Port and town.
Volunteer labour taking the place of striking railway workers.
This pic also gives a glimpse into the Timber businesses that was centred on the Bond Yard behind the Railway Station as Pit Props can be seen in storage. The business sign for Carter, Carter, showing the Main Office at 20 Church Street ,is also prominent, No 20 Church Street is better known as Andrew C Watt, Tobacconists, with Carter, Carter on the first floor.
Several firms were in the Bond Yard for many years including May & Hassall and Richard Wade, the Carter, Carter business imported Softwood ,and was formed along with Chas Manson, the Carter home being “Westland’s” , and one son, R B Carter was ADC to Winston Churchill later in life.
Chas Manson had left the business to move to the Midlands but returned to take over the Christopher Brown business in Baltic and the Carter, Carter named revived for a while in the DIY Sector. CMc/CB
More detail »The Acorn Inn, Tower Street. Licensee: Lancelot Newton.
More detail »Aerial View of Church Street area, Hartlepool. The original shopping area around Lynn Street is still there and a good view of the docks
More detail »Aerial View of Hartlepool Town area before the Civic Centre was built. It also show a lot of the dock area.
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More detail »Aerial view of Hartlepool, c1961
More detail »The Atlantic Hotel, 14 Surtees Street. Licensee: Minnie Putnam. With a poster on display advertising the showing of the 1948 Film, "I remember Mama" at the Odean Cinema
More detail »A driver poses in front of his of a Bee Line Roadways lorry.
More detail »Robinson's Cavalcade of Fashion, 1935.
More detail »West Hartlepool Cycling Club taking part in a procession for decorated cycles and scooters. They won the award for the largest banner by a cycling club in fancy dress. Coronation Procession, 12th May, 1937.
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More detail »Bridal Party arriving in style in their Floral decorated wagon. The wagon was entered by George Sabey & Son, Market Gardeners, Steins Cottage, Serpentine Road. They achieved second place in the event Tableux for four or more persons. 12th May 1937.
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More detail »D.M. Brown's Grocery Store, 96 York Road, West Hartlepool.
More detail »Dyke House Secondary Modern School, Form IB, July 1951.
More detail »"Fairey's Glen", part of the Hartlepool Carnival, probably sometime in the early 1950s in the Baltic Street area. Eileen Thompson is the fairy on the far right.
More detail »Fashion conscious ladies attending a possible Fashion show as an all female audience is seated around floral carpeted catwalk.This could have been held in one of the large department stores possibly Robinsons or Binns.Binns did hold fashion shows and it could possibly be the top floor cafe as chairs have been cleared away in the background.
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More detail »The first Hartlepool Carnival took place between 17th-20th September 1924. The Carnival King was Miles Courtdale and the Queen was Herbert Gilfoyle.
More detail »The Greenside, Stockton Road, Hartlepool.
More detail »The Hibernian Public House awaiting demolition. North Wells Street. Last registered landlord 1910-11 J.R. Waterman, opened 1844.
More detail »J.J. Hardy, Brass Founders and Engineers, 9 Church Street, West Hartlepool.
More detail »Sales Department of Jackson & Dunn Ltd., Ironmongers, Plumbers and Electricians, 107 York Road, West Hartlepool.
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More detail »Johnson Brothers, Dyers and Dry Cleaners, and Taylors Drug Co. Ltd. occupying the ground floor of the old Palace Theatre.
More detail »M. Robinson & Sons, Lynn House, Lynn Street, West Hartlepool.
More detail »Marks & Spencer Ltd.,at 47- 49 Lynn Street, West Hartlepool with Boots the Chemist on the right.
This shop had been Dickson and Cross previously and Marks and Spencer's original West Hartlepool shop was at number 39 Lynn Street next to the Market Buildings (in the direction of Musgrave Street) in a store later owned by Liptons and before demolition Duncan's food store.
The shop to the left on this photo also became part of Marks and Spencer's West Hartlepool store and the exterior of the upper floors were completely renovated.
More detail »Peace Tea to celebrate the end of the First World War, 1919. The gentleman in the centre is Eddie Curran, landlord of The Dock Hotel.
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More detail »A group of Prissick Schools children in fancy dress to celebrate Empire Day.Possibly taken in the grounds of St. Hilda's Church.1908
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More detail »Prissick School in fancy dress to celebrate Empire day.The British Empire is well represented with a wide range of costumes and banners.Possibly taken in the grounds of S. Hildas' Church in 1908.
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More detail »A group on the beach at Hartlepool. Most of the children are shabbily dressed and may be from the workhouse.
More detail »Robert Robinson, Motor & Cycle Engineers & Factors, with the Grand Garage adjacent.
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More detail »Royal Naval Association, on the corner of Murray Street, West Hartlepool.
More detail »Sailing ship coming into port at Hartlepool.
More detail »Staff from Richardsons Westgarth, Hartlepool
More detail »The Central Public House, Central Estate, Hartlepool.
More detail »The Clansman, Stockton Street, Hartlepool, was a Public House built as part of Middleton Grange Shopping Centre. It was very popular at one time and is currently called Jax and sells real ale.
More detail »Mill House Inn.
More detail »Thomas Relton & Sons, Off Licence, 53 Scarboro Street
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