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Hartlepool at War
Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
A selection of photographs and documents kindly shared with this project by Barbara Percival.
Almost there
Donated by June PercivalThe Middleton Ferry approaching the Headland landing steps with the Stoddart children (from left to right), Charlie (aged 1½), June (aged 3), and Gerorge (aged 6).
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At the wedding of Aunt Dorothy
Donated by June PercivalIsabella and Nancy Blackett (front left and right), at their Aunt Dorothy's wedding to Mr. McClelland.
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Carnival truck
Donated by June PercivalA 1950s Hartlepool Council Bedford truck - painted a fawn/cream colour and complete with white-wall tyres! - ready for the Hartlepool Carnival. The board on the top is advertising the Muriel Carr School of Dance and holidays abroad.
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Extra crew
Donated by June PercivalA young Charles Stoddart, on the ferry across to Middleton, is being carefully watched by the ship's cat. In the background is the Lifeboat Station.
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George Palliser Blackett
Donated by June PercivalA studio portrait of George Palliser Blackett who served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. After the war, George worked in the shipyards, part of a squad of men that travelled around various shipyards when their special skills were required.
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Ice-cream on the boat
Donated by June PercivalA very smartly dressed June Stoddart enjoying an ice-cream on a ferry journey back to the Headland. The ferry landing can be seen on the extreme left of the picture.
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Isabella and Aunt Dorothy
Donated by June PercivalYoung Isabella Blackett and her Aunt Dorothy.
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Isabella and Nancy Blackett (1)
Donated by June PercivalIsabella and Nancy Blackett, with 'Gyp' the dog.
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Ship-shape
Donated by June PercivalJune and Charlie Stoddart enjoying ice-creams on the Middleton ferry.
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