Another Stockton business with premises on Parliament Street was Carney’s Carpets. The owner, Gerry Carney, was well known and respected in the area. As a self taught piano player he often joined in on music sessions with Eugene MaCoy (Senior)and Ken Crawford amongst others. His house, ‘Greenabella’, had a garden that backed onto the River Tees in Yarm and would regularly row his small boat to the tidal limit at Worsal and back. Carney’s Carpets were well known in supplying floor covering to businesses and corporations in the Teesside area. Sadly he died at an early age in the late 60s and I believe the business did not last much longer.
I know a little about the Gibbons family, they lived at 56 Parliament Street and they had two shops in the area, also had a market stall. Other businesses in the street were Grabbens clothes shop, and a gents barbers called Halls.
Does anyone have any knowledge of a grocers shop on Parliament Street in Stockton on Tees in the 1920’s, possibly earlier run by a family names Gibbons?
The old scales, very good days. Toffee apples.
I used to work on the market before I joined the army, it was great fun, outside the old telephone boxs, and also Mattersons fruit/veg.
What a great time I had, 70s the market was great. Years before my grandad used to take me every weekend, when not on shift at the mines.
Toffee apples, then pictures and the end of the high street, the whole place used to buzzz with people. Arh the (good old days) and very safe.
Michael Higgins yes I do remember the old man with the scales my mother swore by them he apparently used to live on Durham Road and when he died left a fortune wouldn”t of thought so the way he dressed.
When I used go shopping with my Mum and if I was down Stockton Market as it was in the early 70″s. I would get my weight checked on the scales. The man was called Jack Robert”s who in return wrote your weight on small slip of paper.
Sally Jefferies. I remember the tripe stall on Stockton Market but never really knew who ran it. Here in the South of England the people regarded tripe as only being fit to feed to their pets, the four legged kind.
Does any one remember the tripe stall, just in front of the the town hall. it was run by Muriel and Tom Scarr. She also had biscuits on it. Any news on this family?
I can remember the caravan owned by the Hollis family, they used to sell all kinds of sweets, I think. My brother Peter Storey used to be friendly with the Hollis twins, he also worked on the market for around 45 years (still going), before that he was at Holy Trinity School.
To Glynis Botlon { spires } the caravan in stockton market was owned by the Hollis family, you might remember the owner nearly always smoking a cigar. Mr Hollis had a brother called Stanly who was a Green Howard, he was awarded the only VC given out for the D-day landings.
Glynis Do you remember the old gentleman who had a set of large upright scales and for a few pence you could get your weight. He was always in the centre of the Market I think opposite Dovecote Street.
Yes I can remember the toffee apples you had to queue sometimes because they were so popular I used to love the ones with coconut on them but they didn”t do them all the time, they used to sell from a caravan type of stall. Everything was so clean as well
I worked as the Toffee Apple Champion for a few years in Stockton Market that was owned by my then, Father-in-Law. We used to go though about ten big boxes of toffee apples on a Saturday in Stockton. We also did North Ormsby Market on a Wednesday.
John Lloyd
Does anyone know when this photo was taken? It’s up in the Roundel pub in Thornaby and everytime I see it I wonder!
Another Stockton business with premises on Parliament Street was Carney’s Carpets. The owner, Gerry Carney, was well known and respected in the area. As a self taught piano player he often joined in on music sessions with Eugene MaCoy (Senior)and Ken Crawford amongst others. His house, ‘Greenabella’, had a garden that backed onto the River Tees in Yarm and would regularly row his small boat to the tidal limit at Worsal and back. Carney’s Carpets were well known in supplying floor covering to businesses and corporations in the Teesside area. Sadly he died at an early age in the late 60s and I believe the business did not last much longer.
Dave, I think the clothes shop was Grabhams. My hubby was good friends with the youngest son, Andy.
I know a little about the Gibbons family, they lived at 56 Parliament Street and they had two shops in the area, also had a market stall. Other businesses in the street were Grabbens clothes shop, and a gents barbers called Halls.
Not sure but my great aunt lived at no 33 Parliament Street her name was Olive Hugill
Does anyone have any knowledge of a grocers shop on Parliament Street in Stockton on Tees in the 1920’s, possibly earlier run by a family names Gibbons?
The old scales, very good days. Toffee apples.
I used to work on the market before I joined the army, it was great fun, outside the old telephone boxs, and also Mattersons fruit/veg.
What a great time I had, 70s the market was great. Years before my grandad used to take me every weekend, when not on shift at the mines.
Toffee apples, then pictures and the end of the high street, the whole place used to buzzz with people. Arh the (good old days) and very safe.
Michael Higgins yes I do remember the old man with the scales my mother swore by them he apparently used to live on Durham Road and when he died left a fortune wouldn”t of thought so the way he dressed.
When I used go shopping with my Mum and if I was down Stockton Market as it was in the early 70″s. I would get my weight checked on the scales. The man was called Jack Robert”s who in return wrote your weight on small slip of paper.
Sally Jefferies. I remember the tripe stall on Stockton Market but never really knew who ran it. Here in the South of England the people regarded tripe as only being fit to feed to their pets, the four legged kind.
Does any one remember the tripe stall, just in front of the the town hall. it was run by Muriel and Tom Scarr. She also had biscuits on it. Any news on this family?
I can remember the caravan owned by the Hollis family, they used to sell all kinds of sweets, I think. My brother Peter Storey used to be friendly with the Hollis twins, he also worked on the market for around 45 years (still going), before that he was at Holy Trinity School.
To Glynis Botlon { spires } the caravan in stockton market was owned by the Hollis family, you might remember the owner nearly always smoking a cigar. Mr Hollis had a brother called Stanly who was a Green Howard, he was awarded the only VC given out for the D-day landings.
Glynis Do you remember the old gentleman who had a set of large upright scales and for a few pence you could get your weight. He was always in the centre of the Market I think opposite Dovecote Street.
Yes I can remember the toffee apples you had to queue sometimes because they were so popular I used to love the ones with coconut on them but they didn”t do them all the time, they used to sell from a caravan type of stall. Everything was so clean as well
I worked as the Toffee Apple Champion for a few years in Stockton Market that was owned by my then, Father-in-Law. We used to go though about ten big boxes of toffee apples on a Saturday in Stockton. We also did North Ormsby Market on a Wednesday.
John Lloyd
Therefore John you must be my uncle. I’m Andrew. Christine and David’s son.
The best toffee apples in the world were sold at the Saturday Market in the late 50″s – 6o”s. The smell of the toffee was just as delicious.