Stockton Police Station, No. 12 Church Road, Stockton(was between Nos. 4 & 5 before 1937)(1871-1973), included in a general view of Church Road. The building is presently occupied by the Housing Department(1973-present day.) The Cattle Market Hotel, No. 6 Church Road, Stockton(was No. 3 Church Row, pre 1937) included in a general view of Church Road seen from Stockton High Street. A view of Church Road, Stockton, including Nos. 6,8,12 and 72 Church Road(pre 1937 No. 3, Church Row, No. 4 Church Row, between Nos. 4 and 5 Church Row and No. 2-4 Paradise Row respectively)No. 6 Cattle Market Hotel. No. 8 Hardy & Co. Furnishers No. 12 Police Station(1872-1973) No. 72 Trevelyan Hotel(Temperance) (1908-59) Part of Stockton Parish Churchyard, included in a general view of Church Road, Stockton, seen from the High Street.
Something which has been overlooked is that this picture shows the very tall gas lamps which used to border Church Road after the reconstruction around 1935. The lamps themselves were of a half hemisphere shape and as far as I recollect they contained four or six Welsbach gas mantles. They were far superior to the gas lamps in ordinary streets. The light, was whitish with a tinge of greenish-yellow
In 1955 or 56 the gas lamps along Church Road were replaced with low pressure sodium lamps, whose light was of an orange yellow colour. It was monochromatic, of course, so it was impossible, at night, to guess what was the colour of objects. However, the level of illumination was much superior, and it was possible to walk the whole length of Church Road reading a comic or library book.
I think that this set of lamps may have been the first of their type in Stockton. Over the next thirty years , low pressure sodium lamps became ubiquitous throughout Britain even replacing the mercury vapour type.
The pub to the Left of Hardy & Co was the Cattle Market and to the right was the former Police Station.