work colleagues. Location and date unknown other tha it was in Middleton, Hartlepool.
More detail »Unknown group possibly in a school yard. Possibly 1930s /40s?
More detail »One man handing over documents to another with a third watching. Not known who, why or where.
HHT&N 404
More detail »A fabulous photograph of industry in the town of Hartlepool. Location and date unknown.
More detail »A group of men and one woman being shown around a works. Picture has Old Hartlepool on the back.
HHT&N 394
More detail »This medal was awarded to James Kane, however , we do not know what he was awarded the medal for .
He lived most of his life in Cornwall Street and worked twenty five years for South Durham and Steel Company before he emigrated to Canada in 1927.
More detail »We know that this picture was taken at Middleton. Was the track used to launch the boat into the sea?
More detail »A picture of a man hoisting three bags on a winch. They look like bags of grain and the man is wearing a white apron.
HHT&N 459
More detail »This photograph shows the workmen having a break from their jobs to have their phograph taken.
Can anyone identify the place of work or the names of people in the photograph?
More detail »We do not know where these men worked, we know the photograph was taken at Middleton.
More detail »A group of men (and lady!) outside a public house. Does anyone know which pub this could be?
More detail »A picture showing a woman being presented with a cup. There is a tag on the picture which states 'National Union of Railwaymen: Joint orphan Fund. Presentation of Cup'
HHT&N 506
More detail »A large group of unknown men pose on the steps of the Grand Hotel. Not known what the occasion was.
Jane Campbell has informed us the her father Henry Mitton is standing in the front row, far right. He was Assistant Docks Manager at Hartlepool from the late 1940s to 1952. The photographs dates around 1950.
HHT&N 414
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Venue unclear but it appears this is 1937 Coronation. There are 3 further similar images numbers q01449,q01450, and q01451 in the museum collection should anyone be identified.
More detail »A man receiving a presentation from another man. Not known who, where or why.
HHT+N 431
More detail »An undated photograph of a Royal Flying Corps Observer Officer and his new bride - can anyone identify them or where the photograph was taken?
HHT+N 776
More detail »A picture of a man in uniform next to a car with suitcases in the back. Judging by the lack of cap badge, I would guess that this man could have been a chauffeur. Anyone any ideas where or when it was taken?
HHT&N 649
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A retirement picture of a man from an unknown store. His wife is with him with a bunch of flowers.
HHT&N 512
More detail »A picture of two men shaking hands with others around. Not known what the occasion was.
HHT&N 413
More detail »A fantastic photograph of a group of workers. Sadly, we don't know where they worked other than the Middleton area, Hartlepool.
More detail »Three gentlemen from old Hartlepool pose for a photograph. Not known who, where, why or when.
HHT&N 397
More detail »Three unknown cricketers.
Only two of the cricketers are now unknown as we have been informed that the gentleman on the right is Robert Stonehouse.
HHT+N 486
More detail »Two men and two women with an early car. The bonnet is up and one man is in shirt sleeves and looks as though he has been doing some work. Location unknown.
HHT&N 672
More detail »Two old boilers in a cluttered works yard. It looks like they are being cut up.
HHT&N 470
More detail »A picture of two men stood beside two lorries. One has DWAC on the door.
A website user has contacted us with some information. DWAC stands for Durham War Agricultural Committee and the lorries were used transport POWS to and from farms and mines where they worked.
If anyone has any further information please let us know.
HHT&N 669
More detail »An unknown football team who had won the Lormor Wednesday Challenge Cup, prior to the Great War.
From 1907 onwards, the Lormor Association Football League & Challenge Cup competition was run in the area, it was restricted to clubs within a 12-mile radius of West Hartlepool GPO. This Cup may be part of the organisation Competitions. The League appears to have run until the Great War, it was restricted to players aged on average under 21 years of age. The League Sec was H Bennett of 18 , Hampshire Street, or contact Larmor’s business in Lynn Street.
The Lormor family presented a trophy for competition among under 21s in the District Rugby Union post war.
HHT&N 509 {CMc) More detail »A collection of unknown men in a variety of uniforms. Any help identifying the picture would be appreciated.
HHT&N 539
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According to Barbara Dickinson the young girl in front of the window wearing the dark pinafore and white long sleeved blouse is her late mother Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Watson. She is not sure where the image was taken but she does know her mother lived in Southburn Terrace from 1933 and previously to that she lived in Cornwall Street.
Unknown street party.
HHT&N 521
More detail »Two men in a workshop. There appears to be what could be lengths of tin to the side.
HHT&N 456
More detail »Information relating to this photograph is sparse, but it is believed to have been taken in Millbank Crescent, date unknown. The sign carried by the lady and child on the barrow (?), reads 'Walking Around the World Weekly Mail'. Does anyone have any other information about this image?
More detail »A man posing with some of his work. Nothing else known, can you help?
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