Looking down Tower Street from Church Square, Hartlepool. Tower Street Baptist Church can be seen on the right with Tower Street Congregational Church spire at the back. The latter church had for many years been disused. Thomas Clarkson Chemists can be seen on right on the corner of Albert Street. The building with arches on the right is on the corner of Archer Street and at the time of the photo was Smith and Graham solicitors.

Picture of Reed Street looking West toward Tower Street. Reed Street ran between Mainsforth Terrace and Tower Street. Tower Street Congregational Church can be seen at the end of the street. At the end of the block on the right was the YMCA at the corner of Whitby Street.

From a collection of photos commissioned and gathered by West Hartlepool Council.

Taken as the church was to be demolished in 1956, new flats are being built just behind it. These flats were soon to be joined by the new St Joseph's School as this was the first part of the redevelopment of the central area of West Hartlepool.

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.

Taken from the roof of Christ Church, Archer Street is on the left and Tower Street Congregational Church spire can be seen in the centre. The quite imposing building on the top right of the image is Christ Church Parish Hall in Brunswick Street.

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.

This was taken around 1954 in York Street looking towards where it converged with Tower Street. Tower Street Congregational Church was soon to be demolished.

On the left William Street is almost demolished.