Taken from Hughes corner shop at 70 Florence Street in the early 1900s, the image shows Mary Ann Hughes who married George Henry Hughes. The shop was still open until, along with the other two Wagga streets, Florence Street was demolished.
This photo is from an American lady, Linda Hughes Hiser, who has done a lot of family research and also luckily has ancestors who kept photos !
To read more about the family and Linda's research about her Hartlepool branch, follow this link.
http://lindahiser.com/Hughes.html
Donor : Linda Hughes Hiser
Location
One of the three streets on the Longhill Estate built to house early steelworkers and isolated from the rest of the town. The other two were Portland and Hill Streets. They were demolished just before World War 2.
More detail »'Wagga' was a local nickname for the area officially called Longhill. It was an area originally built by Thomas Richardson to the west of his steelworks comprising Florence Street, Hill Street and Portland Street and these remote streets, named after the Australian Wagga Wagga, were remote from the rest of the town and without drainage or paving. The whole area around Sydenham Road eventually was given this nickname.
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