Hartlepool History Then & Now

1841 - 1970 - Cleveland Hotel - Northgate - 1

What we know about this image :

“Then and now” pictures of the Cleveland Hotel in Northgate, which building stands today still at the corner of Northgate and Brig Open. It was the place where the first Rugby Club in the Hartlepools was formed when the Hartlepool Foot Ball Club held its first meeting there in 1875 just after the end of the cricket season. However, Football may have been played in the town prior to that as at the 1890 AGM of Rovers, Arthur Hill recalled playing "17 years ago" i.e. 1873, when the sides were 30 a side.

Date (of image) : 1/5/1950

Donor : Ian Fletcher

Creator : Unknown

Part of the "Hartlepool BBOB RFC" collection

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