Thornaby Town Hall cricket club. c1937. Back row: Knox; Ferguson; Roxby; Lofthouse; Grant; Merryweather; Gray. Front row: Henderson; Bean; Lavan; White; Scott.
Monthly Archives: July 2003
Market Day in Stockton. 1985
The High Street on market day, before being pedestrianized.1985
Parkfield Foundries. 1986
Parkfield Foundries. 1986
Stockton and Thornaby Hospital staff. c1927
Stockton and Thornaby Hospital staff. c1927 
Northcote Street in Stockton. c1986
Views of Northcote Street in Stockton. c1986
Launch at Haverton Hill. c1965
A ship being launched at Haverton Hill.
Hydrogen plant at ICI in Billgham.
Constuction of the hydrogen (petrol)plant at ICI in Billingham.
Postcard showing Stockton High Street. c1910
A postcard showing Stockton High Street, about Harvest Time. c1900
Stockton in Steam
The Stockton and Darlington Seal, which the company adopted as its emblem from the beginning.
Stockton & Darlington railway celebrations. 1925
The Stockton & Darlington railway celebration. 1925
Advertising sign for F Hills and Sons of Stockton
An advertising sign for F Hills and Sons of Stockton which has just come into the Museums collections. Does anyone know about the Stormproof windows and is the reference to gas tight a wartime precaution against the possibility poison gas bombs? The sign is made of enamelled steel sheet and measures 63.5 x 47 cms. This form of sign dates back to the Victorian era and was once a very common form of advertising and made in a huge variety of sizes and shapes.
J Hauxwells and Sons. c1987
J Hauxwells & Sons, Millwrights and Engineers in Yarm. c1987 .
Head Wrightson. c1960
The kitchens at Head Wrightson, Thornaby. c1960
St Peters Church, Thornaby
Exterior and interior views of St Peters Church in Thornaby. 1921
Geo.R.Donovan. 1926
The Geo.R.Donovan was built at Haverton Hill shipyard. The keel was laid on 11th February 1926 and the ship was launched on 27th April 1926.