Yes it is the Quayside road facing North. The bungalow building on the right of the picture was where we went to lay out the steel structures or pipework in chalk on the very flat floor before fabrication. You went down a ramp inside the building as the floor was quite a bit lower than the road. On the Left of the picture was a footpath up to Brougham Street and Quayside Engineering which was on a bank far higher than the Quayside road. At the end of the Quayside Engineers the road went up a bank to Brougham Street and was suitable for taking trucks down although not surfaced. The back wall of Quayside Engineers was on a grass bank again on the left of the picture, where on sunny days we would sit to eat out bait and often talk to Jimmy Leggat a local character but a well educated and interesting man to talk to. It also saw one or two of the working girls off duty until nightfall. We would fall about laughing at some of the things they told us, not suitable for here. All in all a happy time in a distant memory with many nights after overtime spent in the Pubs on the Quay.
Using the 1897 Map of Stockton & Thornaby, the railway line shown in the photo could be the one running to the quayside at Stockton. To the left of the building in the left foreground was a cut through (alleyway) into Brougham Streetwhich had Moat, Wharf and Tower Streets off at right angles leading up to the High street/Bridge road.
This road did not have a specific name, it was all part of the area known as the Quayside. This photo was taken looking north, with the River Tees to the right. The large warehouse is the one that is still standing by the river, otherwise known on as Atkinson’s warehouse. This photo was taken about 1910 and is similar to the view in photo t7667 which was taken about 50 years later. The latter photo is titled as “Unknown” but is another quayside photo.
Yes it is the Quayside road facing North. The bungalow building on the right of the picture was where we went to lay out the steel structures or pipework in chalk on the very flat floor before fabrication. You went down a ramp inside the building as the floor was quite a bit lower than the road. On the Left of the picture was a footpath up to Brougham Street and Quayside Engineering which was on a bank far higher than the Quayside road. At the end of the Quayside Engineers the road went up a bank to Brougham Street and was suitable for taking trucks down although not surfaced. The back wall of Quayside Engineers was on a grass bank again on the left of the picture, where on sunny days we would sit to eat out bait and often talk to Jimmy Leggat a local character but a well educated and interesting man to talk to. It also saw one or two of the working girls off duty until nightfall. We would fall about laughing at some of the things they told us, not suitable for here. All in all a happy time in a distant memory with many nights after overtime spent in the Pubs on the Quay.
Using the 1897 Map of Stockton & Thornaby, the railway line shown in the photo could be the one running to the quayside at Stockton. To the left of the building in the left foreground was a cut through (alleyway) into Brougham Streetwhich had Moat, Wharf and Tower Streets off at right angles leading up to the High street/Bridge road.
This road did not have a specific name, it was all part of the area known as the Quayside. This photo was taken looking north, with the River Tees to the right. The large warehouse is the one that is still standing by the river, otherwise known on as Atkinson’s warehouse. This photo was taken about 1910 and is similar to the view in photo t7667 which was taken about 50 years later. The latter photo is titled as “Unknown” but is another quayside photo.
Looking at the layout of the building and railway lines I would say this looks like the Bridge Road end of the old Riverside Road
Can anyone tell me where this is, what road?