South Road, West Hartlepool, was just west of the Cenotaph and was demolished when the Middleton Grange Shopping Centre was built.
Car and Caravan outside Robert Robinson, South Road, Hartlepool. Car reg no EF 4596.
The car is an American Hudson Terraplane Coupe manufactured in Detriot in 1932.
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More detail »Convent is on the left and Edgar's Corner Shop on the right. The image looks down South Road when it went beyond York Road
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More detail »Ellen Kell (1882-1966) and her son Joseph Osborne (Ozzy) Mortimer (1916-1964), outside their South Road home in 1950.
More detail »King John's Tavern, South Road. Formerly Robert Robinson's Motor and Cycle shop.
More detail »Taken from Thornton Street with South Road across the end of the street. This area is now the large shopping centre car park behind York Road where the market is held.
The photo was from a photographic record of the Central Area of West Hartlepool prepared in 1955/6 at the request of the Town Planning and Redevelopment Committee 'in the hope that it will be of interest to future generations of West Hartlepool'
The record focuses on areas which were within the next ten years to be completely redeveloped following The Max Lock Plan. It was compiled by WL Taylor and photographs developed by Thomas Clarkson Chemist of Tower Street.
More detail »Robert Robinson, Motor & Cycle Engineers & Factors, with the Grand Garage adjacent.
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More detail »A range of 'Vulcan' vehicles displayed around Robert Robinson's premises. Cars are priced at £295 and lorries range from £445 to £545.
The houses on the left were demolished to ake way for a showroom extension in 1960.
More detail »South Road looking West to York Road. The spire of York Road Methodist Church can be seen.
More detail »Photograph showing South Road and the War Memorial with Binns in the background.
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More detail »Looking east down South Road towards York Road. Mitchell St is on the right and the next street is Alderson St.
More detail »York Road, Hartlepool at the junction of South Road. Original picture showing Jackson & Dunn Ltd
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