The recent post about the William IV Hotel prompted me to dig out this glass we found in the family home whilst emptying it. “An original glass” from the said Hotel before it was demolished.
Image and details courtesy of Dorothy Butler (nee Wright).
Two different looking postcards of the Parish Church. The night shot looked as if it may be a drawing but could the original have been a photograph? There are some people to the right in front of the church wall, it must have been a long exposure because if you look carefully you can see one of the people have moved leaving a blurred image…
Great photographs of Yarm Station. The second photograph shows the Yarm box and A1 heading south.
Images courtesy of Gordon Armes.
A recent comment by Roy Buchanan (posted in ‘The Old Order Changeth’) about the loss of the buildings in the High Street, prompted me to post this image. The William IV was one of my favourite buildings in that part of the High Street, it was built during the reign of William IV 1830-1837. William IV was the younger brother of George IV who died childless, William had many children but all illegitimate, he was succeeded by his niece Victoria. He was known as the “Sailor King”. The architecture is so very different from the Georgian style that came before this and the Victorian style that followed it. The arched window is the most prominent feature but the thing I remember most is the glass top panel in the entrance door, it had a beautiful engraved image that caught the light at certain times, unfortunately I can’t remember what the image portrayed, I am hoping that somebody will know what it was. The door was recessed and I think there were two steps up to it.
Photograph and details courtesy of Bruce Coleman.
A photograph of the Stockton Stage Society Dancers during the early 1970s. Is there anyone you recognise?
Photograph and details courtesy of Julie Hugall.
A photograph of pupils in Standards 5, 6, and 7 at Richard Hind School taken around 1918. My mother Doris Dickson is 3rd from the right in the second row.
Photograph and details courtesy of David Wren.
A view of Yarm High Street c1980.
These two shots show the South East section of the High Street between Finkle Street and Castlegate, the first shot is of the old part that was demolished in the late 1960s, some of the shops have their windows whitewashed in readiness.
The second shot is of the replacement Castlegate Centre under construction. I understand that the Castlegate Centre is its self to be demolished.
I am interested in architecture and there were some very interesting frontages amongst the old buildings, the Castlegate Centre is very much of its time, its main saving grace was the use of bricks for the main frontage, this softens the more intrusive concrete.
One of the things I liked about the old style of shops were the window displays, nowadays there are large glass fronts mainly plastered with posters and notices, shops inside of malls have glass fronts even though there is no natural light outside, the tradition of having shop windows is alive and well but the use as display areas has just about disappeared.
Images and details courtesy of Bruce Coleman.
Hartburn Village is a street which measures approximately 485 metres long. Apparently there is only one street in Britain named Hartburn Village making it unique.
Photograph courtesy of Graham Wright.
Long demolished, but who remembers having a drink or two at The Windmill on the corner of Westbury Street and George Street, Thornaby?
Thornaby Town Council held their first post-Covid Battle Of Britain Memorial Service at the Airmans Statue on Thornaby Road on Sunday, 12 September.
The service was led by Padre Robert Desics from St Marks the Evangelist and St Peter ad Vincula Churches and was attended by both the Town Mayor Councillor Steve Walmsley and his wife Councillor Sylvia Walmsley , Leader of the Thornaby Independents Association. Master Aircrewman Ian McCabe from RAF Leeming and himself a former Stockton air cadet represented the Stockton & Thornaby Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association and the Standards were carried by Roy Smith and Ian Hindmarsh.
Following the service the congregation moved to Thornaby Cemetery were local schoolchildren placed Remembrance Crosses on the graves of the fallen within the War Graves Plot.
Photographs and details courtesy of David Thompson.
Artist Zak Newton created the painting of the Locomotion No 1 mural in Bishop Street Car Park. The car park is within metres of the original terminus of the Stockton/Darlington Railway and the world’s first steam passenger service.
Photograph courtesy of Graham Wright.
Boat mounted shell and auger boring machine taking samples for the design of the piling works along the riverside at the bottom of Finkle Street, Summer c1968 or thereabouts.
Photograph and details courtesy of John Emmerson.
I’m trying to find any details on this old song ‘Polly Flockton’. It mentions South Stockton and Norton. I believe the song dates from around 1870. Does anyone know the tune and who wrote it?
Images and details courtesy of Dave Wiley.
UPDATE 2021: I have found the musical score for the song, it turns out that this was written by a German American composer E. Mack…
Wolviston Scouts and Guides at a social event in Wolviston Parish Hall c1962. How many do you recognise?
