Vicarage Gardens, Stranton, Hartlepool
Harry Johnson as apprentice standing in the doorway of Griffiths Family Butchers.
More detail »In Vicarage Gardens, Stranton DIY now occupies these premises. For many years it was Stranton Cafe and this image was taken in 1983.
More detail »Taken from near Causeway Inn looking towards the Bourn Hotel (demolished 1975) with Vicarage Gardens shops on the left.
More detail »Taken in 1966, the empty shop is Griffiths Butchers at 29 on the 1923 photo. On this view, Stranton Post Office occupies one shop and by the 1970 image this shop is vacant.
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More detail »Looking towards Stranton Church and the Causeway Inn, the image shows Vicarage Gardens in flood possibly in October 1900 or 1913 when there were significant floods. The New Burn, which runs through the Burn Valley Gardens was diverted into a new sewer in the 1880s as it was very polluted in the Stranton area. However on this occasion of prolonged rain, the sewer could not cope.
More detail »Vicarage Gardens, Stranton, circa 1970.
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