A Hartlepool registered car which belonged to the Forslind family.It appears to be a Circa 1924 Humber, identified mainly by the 2 peice 'v shaped" windscreen. The model  is probably a Humber 15.9 HP landaulette. The landaulette refers to the body style, where the rear passengers are covered by a convertible top.

These types of car were normally chauffer driven hence no door on the drivers side.

This is POSSIBLY a wedding at the Forslind home in Stanhope Avenue. Amongst the subjects are perhaps William and Augusta Forslind and children Karin and Erik and it could be that Charles Forslind and family are also on the picture. It was taken by Braybrook of Church Square Hartlepool in late Victorian times.

Taken in Sweden in 1948, presumably a Swedish relation.

Augusta and William Forslind with daughter Karin and son Erik in Stanhope Avenue.

Some of the boys will be Forslind members.

Notable people in business in Hartlepool.

Members of the Forslind family and their chauffeurs and cars. EF 1285 was registered to E Forslind in 1920.

Taken in 1962 in Kopstad, Sweden the image shows: RIGHT to LEFT, Kerstin, Ann Kristin, 'myself', a young Swede, young Oswald, Kirsten's husband and dog.

Unclear who 'myself' is , but possibly a Forslind family member who lived in Sweden and corresponded with a member of the family in Hartlepool. It could be a Hartlepool Forslind visiting Swedish relatives.

Probably in the 1920s in the garden of Greystones ? Broomhill? Stanhope Avenue ?, family members enjoy a picnic. The tennis balls and the man on the left in 'whites' suggest a game of tennis has been played. Greystones did have a tennis court.

Taken around 1910, the images are of Forslind family members on motor cycles, one with a wicker work side car which certainly would not pass today's safety standards !

Unidentified men but part of Forslind collection.

Possibly Forslind family members in gardens of Broomhill which did have large glasshouses.

Various Forslind family members going to a wedding at St Paul's Church. The image is looking west up Grange Road and the wall of the church is on the left.

EF 270 was registered in West Hartlepool to Erik Forslind.

Three men and a women in a Forslind garden(paerhaps Greystones ?) having tea. One man is wearing probably WW1 uniform.

The Forslind Family

Charles Albert Forslind was born in 1849 in Argboga Sweden but in the late 1860s, he came to Hartlepool and from very humble beginnings, built up a large timber merchant business and became a local shipowner. He served for 5 years in the British Navy and became a naturalised subject.

In 1872, he married Harriet Humphries  and in 1881, the family were living in Archer Street with a son Thomas. His wife died aged 40 in 1890 and Charles Albert married Jane.  The family were living at Westoe House Grange Road at the birth of daughter Adla In 1895.

Charles Albert then lived in Greystones Elwick Road until his death in 1932. He had three sons Thomas, W.H. and C.V. Forsland and two daughters.

In 1901, William Forslind also from Sweden and a timber merchant and his children Nils, Karin, William, Erik and Eva were living with them and by 1911, this branch of the family were living in Stanhope Ave.

Thomas Forslind, son of Charles Albert, in 1892 built Broomhill on the corner of Elwick Road and Queensberry Ave and his daughter lived in this house until she sold it and it was demolished in 1970. A smaller house, called Broomhill too was built on the land along with a number of detached properties.

The Hartlepool Museum holds a massive archive of Forslind photographs taken in Hartlepool and Sweden. After this family played such a large part in the industrial history of Hartlepool, it is possible that the name has now disappeared from the town.

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.

Late Victorian/ early Edwardian image of Forslind members possibly at Greystones.