Damage to houses on Cliff Terrace.
HHT&N 67
Date (of image) : 1914
Donor : Mr. John Davies
Creator : unknown
Location
This remarkable collection of postcards are from an album originally belonging to Joseph Davies, (formerly of South Road but latterly at 111 Thornton Street), which then passed to 'Uncle Jo's' nephew John Davies. Most of the postcards have captions.
More detail »Cliff Terrace, old Hartlepool was built around the late 1830s and was a very prestigious address which became known as 'millionaires' row' locally. The first occupants of the terrace were shipbuilders and timber merchants. The houses, which have amazing views across the bay to Saltburn and beyond, have five storeys, one floor being large cellar rooms with entrance steps from the front garden.
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