Colour photo showing Newtown Corner house, corner of Bishopton Road and Durham Road. Note the unusual roof 
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Colour photo showing Newtown Corner house, corner of Bishopton Road and Durham Road. Note the unusual roof
Wouldn’t it be great to find a list of all occupants that have ever lived in that house?
Thank you so very much Jean, you have filled in a few blanks, it’s so lovely that the history of this house is revealing itself. The social club went into administration earlier this year, so there is little the same nowadays. Your handwriting is still on the wall here and has been photographed. I still cannot believe this, great news. I am trying to piece together who lived in the house since it was built, then to create one wall in the house with all the history written on it. If you remember anything of use please ask the Picture Stockton Team for my email address.
Hi Jak I am currently building a model of the Newtown Corner Hose and what was Atterby Terrace. Did you ever find the history of the Tower House. Appreciate any help as trying to put a piece together to go with the model. Model will be posted on numerous Stockton Facebook pages as well as mine ALAN DAVIS MODEL TRAINS.
I am the one who wrote on the wall. Stephen Hall is my nephew and J Farndale was my Uncle. I was born there and lived there until I was 18 years old. My parents – James Busby Watson and Hilda Mable Watson. My father was a coal merchant and had his business over the road adjacent to the working mans club that was directly opposite.
You must be my aunt as your sister Irene was my mum I see Lawrence often. You don’t have any photos of her? I was 18 months old when she died. Thanks
After taking off the wallpaper at the current 39 Durham road just up the road of this house, known formerly Atterby Terrace, I have been blessed with a few names left underneath layers – I have J. B. Watson coal merchant 1954, daughter Jean Watson age 9 in 1954 written. Underneath his name is another J. Farndale written in the same area and 1954. Stephen Hall 9 years old written in 1966, next to it the name Smith also practiced in handwriting. A lot of other writing of peace, please stop this and some football scores presumably between Middlesbrough and Washers. The name Frederick on another wall too. I have a beautiful sign hand drawn on the wall also also which says F. Morris, Painter which appears to be earlier? Our house is on the bend opposite the Newtown social club doors, used to have SOCKBURN above the original door. When it was bought 10 years ago we were told it was the coal merchants house. Anyone know anything that may join the dots for me, particularly who lived here and for how long? Thank you so much.
My father bought my present property of Mr & Mrs WHITHEAD in 1962, and they use to live next door to my grandparents on Bishopton road.
My Grandparents, Charles and Barbara Bentley, lived on Atterby Terrace having 9 children. My mam was second oldest and was married from the house to my dad Joe Smith, that was in 1939. At the time it was owend by a MR WHITHEAD, he was a business man owning a few properties in Stockton and also a clothes shop in Garbut street. My mam, Lily Smith, worked in his shop in the war years. The house was known to us as 17 Durham road, I dont know when it changed from Atterby terace to Durham road though. Next door one way lived Connie Hall, the well known dance teacher. Other way was a family named Gordon. A few doors away was a Stockton Mayor named Mr Wiseman. I spent a lot of my childhood there playing in the back street backing onto Ezart street.
Whilst coming back from the town this morning, I spoke to a builder who was restoring the Bishopton Road side of the corner house. He reckoned it would take a couple of months, lets hope so.
I was born in 62 and apparently my parents, Bill & Kath Brown, lived there for the first 3 months of my life. I think its may have the corner house as fathers address on my birth certificate (though I may be wrong). My parents bought a house in Mellor St, off Bedford St, and have been here ever since.
The first two houses on this terrace are now boarded up, I hope somebody can renavate these properties soon, its such a shame to see them in such a bad state of repair.
How the mighty are fallen. Its falling down is it? Well, in 1896, my 12 year old grandmother used to work here as a “maid of all work” 12 years old!! And she had to scrub those steps up to the front door every week! – if anyone paid a 12 year old a fortune now to do that, they would report them for child abuse!
I used to live in this house from 2000-2004, and i loved it! Although it is now falling down and sliding down the hill, towards the main road.
Nicola, its nice to hear that No1 Ezard St brings back such happy times for you. My great grandmother give birth to ten of her eigthteen children in No1 Ezard St. If you have any internal pics of the house I would be very interested to see them.
Barry, my Grandparents (Albert and Mary Jones) lived their entire married lives in No1 Ezard Street. I believe my Grandfather”s family lived there prior to my Grandparents marriage so they must have moved in just after your grandfather. My grandparents had 4 children Amy, Albert (my Dad), Archibald and Mary. No 1 Ezard Street was a lovely house with a stained glass window at the top of the stairs and an out-house in the triangular yard! As children we spent every summer there and I have many great memories of the area. Especially walking their dog (Scamp)down to the Beck and I remember the Newtown Corner House very well.
Hi Nicola, I have just come across this post from 15 years ago. Would just like to say I have very fond memories of your Grandmother Mary such a lovely lady, I used to go visit her with my mam MAY JONES nee Wilson, my mam remained a very close friend of Mary until she died. My mam lived 9 Dinsdale Terrace in 1949 and 18 Bishopton Road in 1949. Best regards Val x
Neil, I have emailed you. If for some reason you did not get the email, my email is barry.alexander@ntlworld.com Apologies to all for this post being off the subject
Barry, Edward Atterby the builder you mention was one of my ancestors. He came originaly from Lincolnshire. He was an Alderman at the time of his death. Please contact me to swap info if you wish, mn_atterby@hotmail.com
I have been researching my family history for the last 12 years and my great grandfather Henry Alexander lived at No1 Ezard Street (1887-1901) which is just around the corner from this house. My great grandfather was a builder and took on subcontract work from Atterby Builders which Atterby Tce was named after. He would hire gangs of bricklayers and more than likely had a hand in building this house as he did with the surrounding houses in Ezard, Mellor, Samuel Streets. What I have found is that he would live in the first house on a new development so that he could oversee the building work. I have been able to find 12 houses that he lived in, all in the Stockton area, God knows how he had the time and effort to father 18, yes eighteen children.
Ged,I remember your grandparents.Your grandfathers christian name was Harry.I do have some recollection of your mother Edie, her sisters Doris, Eleanor and brother Norman. Someday I hope to visit Yarm and visit the house on the High Street where I was born. It was called Richmond House.
I lived in this house during the 1940s.It was then known as Tower House, 3 Durham Road (formerly Atterby Tce.) I have an old postcard (sepia) of the Tower which was divided between the house on Durham Road and one on Bishopton Road. The capttion on this reads Tower House, Dinsdale Terrace, Stockton.
Mark, your father would be Shaun then. I remember him as a young lad (older than me)when your grandmother rented a small house from my grandfather, Mr Fisher, in Yarm. If you recall the Fishers to your father he will perhaps remember them. I have been in your grandmother`s house many times as a youngster. Your father will not recognise the name Hutchinson but my mother`s maiden name was Edie Fisher.
I have been searching for an image of this house for years. Peggy Adamson was my grandmother and did indeed run the Transport B&B. At the time (1960″s) it was called “Tower House” – 3, Durham Road, I was unaware that it had the name Newtown Corner House. I spent many summers there, and a few Christmas”s from the time I was only a few months old until I was around 10 or 11 – about 1970 or 1971. At that stage the house was sold and Peggy Adamson moved to Dublin (Bayside estate). The house had 4 downstairs rooms-small room at base of tower (storage only), living room, dining room where drivers would eat (if there were any staying), bedroom. There was a part open kitchen onto the rear yard with a loo at the end of the yard (all freezing in winter). Upstairs were 3 bedrooms, wc/bathroom (cold room with red lino on the floor) and small room in the tower. Above that was the tower room which I think could only be reached by a ladder. There was a large stained glass window on the stairs return. I have vivid memories of the busy station across the road with its large roof (or it appeared large to a small child!) and of crossing the footbridge over the railway yards. During the day and in the evenings there was the regular clanking of wagons beig shunted in the yard beside the station building. I remember a small coal office further up the Durham Road where the coal for the house was ordered. I have never been back there but hope some day to see the house and the High Street again. My father was Peggy”s only child and he lives in Dublin also.
Does anyone recall a house called “Dunedin” in Atterby Terrace in 1915?
Hi, I was doing a web search looking up Atterby Terrace and came across this reference in The London Gazette, proving house named ‘Dunedin’ on Atterby Terrace. I just copied and pasted, so you will have to type in the details to do the search…
THE-LONDON GAZETTE, 26 JULY, 1940
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34906/pages/4637/page.pdf
London, who died on the 3ist day of May 1940 and … Dunedin ” Atterby Terrace Stockton-on-Tees in the county of Durham Spinster who died there on the 2nd …
Best wishes, Fiona
Many thanks for that information Fiona
Kind Regards,
Beverley
Jennifer Heward is correct that Peggy Adamson ran the Transport B&B from this house. I have been in the house many times as Peggy was well known to my family. Before buying this property she rented No 89 High Street Yarm from my Grandfather Mr Fisher. As I remember it, if you were Irish you were more than welcome at Peggy`s whether you were a lorry driver or not.
An Irishwoman called Peggy Adamson lived there when I was a child and offered B&B to transport drivers.
Yes, it was called Atterby Terrace, The old sign is still up on the corner. The house number started from this end to the fish shop.
Was this once called Atterby Terrace?