Firemen outside Eaglescliffe Fire Station in June 1944. Names we know are E.Pickles, Mackey, G. Dale and A. Muff. Anyone else you can put a name to?
Eaglescliffe Fire Station c1944
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Brass Band, Billingham Town Centre
A Brass Band plays to a large group of people and passers by in Billingham Town Centre.
St Mary Magdalene Church
St Mary Magdalene Church in Yarm. The church was re-built in 1730 and restored in 1878.
Was this your local Co-op?
Where was branch 31? Does anyone remember visiting this Co-op?
Any memories or accounts of people working on the telescope at Jodrell Bank?
This is the Mark II radio telescope under construction by Head Wrightson in 1963. When completed it was transported to its home at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire. Jodrell Bank (www.jodrellbank.net) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 2017 the Mark II was designated as a Grade I listed building, the highest grading awarded to buildings of “exceptional interest”.
The Mark II is part of the MERLIN array of radio telescopes. (That’s Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network in case it comes up as a pub quiz question and you want to impress your team mates). The array consists of up to seven radio telescopes observing phenomena such as galaxies, quasars and interstellar gas clouds. We knew Head Wrightson’s work went around the world, but we can see it also reached far out into the universe…
If you worked on the telescope or knew people who did please let us know!
Corporation Bus Model
This is a hand finished model of an “O” bus that my brother recently got for me. It was made by a gentleman who lives somewhere in North Yorkshire. It looks quite authentic with the spattering of mud along the sides and rear. Also detailed is the address of the General Manager and Engineer, WC Wilson, whose department was in Church Road. Presumably that was in the new Council Offices. Has anyone any idea of the capacity of these buses and what was engine and horsepower?
Photographs and details courtesy of Fred Starr.
Class Photograph, St Peter and Paul’s school c1954
I have attached a very early class photograph probably the first year I attended St Peter and Paul’s school. I would have been six years old at the time as my first year at school was spent at St Mary’s in Stockton. Some of the teachers from this time I remember are:
Miss Blenkinsop, Mrs Ferguson, Miss Holmes, Mrs Smith, Jim Doughty (Head master), Miss Gallagher, Mr Macintosh.
The names of the pupils I can remember (I hope) are; Back row (l-r): Peter Dee. Keith Codd, Gerard Downey, Anthony Monk, Terry Bainbridge, Brett, ?, Ken Salmon, Dave Cook, Francis Kane, Fred Burr, ?, John Mathews, ?.
Middle row (l-r); Carol Vettas, ?, Nertney, ?, Kathleen Rawlins, Sylvia Stottle, ?, ?, Patricia Roberts, Elisabeth Goldsmith, Linda Parker
Front Row (l-r); Alan Taylor, Brian Philips, Jimmy Shepherd, Eileen Burke, Elisabeth Condon, Christine Waters, Theresa Richardson.
Photograph and details courtesy of Ken Salmon.
Residents of Lomond Avenue, Billingham c1953
These photographs show some of the residents of Lomond Avenue, Billingham around the time the Queens Coronation. I recognise a lot of the faces but the names I know for certain are:
In the football team, standing extreme right is Arthur Davies and 4th from the right is my Dad, John (Jack) Dunn. Kneeling 3rd from right is Eric Rhodes.
In this photograph my mum is standing 2nd from the left.
Photograph and details courtesy of Malcolm Dunn.
Bowesfield Junction, 1980
I took these images on a visit to Bowesfield signal box one Saturday afternoon during 1980. The box always interested me due to its complexity of junctions, and the volume of traffic it controlled at that time. The following day, I went on to photograph a number of signals and junctions that came under the control of this iconic location.
Photographs and details courtesy of Steve Edge Robinson.
62 Bishopton Lane c1986
T&G Workers at 62 Bishopton Lane, Stockton c1986.
Stockton Junior Schools Athletics Association
These two photographs show the letter rack presented to me in 1996/7 after my retirement having been the secretary and organiser of the annual Stockton Junior Schools Sports day from 1971 to 1995. This was held every June or July weather permitting from I believe well before the war, indeed the girls trophy for large schools being silver marked for 1939.
There were races for teams of children from the ages of 7 to 11, plus relays each having its own final. The races were held on Stockton Cricket Ground for many years and then in the latter years on the William Newton School field. Between 20 and 25 schools took place each year and to make sure all schools had a chance they were put into two categories, small schools and large schools depending upon pupil numbers. Unfortunately I believe that the association has ceased to function for many years although I believe the Cleveland ones may still continue. Some schools in the old Stockton Borough will no doubt still have trophies in their keep.
Photograph and details courtesy of Derek Graham.
Jacob Smiths Glazier, Thornaby c1904
This photograph shows a lady standing in the doorway of Jacob Smith’s Glazier and picture framing business on Georgina Street in Thornaby c1904.
Photograph and details courtesy of Derek Smith.
Picture Stockton Calendar for 2020 is available to buy now!
Featuring stunning black and white photographs taken from Picture Stockton, the Yesteryear Stockton-on-Tees calendar for 2020 includes Yarm Viaduct,
Billingham Town Centre, Thornaby‘s Five Lamps and Stockton Market to name but a few. The monthly photographs are accompanied by a spacious dated grid that provides space to organise appointments, birthdays and reminders.
Available for £8.99. Get yours from any library within Stockton Borough or email pictures@stockton.gov.uk to place an order or for more information.
Billingham Synthonia Scouts c1957
This is a photograph of Kestrel Patrol taken at our annual camp in Raby Park c1957. I think it was the day that our parents paid us a visit. In the back row from the left is me Malcolm Dunn (Patrol Leader believe it or not), John Donnachie and Chris Rhodes (my next door neighbour in Lomond Avenue).The names of those in the front row escape me.
Photograph and details courtesy of Malcolm Dunn.
A view of the Tees from Victoria Bridge, 1984
A general view of the River Tees and its banks from Victoria Bridge, Stockton. On the Thornaby bank the site occupied by the Cleveland Flour Mills and North of England Pure Oil Cake Co., premises can be seen. c1984.
4th Norton Football Team c1983/84
I photograph showing the 4th Norton football team taken (I think) at Newham Grange park. Shame we didn’t have a kit, these were quite tough times though! These will have been taken in the summer of ’83 or ’84, despite the Datsun sponsor on the Boro strip (1980 – 1982).
Photograph and details courtesy of Neal Aberdeen.
