A view of Victoria Terrace, numbers 80 and 82 on Norton Road, Stockton showing Red Cross House and the Bishopfield Group.
Victoria Terrace, Norton Road
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6th Form, Grangefield Grammar School c1968
This photograph was given to me by my cousin Pauline Shaw nee Hough and shows the sixth form at Grangefield Grammar School, possibly taken in 1968. Pauline is sat on the extreme left of the front row. Can you name the staff or any of the pupils?
Image and details courtesy of Martin Birtle and Pauline Shaw.
Wynyard Hall Training College c1950
These women were students at Wynyard Hall Training College c1950. (L to R) Margaret ?, Elizabeth Ross, Ann McLoughlin, Vera?, ??, Irene?.
Can anyone fill in the gaps?
Sail Training, Castlegate Quay
Sail training alongside the Castlegate Quay, Stockton.
Photograph and details courtesy of Stan Hilton.
Castlegate Marine Club
Castlegate Marine Club on the banks of the River Tees c1993.
St Johns Crossing, late 1960s
I found this photograph in my late brothers effects, written on the back are the words ‘St Johns Crossing, Stockton-on-Tees in 1968’, I am not familiar with Stockton as I lived and worked mainly in Middlesbrough and didn’t visit Stockton very often, also I have lived abroad since the late 1970s, I do remember the flour mill but not the rest of the area shown in this picture.
Photograph and details courtesy of Jerry Clarke.
Aunt Dolly Robson Collection
This is a small collection of memorabilia found amongst my late Aunt Dolly’s things when she passed away a few years ago. Of particular interest is the item regarding the Globe Theatre, a topical subject at the moment. The Parish Church cover is a record of the church from 1235-1950 compiled by The Reverend R T Heselton dated May 1979. My Aunt Dolly Robson spent many years in service and I include a few letters of reference from some of her former employers. I thank my brother Harry who is the holder of these and many other items from what he calls the Robson collection.
Images and details courtesy of John and Harry Robson.
Furness Shipyard Joiners
I don’t have a date or names but it looks as if it may be a presentation of some sort, retirement perhaps. If anybody has any information about any of these people or a possible date I will be very interested.
Photograph and details courtesy of Bruce Coleman.
Thornaby Station c1989
A view from the east end of Thornaby Station c1989.
ICI Billingham c1991
Photographs taken in ICI prior to demolition c1991.Photographs courtesy of David Dawson.
Hockey Team, Grangefield Grammar School c1966/68
My cousin Pauline Shaw nee Hough attended Grangefield Grammar School from 1962 to 1969. In both photos Pauline is seated to the left of the goalkeeper – she isn’t certain of the exact years but possibly between 1966 and 1968. Can anyone spot themselves or friends?
Image and details courtesy of Martin Birtle and Pauline Shaw.
Annie Little nee Acomb, A&G Taylor Photograph
This is a photograph of my paternal grandma, Annie Little, née Acomb, taken in 1897 when she was aged 1 in a rather old fashioned Victorian baby outfit.
On the reverse is: “A & G. Taylor, Artistic Photographers. Artists in Platinotype, Bromide and Carbon. The Largest Photographers in the World. By Special Royal Warrant Photographers to H.M.The Queen. 106. High Street, Stockton-on-Tees and 55 Lynn St., West Hartlepool”.
Photograph and details courtesy of Chris Little.
Stockton Town Hall c1990s
A view of Stockton Town Hall and the Market Cross in the early 1990s.
The Bishop Auckland to Stockton Canal, 1770
The survey to build a canal from Bishop Auckland to Darlington by canal, travelling onward to Stockton using the River Tees was commissioned by the leading coal merchants of Darlington and district, who wished to transport coal by barge from the Bishop Auckland coalfields to Stockton. The intended canal when built linked with the nearest navigable section of the River Tees, allowing the barges to complete the journey by river. Brindley and Whitworth were the surveyors commissioned to prepare the initial feasibility study, they submitted their report and outline plans in 1770. The scheme collapsed due to the low density of population in this area and, therefore, of a sufficiently large market for the coal transported. After a few unsuccessful attempts at reviving Brindley and Whitworth’s plans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century, they became the basis for the famous Stockton and Darlington Railway in the 1820s. The canal was never built. It was designed by James Brindley, the engineer responsible for the Bridgewater Canal, with Robert Whitworth’s assistance.
Map reproduced with the kind permission and consent of the copyright owners, the British Library, London. Details courtesy of Bob Wilson.
A Victorian Portrait by A & G Taylor
I wonder if anybody knows anything about this company, A & G Taylor photographers.
Images and details courtesy of Bruce Coleman.
Riverside Inn, Thistle Green
It’s been empty for years but the Riverside Inn could soon get a new lease of life with plans to convert the building into shops and flats. Bulldozers moved in on Tuesday 18 June 2019 to clear the way for the revamp.
