Taken in 1943 in the old Salvation Army Hall in Stockton Street is the wedding of Connie Fothergill. The Salvation Army flag is always clearly displayed at a wedding to symbolise that marriage is a spiritual commitment.
It is a wartime wedding and there are clearlly two servicemen on the left hand side.
Date (of image) : 1943
Donor : Margaret Foster
Location
There were corps in Hartlepool and West Hartlepool.Hartlepool Corps opened in 1876 in Lumley Street, was later renamed Hartlepool Citadel Corps, and moved to a new hall in Durham Street which opened in May 1969.
West Hartlepool Corps, later renamed Hartlepool Temple Corps, had a hall in Stockton Street which was replaced by the current building on the site of the demolished Park Road Methodist Church in Park Road on the corner of Lansdowe Road.
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