Two views of Norton Green one in 1902 and 100 years later in 2003. Photographs courtesy of Mr Robert Harbron.
Two views of Norton Green one in 1902 and 100 years later in 2003. Photographs courtesy of Mr Robert Harbron.
The little girl in foreground has a two wheel barrow as a dolls-pram. A child can be seen sitting in the door-way of the Fox and Hound , far right, while a lady with a white jug stands by the black window shutters . The drinking horse is pulling a light dray or milk-cart (note ledge around wagon) Above the horse is Nelson Yard entrance, then Reed the Grocer , who above the door proclaimed in gold-leaf on a glass panel “Grocer to the Gentry”. “The Unicorn” one of the oldest “pubs” in Cleveland in its time-honoured lime-wash as used for hundreds of years to point up Ale-Houses. The sign-post reads Darlington (west) Sedgefield (north) Two Eton-collared boys stand by the cast-iron Unicorn headed pump 1877-1939 – Slide by Mr George Wannlees of Simonside-Hall
Norton Green 1902-2003 T109. Photos 1902,from glass negative 2003, taken by Mr G Wanless Simonside Hall, South Shields