Children at Hart Road School celebrating Empire Day May 24th 1908

Can anyone supply the names of the Staff and Players please!

Class 3, Hart Road Infant School, in 1932. Garry Lacy is in the centre of the back row, with a bandaged head (apparently nothing serious!). The boy second on the right from Garry was his best friend, Ronnie Durham. 

A rather grainy image of the infants of Class 3 in 1950. None of their names are known.

Hart Road Junior School 1958 Netball Team with Miss Ellen Robinson (later Scott), on the left, and Mrs. Brenda Fishwick who lived near Blackhall Rocks when she married.

Hart Road Junior School 1959 Netball Team, with Miss Ellen Robinson (later Scott), on the left, and Miss Rowena Pedley (now Mrs. Hitching), from West View, who now lives in Cardiff.

Miss Ellen Robinson's 11-year old 'B' stream class in 1959 - 30 boys and 24 girls!

Mr. Adamson lived at Blackhall Rocks and owned a Bubble Car.

Mr. Copeman, a local man whose parents lived at West View and owned a cobbler's shop.

A photograph of Mr. Grant taken when he was a mature student teacher or shortly after he qualified. He was from Peterlee and ran a baker's shop there.

Children in the school dining room in 1959.

Children queing for their school dinners in 1959.

Taken in August 1982 just prior to its demolition in 1983.

View taken in August 1982 just prior to its demolition in 1983.

A view of the rear of Hart Road School. The date is unknown, but the spire/bellfry on the centre building had been removed by 1972.

A rear view of Hart Road School 1972.

A photograph of Hart Road School Cricket team from 1959/60 kindly shared by Alan Grange who notes - " I am in the centre of the back row in the cricket team - it looks like I didn't have a proper white shirt like everybody else. It would be great to put names to the rest of the faces."

A photograph of the 1959/60 Hart Road School Football kindly shared by Alan Grange (second from the right in the back row), who notes - "Ronnie Old, Mick Wilson and Alan Reed are the only boys I can identify - it would be great to put names to the rest of the faces. The headmaster Mr. Ford is also in the picture."

Can any one identify the Eleven and Staff please!

Are any names available for this X1 plus the names of the Staff please!

Taken about 1966 at Hart Road Harvest Festival. The girl holding the loaf is Elizabeth Elder and the two children kneeling are twins Steven and Susan Kisby.

Memories of Teaching at Hart Road Junior School – Ellen Scott (nee Robinson).

I worked at Hart Road Junior school from September 1956 until July 1959. It was my first job after leaving Wynyard Hall training College. When I left Hart Road, I went to Cologne in Germany and worked in a BFES school there (British Forces Education Service). 
Mr. Nixon was the headmaster - he lived in West Hartlepool. Mr. Copeman (I think), was a local man and his parents lived at West View where they had a cobbler's shop. Mr. Grant was a mature student teacher (I think), or he might have recently qualified. He was from Peterlee and ran a baker's shop there. Mr. Adamson lived in Blackhall Rocks - he had a bubble car.

In 1959 I had an 11 year old class B stream, with 30 boys and 24 girls in that class!

I began the netball team and in three years we won the local league. We had no sporting facilities or hall at the school. We even had to make 2 classrooms in half of the dining hall. The teachers were very dedicated and were working under very poor conditions with many deprived children. Nevertheless it was a very happy school and we had lots of fun there.

 Christmas parties were a huge affair and the staff provided all the children with a very happy time. We usually went to a bigger senior school for games and dances. We had a talent show, sang carols and songs, had presents and a visit from Father Christmas.  Before that we had set tables in the dining room of our school with Christmas decorations and crackers and made food and brought cakes in. All the children made paper hats and wore their best clothes. They were the best school parties I ever experienced. I learnt so much from the teachers there who were devoted to the school and gave their all to these children. 

Hart Road school teacher Ellen Robinson (later Scott), setting off for a week's hiking on the Isle of Skye in 1957.

Property, rescued from homes under threat from the fire, taken to Hart Road School for storage on a horse and cart.

Furniture, rescued from houses under threat from the fire, is stored on the grounds of Hart Road School.

More rescued furniture outside of Hart Road School.

A man puts his name on some rescued furniture in Hart Road School. Note the gas lamps in the school.

Property, rescued from houses under threat from the fire, are stored in the grounds of Hart Road School.

The teachers are Harry Ford and Brenda Hughes (later Fishwick)