A railway bridge in Stockton. Photograph courtesy of Vince Hopson 
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A railway bridge in Stockton. Photograph courtesy of Vince Hopson
The closest bridge shown has been removed, and the one behind it replaced with a narrower bridge. (Nov 2015)
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bridge-replacement-at-stockton-on-tees-railway-station-90610210.html
i think the incident that Bob Leeds is referring to happened at Hartburn railway bridge in the mid 50’s when the motor cycles collided with a bus one summer evening. I was in the park with my mates at the time and we went out to see what was happening but the police had the area cordoned off.
There was an accident at the Hartburn Bridge with a motorcycle but this wouild be 1958ish where the pillion passenger, called Henderson, was killed. They were going fishing and I believe his rod caught in the back wheel. He was doing his national service in the RAF and on this day should have been returning to his station after his leave had finished.
Does anyone recall two motor cyclists who went racing around and under this bridge and, I understand, both got killed. This would be in the middle 1950s.
The bus is a former London Transport Leyland Titan. Most of which were transferred to the provinces by Stagecoach, after withdrawal from London service
I remember as child being shown this stone with the inscription that designated that a worker had been killed in the building of the wall. It would be interesting to know any details of the accident, or of the unfortunate worker who was killed.Does any one know the dates of the wall building?
The memorial to the dead construction worker is actually 75 yards from the Stockton end, 8 feet above the pavement, and is in the form of a double-handled shovel. A similar shallow graffito is on a coping stone at the top of the steps leading to Stamp Street, now much eroded and covered with moss.
Like Ged I remember this bridge. Directly above the advertising hoarding was a small- holding type garden with a few hens there in the late forties. My pals and I would tip-toe up to the top enclosing wall and quietly pull ourselves up to see how many rats were there to throw stones at. Talking of bananas. I remember at Holy Trinity juniors our form Mistress, Miss Allen, managed to get hold of a banana in the war years. It was black and was the first I had ever seen.She patiently cut it into forty-five pieces and gave us all a taste. I told my Mother on arriving home and she said I was making it up. She knew I had not seen a banana before ( at the ripe old age of seven!) so therefore realised I was telling the truth.
The bridge is the one at Stockton Station. The photo has been taken from Bishopton Road looking in the direction of the town centre. The road branching off to the left is Atterby Terrace leading on to Durham Road. When I was a kid in the 1940`s there used to be wooden steps to the right of the advertising hoarding seen in this photo. There was also advertising hoarding adjacent to the stairway. During the war years I can remember adverts for Guiness and Fyffes Bananas. Kids of my age had never seen real bananas and I remember that, after the war when they were once more available, I was very disappointed with my first banana. Mind you, nobody told me that you had to peel them before eating – a very bitter experience.
To mark the death of one of the builders of this bridge an incise cross is cut in the wall , on the North wall/ Stockton side/ about 10ft above pavement , approx 25ft from end
This is the bridge next to Stockton Railway Station. The view is looking under the bridge up to Bishopton Lane. The dotted white lines along the edge of the road shows it sweeping round to the left where it becomes the start of Durham Road.