The Norton Hill football club 1906 – 1907. Their ground used to be on land opposite the Brown Jug. 
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The Norton Hill football club 1906 – 1907. Their ground used to be on land opposite the Brown Jug.
I have been trying for years to find info on Peter Henri, the barber. Can anyone tell me where his sons and daughter could be found or possibly contacted. As far as I am aware they are Alan, Bernadette and possibly Paul. Many Thanks.
I think Peter Henri was from Eastern Europe possibly Poland or Hungary.
The eldest brother was also called Peter. Went to St. Bede”s with myself, Julian Bailes, Paul Slieghtholme and others mentioned on this site 1961-66. He went in to teaching.
Anita Worth. Yes there was a Hairdresers on the corner on Norton Road/Salisbury Terrace. He was Peter Henri. He has 3 sons and one daughter. The eldest son I cannot name, then there was Bernadet, Alan, and I think it was Paul. Paul is the same as his Dad, a Hairdresser at Durham Road in Newtown. Peter was French.
The hairdresser you speak of was I believe Henri”s which was in or on the corner of Salisbury terrace and Norton Road, unfortunately I cannot remember the nationality of the owner, only that his English was rather florid. He did have a family because I went to St Mary’s School with his daughter. I think she went in to nursing but memory fails me.
Has anyone heard of a hairdresser/barber from Stockton by the name of (I THINK), Kor Henri who was possibly French, and did he have any family?
Bob Irwin & Ray Buck – Bob it”s taken a inordinate length of time but Trevor Hammond has finally emerged from the mists of time. He & I both ended up working at Wilton & I used to share car expenses with him in the mid sixties. It is truely amazing that his name didn”t grab me by the throat in the first instance – must be going senile! Ray two more of the names you have brought up stir the memory Terry Nugent & John Collins, with Peter, some years older. Of course this would have been a “generation” thing as they had passed adolescence – girls bikes that kind of thing, whilst I was still a kid. As for bikes, I eventually bought a 197 Bantam which I wrote off on the wilderness road attempting to miss (sucessfully) and old gadger. After discussions with my father “Your”e not having another bike”! I bought a 1938 Morgan F4, first four wheeeler they made, in 1965 sold it to buy a Cortina GT. What a mistake – it would, like your first bike, be worth a mint. Spilt milk & all that eh?
I did meet Sonny & Barbara and Sonny”s sister Kathlene about 2-3 years ago on a rare visit to the area on family business. I didn”t realise that they had retired but I guess that doen”t come as a suprise as they had worked very hard on the chippy empire!
Peter Chisholm. Sonny built up quite an empire with Chippies. He once owned the XL as well as one in Thornaby and another in Durham Road but over the years got rid of them until the last at Belle View. He retired about 4 yrs ago and sold it to Doreen one of the staff. Still going strong though don”t rely on the local industry around.
Bob + Mike Bob Not surprised you were in trouble, how do you think that the XL fish shop got the nickname Greedy’s if you asked for scraps they wanted to charge, I knew there was another building before Bronco’s but couldn’t remember it and not even that you mention the Red Stamp stores, Mike you are correct Peter was on a Motor bike at the time of the accident, he was one of a crowd of us that had motor bikes, John Collins at the bottom of Trent Street I think he had an AJS 500, Bob (Robert) Sylvester in Brinkburn Road , Ian Armstrong with a Matchless 500 he lived the last house on the left in Brinkburn with the junction of Swinburn Road. Next to Old Mr Wynn, also in the crowd were Bob Woodcock, Terry Nugent, Brian Kavanah and a few other who’s name now elude me My bike was a very humble 1930 something or other no match for the Matchless , with girder forks, single pot two stroke with twin exhausts, hand change, It had a Burman gear box , its reg was CUP 7 It would be worth a tidy sum today, bought it for a fiver (a lot of pocket money then) off Brian Whitaker and he threw in an old type flying suit helmet and goggle,
Peter. I”m not trying to be controversial but Sonny retired from the Belle View Chippy 4 to 5 yrs ago. A neighbour of mine who has probably worked in the shop all the time Sonny was there has taken over the business. Her name is Doreen. Probably at this time Sonny celebrated his 30 yrs at the Chippy. It is still going strong without the industry around to rely on.
Bob Irwin, Ray Buck and Mike Renwick. The chippie at the Belle Vue corner was taken on by the Hall family in the 50s. They lived next door to us at 242 Norton Rd. The family was headed by Big John Hall and his wife (he was a very loud southern chap!) – he is still alive today and has to be in his mid-80″! He and his wife had 2 daughters (Kathlene and Marilyn) and one son (nicknamed Sonny). When Big John moved to Norton Green area to open another chippy Sonny and his wife Barbara took over the shop. I used to work for them on Tuesdays and Thursdays peeling potatoes out back in a freezing cold wash-house! Do you know what peeling 20 sacks of potatoes is like in mid-winter? I do! They then moved to another chippy in Norton Green (possibly his Dad”s when he retired). Sonny”s sister Kathlene also opened a chippy in Norton with her then husband Tom Mcloughlin. All three sets of the family had great fish and chips! My parents and siblings are still in touch with the Hall family.
Ray. The Red Stamp Stores and Broncos was pulled down and Bainbridges who had the scrap yard at Portrack built new premises there. It was a car showroom and then became jointly owned and was a Wallpaper shop and Carpet Shop. It is now a car spares shop. The Garage at the Corner of Imperial is still there as a Filling Station. On the opposite side of the road where Thompsons the Printers had their shop is now a Newsagents and General Stole. Next door was Snowdons and now Corals the Bookmakers. Next over the back street was the XL Fish shop. I got barred out of there for complaining about the amount of chips I was getting. Bit further along was Sharps Fruit & Veg shop which is now a Hairdressers and then it was Brocklebanks the Chemists which was later the Co-op Chemist and now Physio Treatment Clinic. BTW I was married by Mr Lucas the year after you. I didn”t know Peter Kitching. Some names from down the Bank I remember. Brenda Blenkinsop, Ann Mudd and Bruce Hillerby.
Ray Buck – Ray yes I do remember Peter, he was somewhat older than me, BUT in those days people still closed their curtains as a mark of respect. I recall my mother doing so on the day of Peter”s funeral. If memory serves he was riding a motorbike at the time of the accident. The family lived diagonally across from us, next door I think, to the Nesbitts. Ian has posted on the site regarding his time on North Shore signal box.
Mike Renwick. There were 3 sons of the Coppacks. Geoff the eldest, then Nigel and John. Did you know of the Elsdons from Derwent Street. They lived in the nearest semi to Chadburn Road. When I was in the Police they offered me a house in Chadburn. It backed onto the shops in Brinkburn. I turned it down because of its layout upstairs. I could not get my bedroom furniture up the stairs and to turn round to the bedrooms because of the extra small landing. Yes I remember Bronco. He had the yard behind the big gates next to the “Red Stamp Store.” To Ray. The Blenky”s from Derwent Street also used the top room in the Brown Jug. I believe that the old man I mentioned was called Norman. There was Mick his eldest brother and the father Bob and Mary sometimes with her husband.
Bob Irwin A lot of the name sound Familiar height and weight about right, Yes Bronco Dixon’s was well known !! It was in fact on the corner of Hallifield Street and Norton Road it was pulled down and rebuilt as a wallpaper shop I think, or some such store. I think the ( Imperial garage) /petrol station (could be still there ) was on Imperial Ave / Norton Road opposite St Michael’s Church in the Avenue, where I was Christened at an early age & got married in 1964 (The Rev Lucas was Vicar ), between the two was the hairdresser Norman Brown who I went to for many years. Further up Imperial Avenue, Blackkett’s the printers, just on the kink with imperial crescent, went there many a time for stationery for the office. On the opposite of Norton Road XL fish & Chip shop and Snowdon’s the off licence big shop with big wooden counters, we used to collect the pop/ beer bottles to get the return deposits. Do any of you Mount Pleasant / Norton Hill estate lad remember Peter Kitching Lived on Trent Street, sadly killed on the Wolviston Road
Bob Irwin, Ray Buck & Bob Harbron, Bob Irwin – I well remember the Coppacks, son Geoff & I were members of the co-op youth club in Wellington Street. On cars, do you lads remember “Bronco” Dixon, his garage was on Norton Road just past Imperial Avenue, memory says that it was at one time a dairy. I recall that he managed to demolish the gas lamp, just on the flat, at the top of the bank on Trent Street. It was replaced with one of the new sodium lamps. Finally the great flood, late forties, the whole of the estate at the bottom was at least a foot deep in water above the road level.
Ray Buck. Ray I think I can remember you now. Black brylcreamed hair, 5″8″ 11 to 12 stone. When we left the Pub at closing time you would turn off to go down Mount Pleasant Road. Other people who went in the little room upstairs were Gordon Jones the ex Boro Footballer and his Dad. They had the Newsagents shop in Brinkburn Road. Harry Jaques who lived on the corner house in Brentford Road. He named his son Vincent after his Vincent Black Shadow. Who was the old chap who sat in the 1st seat under the bar?
Bob Irwin I’ll have to stop reading the treads as it keep reminding me just how much the grey matter has deteriorated, Of course it was Belle Vue chippy. Scotty’s sister was Ann I believe,
Mike Renwick, Peter Chisholm & Ray Buck. Mike as far as I know there was no daughter Christine. I have been in all the houses of the Hammonds and there has never been any mention of a sister or daughter. Peter. The houses immediately behind Norton Road were Mount Pleasant North and South. Ray. I live in Victoria Avenue and Scotts lived a few doors away from me. Bruce had left home so I didn”t know him but I did know his sister. Mrs Scott (Bessie) was the Matron at the Portrack Hospital. BTW Ray the chippie was the Belle View or commonly known as “Sonnies.” Very nice they were.
To Peter and Ray Buck. Another saying with Peter was, “I”m going to make you look nice.” re your Dad, I don”t think the name rings a bell but with age I think I”m failing on certain names. Your mother Ede, yes I remember her well. We walked up the bank from Hills most days. I walked on while she turned off to Trent Street. Ray. I remember a Ray in the room upstairs. I believe that he was in the Motor Trade as a Paint Sprayer and he also visited the Top House (Dobbies or Nellies) on a weekend. I was in there with my father in law Bill Hepple and his brother Joe and also others called Nigel Coppack (lived in Stainton Grove) and Gordon Houldey. You will know the Coppacks Mike. His father used to do the car repairs from his house
Peter Chisholm & Bob Irwin – Peter now you”ve stirred the old gray cells! Yeah – I remember walking out smelling like a singed wool sweater. Also, short back & sides, I remember at the age of seventeen my father pulling the old one:- Him: Am I hurting you boy? Me: What? Him: I must be I”m standing on your hair! Bob if I”d known I would have called & suggested a pint in the JUG. I”ve already posted somthing on the Hammonds – did he also have a daughter Christine? One last question were you accquainted with my father, Stan Renwick, who drank inn the pub when working at the “Malleable”.
Thanks Bob I”ve been wracking my old brain as to the name of the other son as you say it was Trevor,the older of the two. had a friend Burce Scott in Victoria Ave well down on the left, his mother was a matron at the hospital if i remember right, we must have sat together playing dom”s in upstairs of the Brown Jug usually on a Friday night then a detour for Fish & Chips (can”t remember the name of the chippy next to the dog track entrance) on the way home these were the best Didn”t use the XL much better known as Greedy”s Ray
Peter. I was a regular at Peter Henri”s shop. He had a family of 3 sons and one daughter. The middle named son was Alan. Just can”t remember the other names but the youngest kept up his fathers trade and has a shop on Durham Road. The daughter worked upstairs in the Ladies section. Peter was a Horse Racing fanatic and you would always see him sitting on the side seat in the shop with his paper open at the racing section. He was quite good at it. There was a woman customer from I think Middleham who”s relatives had racing Stables. When she arrived at his shop she would always tell him of the certaintt”s. He used to drink with me in the Brown Jug upstairs and we played dominoes. Very good friend. He moved from the shop to the Estate at the top of Bradbury Road, Norton. To Mike Renwick. When doing your walk up the Blackie you would pass my house in Victoria Avenue. The one facing down Mowbray Road. Also when you lived in Dalton Terrace can you rember Tommy Hammond. He had 2 sons Barry and Trevor. Tommy also was in our domino school.
Mike Renwick. I too remember going to Henri”s for a haircut. His son went to school with me but can”t remember his name. Henri”s speciality was “singeing” your hair with a lit taper! Apparently it stopped split ends. Not an issues for me as my Dad insisted on short back and sides.
Bob Harbron – Bob all true and on top of that was the fact that the lad who ran it used to hold the clouts he needed to sole & heel the shoes in his mouth. I wonder if you used Henri”s barbers just over the road, in Salisbury Terrace, his daughter Bernadette and I were pals in the mid to late 50″s. He took over the business from two lads – can”t actually remember the names but I think one of them was Graham.
Norton Hill – Amazing what memories can be recalled from this site Norton Hill House stood at the end of Salisbury Terrace, now housing. The house was a ruin in the late 1970s, but it was possible to see the formal but over-grown garden to the south, with the fancy brick edging of the gravel-path hidden by the massive stands of rhododendron bushes. The last owner was Harry Lane-Fox, builder who I believe had a Grand National winner in the 1950/60s. Mike I recall the wooden cobblers cabin on the Terrace corner, you had to mount a coulple of wooden steps to get in, the wheels I seem to remember were made of iron. The cobbler sat at a small bench with goods and tools all round the van, with a rich smell of leather and glue.
Because of the former extraction of clay in the area this area was below the level of Norton Road & was known, when I was a child, as “the hills”. From the rear of the bowling club, situated on Salisbury Terrace, I rode my bike down the steep slope to the flat area at the base. Well almost, the front wheel struck a dip hidden in the grass with the inevitable result of a rather painful spill straight over the handlebars. I can feel the pain to this day! Incidentally does anyone else remember the green wheeled structure which sat in Salisbury Terrace & functioned for some years as a cobblers?