Horizontal retorts, showing coal charging machine. Stockton Gas Works. 1921 
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
Horizontal retorts, showing coal charging machine. Stockton Gas Works. 1921
My father, Matt Wright, was the Manager of Stockton Gas Works around about the time of the late 1960s. He passed away in May 2021 at the age of 96.
Morgan’s grocery shop was on the corner of Byron Street
Percy Jenkins lived in the house attached to the shop in Byron Street, the shop at the Fenny Street end of Byron St. was Davidsons and the shop on the corner of Allison Street/Fenny Street was the Harbron Sisters.
Seeing a picture of the gas works on your web site brought back a lot of mixed memories for me, I remember the search lights during the war on top of the gas works and also my mother having to queue nearly all night for one bag of cinders so we could have a fire in the winter. Please keep this web site going because I live away and enjoy looking at the pictures of home.
I lived in Thompson Street the gas works were at the bottom of the street the Talbot pub at the top and our house across from it Adams and Smith’s motor bike repairs.
Hi Joan, I lived in Thompson St, the pub at the top of the street was “The Turks Head”…
You’re right Whitehouse & the Gladstone pub was facing Garabaldi Street, between Byron Street & Milton St. Madge Vicker’s bakery shop was across the road from the Gladstone.