The two large houses in the foreground looking over the Burn Valley Gardens, are Ambleside on the left and Rosebank on the right and these formed Rosebank School. The large white house on the top left on the Elwick Road/ Queensberry Ave corner is Hartdale which is still there today although it is divided into two homes. The large white house top centre was Broomhill home of the Forslind family. This house was demolished in 1970 and a number of bungalows occupy the site.
Newlands Ave is the road in the centre running vertically and Westlands, Northlands, Eastlands, Southlands Avenues can be seen having been built after WW2. Claremont Drive can be seen but is very incomplete and only the first few houses built for RAF (Army ?) personnel are apparent on the top right.
Date (of image) : 1954
Creator : Aerofilms
Part of the "Hartlepool Museum Service" collection
Location
A selection of aerial photographs of Hartlepool and the surrounding area.
More detail »The Burn Valley Gardens, Hartlepool was opened to the public in 1898. Bowling greens were added in 1913.
More detail »A family, originally from Sweden, who played an important role in timber importing in the town in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Hartlepool Museum Service holds quite a vast collection of photographs of various family members, family gatherings, holidays in Scotland, The Lake District, Yorkshire and in Sweden. Unfortunately none are named, so if anyone interested in the family wishes to see them or can name anybody, then please contact us!
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