Taken looking towards the North Cemetery which is in the background the camera looks along Brooke Street which ran from Sandringham Road to Hart Lane. On he right is the West End Cinema or 'Westies' which was in Collingwood Road. The photo was taken in 1964. Modern housing is on this area now.
Date (of image) : 1964
Part of the "Hartlepool Museum Service" collection
Location
Former cinema in Collingwood Road which opened in 1915 and closed in 1959. The area was demolished in 1969. One long term manager was Fred Rogers who lived diagonally opposite the cinema in Angus Street.
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