A view of the High Street, Stockton on Market Day. Blackburn and Co., and the Temperance Hotel shown in background. 
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A view of the High Street, Stockton on Market Day. Blackburn and Co., and the Temperance Hotel shown in background.
Could this be earlier than 1920, look at the clothing of the men ,about c1910? Is it a “Hiring-Day” , note all the men around the west side of Cross, not shoppers and the vacant area”s in the rest of the picture A good hiring boss would have a crowd around him, whereas a “Cold-Knuckle Farm” would have Hiring problems. The steps of the Cross were never used at this time by Stocktonians they were still part of the Borough “Establishment” as it had been for over 300 years , for Electoral, Council, and Nation Events, a rally-point for the Towns-Folk Example :- early 1800s a rally point for the evacuation of Stockton folk in the event of Napoleonic Invasion The announcment of the Local M.P results , as late as the 1950s