A Masonic Lodge dinner at old Hartlepool. Not known when.

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Two ladies, possibly from the Match Factory, as the adverts on their bicycles read Nemco and Coronation matches in the Coronation parade. This view is taken looking east on Lauder Street. The Technical College can be seen on the right with the Town Hall behind - opposite on the left hand side is the Masonic Hall. The Pearly King on the left of the picture has his bicycle decorated with pictures of the Royal family. 12th May 1937. 

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The Masonic Hall Illuminated during the celebrations of the Coronation,May 1937. 

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Picture of an old Masonic Lodge in Church Square, Hartlepool. Now believed to be part of the Cleveland College of Art. Picture c1960s

Hunters Wool Shop is seen next door.

The St Helen's Masonic Lodge is in Regent Street on Hartlepool Headland. THe lodge was formed in 1846 and moved into the current Regent Street premises in 1858.

It was to be called St Hilda's but as a lodge of the same name was already in South Shields, it was named after St Helen's Chapel's nearby ruins.

St Helens Masonic Lodge, Regent Street, Hartlepool. Being painted at the time of the picture.

St Helens Masonic Lodge, Regent Street, Hartlepool looking resplendent in a new coat of paint.

Taken from the garden in Regent Square

The image shows the Town Hall in what was then Hart Road but is now Raby Road. The town hall was built in 1897 and the Masonic Hall to the right on the other side of what is Lauder Street was built in 1893.

The photo was probably taken not long after the Town Hall opened.

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