Hartlepool History Then & Now

York Road/Victoria Road

What we know about this image :

Looking east across York Road, Binns in the right distance and behind the trees the Grand Hotel in the left distance. The terrace of houses on the right are demolished although the shops on the right exist still. On the left, to the right of the shop is the house which would become The Grange (later Loons) pub and then a car showroom and the gas showrooms all of which are now wine bars.

The traffic lights at this junction were there then and one of just a few sets in the town in 1956.

The photo was from a photographic record of the Central Area of West Hartlepool prepared in 1955/6 at the request of the Town Planning and Redevelopment Committee 'in the hope that it will be of interest to future generations of West Hartlepool'

The record focuses on areas which were within the next ten years to be completely redeveloped following The Max Lock Plan. It was compiled by WL Taylor and photographs developed by Thomas Clarkson Chemist of Tower Street.

Date (of image) : 0/2/1956

Creator : West Hartlepool Council

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