I lived in Duke Street from 1950 to 58 with my parents Jean and Sid and sister Anne. The house was one up and one down with the toilet in the back yard. The bath was a galvanised one that hung, when not in use, on a wall in the back yard. At the top of the street, was, if my memory serves me correctly, Tommy Scott’s scrapyard. We left, when I was eight, for a brand new council house on Thornaby Green.
A view looking down Duke Street in Thornaby. c1989
I lived in Duke Street from 1950 to 58 with my parents Jean and Sid and sister Anne. The house was one up and one down with the toilet in the back yard. The bath was a galvanised one that hung, when not in use, on a wall in the back yard. At the top of the street, was, if my memory serves me correctly, Tommy Scott’s scrapyard. We left, when I was eight, for a brand new council house on Thornaby Green.
My Great Great Grandparents, John Watson Perkin and Elizabeth nee Jones lived in Duke Street in the 1880s-1890s. I hope it was a bit tidier then!