Hartlepool History Then & Now

Surtees Street then 1955

What we know about this image :

Upper Surtees Street and the Lex Cinema, Whitby Street, with its distinctive curved, corrugated roof. The two movies advertised on the side of the building are 'The Silver Whip' (a western), and 'Titanic', both released in 1953.
The large building in the background was The Raglan Hotel.

Donor : Mr. Harry Taylor

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