View of High Street Stockton, showing the market, also Collingwoods jewellers and the Parish church in the background. The market included in a view of part of Stockton High Street, c1950s

View of High Street Stockton, showing the market, also Collingwoods jewellers and the Parish church in the background. The market included in a view of part of Stockton High Street, c1950s

I used to ride my bike to Stockton Market, towing my friend Ray Beddard sat in a pram. We collected all the wooden fruit boxes, took them back to Thornaby, chopped them up and sold them for sticks to light the fires at 2 pence a bundle and then off to the cinema for the night.