A group of happy looking Salvation Army youngsters singing at Oval Grange Wooler Road. The event called The Festival of Britain Garden Party was held in the grounds of the house, kindly loaned by Mr and Mrs Pyman and was on Saturday June 16th 1951.
It cost 6d entry and there were stalls, refreshments and entertainment. There was a gymnastics display by the 4th (Stranton) Boys' Brigade. The party was opened by Mrs Pinkney and Mr H Soden-Bird who both praised the continuing work of the Salvation Army.
Date (of image) : 16/6/1951
Donor : Mrs Nichol
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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