28 thoughts on “Stockton Stone and Concrete Works”
The inspectors house is still there. It is located at Norton Junction I believe, not far from Harpers Garden centre. You can google earth or see it on Multi Maps to get its location. It is a different building to the Station masters house.
I am trying to locate what happenend to the Hobbs business, how long it traded and the work they were involved with. Has anyone any ideas as to where that information may be?
The fire you refer to Jean was probably one hot summers day when some young boys had lit a camp fire and it got out of hand. With the long grass being so dry it spread like wildfire and covered the whole area in a mass of flames, I saw it and also saw the fire engine rushing down station road. It was around 1935.
Somewhere near to the concrete works there must have been another business owned by a Mr Albert Edward Hobbs. There is reference to a fire there in 1935. Does anyone have any recollection of what the firm was called and how long it was in existence? My grandfather worked for Mr Hobbs and I would like to know how long the company was in existence and what they manufactured or did.
Calf fallow /Iron works The Station Masters house is still on site just past a new foot-bridge which allows access to Station Road Sports Centre facilities , behind Calf-Fallow farm , now “Daisy- Chain “respite Care Centre “The Inspectors House “, still occupied, is 1/2 miles to the west , N.W on the Harpers Garden Site
HAVING READ THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE INSPECTORS HOUSE COULD THIS BE THE SAME HOUSE THAT I KNEW AS THE STATION MASTERS HOUSE . THIS HOUSE WAS AT THE END OF CALF FALLOW LANE AND TO GET TO IT THERE WAS A LITTLE DIRT DRIVEWAY UPTO IT. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IT WAS A MR FORD WHO WAS THE STATION MASTER AND I BELIEVE THE SIGNAL BOX WAS OPERATED BY A MR TINKLER WHO LET US IN THERE ON A SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE LINES WERE NOT SO BUSY AND STOCKTON STONE AND CONCRETE WORKS WHERE I HAD A VERY BAD ACCIDENT WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5YRS OLD WAS OWNED BY THE WILSON FAMILY
Hello Robert I have found a wonderful scetch of the furness houses Calf fallow lane dated 1952 It is in a local history book in Norton Library the nearest I have come to a photograph. I made a special trip there and found lots of local books. Does anyone have any details about Hornleys or hornlees Farm Calf Fallow lane I expect long gone but someone may have some history on the farm. I also have connections with a Thomas Bell who lived in the railway inspector house I think it is at the Norton Junction end of the line I am not sure how anyone approached the house I think you have to go down a footpath off Junction road. He lived there with his wife Barbara and lots of children but I am going back to the mid 1800″s. I believe this house is still standing. He was one of the railways Civil engineers for S&D in 1827, moving to Clarence and Hartlepool railway . He lived all his life around Norton working for the railway for some 40+ yrs. Its a shame the railway have lost its important roll in society
Hi Robert. Now we know who you are I can tell you that Charlie Watson did live on the Farm that is now owned by Blackwells Butchers. It is on the R/H side of Junction Road just before Harpers Garden Centre. To access this farm you have to go through a private housing estate and is across the railway. I would say that it backs onto Stephensons land. Charlie”s father had a milk round in Norton and delivered with pony and trap. Re. your dad, I also knew your Grandfather Bob who made the George & Dragon in the High Street his local. I believe he was also a member of the Norton Workies Club.
How well I remember the milkman delivering in Mill Street and Oakwell Road,the horse always seemed to have “his nose bag on many people had a slice of bread ready for him to eat.
I also remember the fruit and veg man with his horse and cart,and the “rag and “bone man with his,oh happy days.
Re farms on Junction Road Norton, I lived in Grantham Road 1933-1951 the only farm I remember was Tunstalls` it was on the right hand side going up to Durham Road. Tunstall farmed it for most of my life in Norton. At that time you went through the farm gate and up the track to the farm. I spent many happy times there voluntarily delivering milk around Leven Road to as far down as the Avenue Cinema years before the Forum taking over and other changes.
From Fyffe Road onwards, along Junction Road, was all fields to just past Grantham Rd. The William Newton school was built just before the war and the site made a great playground with all the grass sods on which we played castles. Tommy Watson lived on there farm nearby somewhere near the Garden Nursery that started updater on. I understand Tommy did well with agricultural contorting. Good lad Tom.
Just before Tunstalls` farm was a big house owned by Tyson Hodgson, this was bought by the Armitage family Dentist and Doctor Edith Armitage who were well known and respected in the area. My good wishes to Bob Irwin glad the see you ticking on Happy days.
dear christine unfortunately i do not know of any old photos but will ask my mother when I can. The only piece of Calf Fallow Lane that still exists apart from the station masters house is a piece of our old wash house wall which is still visible to this day.
dear bob you are quite correct my dads name was Robert and Charlie Watson who I believe also ran a farm with his parents did marry my auntie Irene my dads sister. I think I was the one that fell in the wash!
Well Robert James Morgan your comments about the dairy farm on Calf Fallow Lane were very interesting The Dawson”s lived there untill at least 1912. I am pleased you have answered my question about the Daisy Chain being the Dairy Farm. Do you happen to have a photo of the cottages on Calf Fallow Lane I would love to see one. There were Dawsons living at no 8 also.
Well Robert I do remember your family at Calfallow Lane. I was a regular in the Station Pub. It would be in the late 50s. I played darts with I suppose your father “Bob”. I remember one night whilst he was throwing a dart someone ran into the Pub and said, “Your son has fallen in the Wash” which was the beck across the fields from your house. “Bobs” reply was “Did he get wet”. I also remember a Charlie Watson. I think he married into your family.
As a younster I lived in the end house in Calf Fallowe Lane next to the farm at number 16 in them days it was owned by the Stephenson family and they indeed ran a dairy from the farm we lived there until I think about 1965 and not long afterwards all the houses were demolished. I also have fond memeries of norton station
Stone Concrete Works – when Norton Iron Works was built in 1850, two rows of houses were built along Calf-Fallow Lane alongside the Works and the children who attended the Norton Board School in the late 1800s were known as The Furnace Children. A Mr Page purchased these houses and they were inhabited to the 1960s when they were demolished.
I am very interested in the Concrete works on Calf Fallow lane. You gave reference to the Farm on Calf Fallow Lane My great great grandfather Thomas Dawson was a milk dealer in the late 1880″s and his son Graham took over the business in the early 1900″s there name was Dawson and I have Dawson”s that lived in the cottages on Calf fallow lane. I wondered if any one had any information or photographs of the cottages that stood next to the farm “The Daisy Chain”
Bob Harbron – Bob again I find myself indebted to your knowledge of the area. I had an inkling the promentory was slag. Both my grandfather & father were in the steel industry & they may well have mentioned what you”ve confirmed. Your info has revealed, that the lower ground was just part of the topography i.e., the valley of Billingham beck. With the presence of the derelict steam navvy I wondered if any extraction had taken place, but it seems it was probably a convenient place to dump redundant machinery. Thanks again – Mike
Norton Iron Works Mike, ref to earlier article on this view, the one above is The Stockton Stone and Concrete Work, Calf fallow Norton. The promentry is of slag from the Iron-Works and was used in stone and concrte production The stream was a “leet”, taking water off Billingham Beck to Bishops Mill Norton , the pond was the result of the collapse of a brick tunnel that the iron company was made to build when their slag-tip threatend the mills-water way This area was once very marshy, but now passable The Clarence Railway 1835, had to tunnel their rail Embankment for the same reason (still in situ) Norton Golf Course is 1/2 a mile west at Norton Junction, ( Harpers-Garden Centre site ) alongside Junction Road
The buildings had disappeared by the time I arrived in Stockton. However it was possible to walk along the crag on which it stood. Down on the flat under the crag for some years stood the remains of a steam navvy. I also seem to remember a stream & a pond. Looking at internet maps this area now appears to be part of the golf course, is that correct?
Stockton Stone and Concrete Works Original site of Norton Iron-Works , Calf-Fallow Lane ,Station Road Norton.(Big-Ben Bell 1856) Known as “Norton Castle”, with its tunnels and concrete towers a play-area for many years and battle-training for local T.A. Area now “Forest Park” Estate, with “Daisy-Chain” respite-care charity in Calf-Fallow farm, from which field this Photo taken in the early 1900s.
The inspectors house is still there. It is located at Norton Junction I believe, not far from Harpers Garden centre. You can google earth or see it on Multi Maps to get its location. It is a different building to the Station masters house.
I am trying to locate what happenend to the Hobbs business, how long it traded and the work they were involved with. Has anyone any ideas as to where that information may be?
The fire you refer to Jean was probably one hot summers day when some young boys had lit a camp fire and it got out of hand. With the long grass being so dry it spread like wildfire and covered the whole area in a mass of flames, I saw it and also saw the fire engine rushing down station road. It was around 1935.
Somewhere near to the concrete works there must have been another business owned by a Mr Albert Edward Hobbs. There is reference to a fire there in 1935. Does anyone have any recollection of what the firm was called and how long it was in existence? My grandfather worked for Mr Hobbs and I would like to know how long the company was in existence and what they manufactured or did.
Calf fallow /Iron works The Station Masters house is still on site just past a new foot-bridge which allows access to Station Road Sports Centre facilities , behind Calf-Fallow farm , now “Daisy- Chain “respite Care Centre “The Inspectors House “, still occupied, is 1/2 miles to the west , N.W on the Harpers Garden Site
HAVING READ THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE INSPECTORS HOUSE COULD THIS BE THE SAME HOUSE THAT I KNEW AS THE STATION MASTERS HOUSE . THIS HOUSE WAS AT THE END OF CALF FALLOW LANE AND TO GET TO IT THERE WAS A LITTLE DIRT DRIVEWAY UPTO IT. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IT WAS A MR FORD WHO WAS THE STATION MASTER AND I BELIEVE THE SIGNAL BOX WAS OPERATED BY A MR TINKLER WHO LET US IN THERE ON A SUNDAY MORNING WHEN THE LINES WERE NOT SO BUSY AND STOCKTON STONE AND CONCRETE WORKS WHERE I HAD A VERY BAD ACCIDENT WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5YRS OLD WAS OWNED BY THE WILSON FAMILY
Yes I remember Mr Tinkler – we lived at no 4 Calf Fallow Lane
Hello Robert I have found a wonderful scetch of the furness houses Calf fallow lane dated 1952 It is in a local history book in Norton Library the nearest I have come to a photograph. I made a special trip there and found lots of local books. Does anyone have any details about Hornleys or hornlees Farm Calf Fallow lane I expect long gone but someone may have some history on the farm. I also have connections with a Thomas Bell who lived in the railway inspector house I think it is at the Norton Junction end of the line I am not sure how anyone approached the house I think you have to go down a footpath off Junction road. He lived there with his wife Barbara and lots of children but I am going back to the mid 1800″s. I believe this house is still standing. He was one of the railways Civil engineers for S&D in 1827, moving to Clarence and Hartlepool railway . He lived all his life around Norton working for the railway for some 40+ yrs. Its a shame the railway have lost its important roll in society
Hi Robert. Now we know who you are I can tell you that Charlie Watson did live on the Farm that is now owned by Blackwells Butchers. It is on the R/H side of Junction Road just before Harpers Garden Centre. To access this farm you have to go through a private housing estate and is across the railway. I would say that it backs onto Stephensons land. Charlie”s father had a milk round in Norton and delivered with pony and trap. Re. your dad, I also knew your Grandfather Bob who made the George & Dragon in the High Street his local. I believe he was also a member of the Norton Workies Club.
How well I remember the milkman delivering in Mill Street and Oakwell Road,the horse always seemed to have “his nose bag on many people had a slice of bread ready for him to eat.
I also remember the fruit and veg man with his horse and cart,and the “rag and “bone man with his,oh happy days.
Re farms on Junction Road Norton, I lived in Grantham Road 1933-1951 the only farm I remember was Tunstalls` it was on the right hand side going up to Durham Road. Tunstall farmed it for most of my life in Norton. At that time you went through the farm gate and up the track to the farm. I spent many happy times there voluntarily delivering milk around Leven Road to as far down as the Avenue Cinema years before the Forum taking over and other changes.
From Fyffe Road onwards, along Junction Road, was all fields to just past Grantham Rd. The William Newton school was built just before the war and the site made a great playground with all the grass sods on which we played castles. Tommy Watson lived on there farm nearby somewhere near the Garden Nursery that started updater on. I understand Tommy did well with agricultural contorting. Good lad Tom.
Just before Tunstalls` farm was a big house owned by Tyson Hodgson, this was bought by the Armitage family Dentist and Doctor Edith Armitage who were well known and respected in the area. My good wishes to Bob Irwin glad the see you ticking on Happy days.
dear christine unfortunately i do not know of any old photos but will ask my mother when I can. The only piece of Calf Fallow Lane that still exists apart from the station masters house is a piece of our old wash house wall which is still visible to this day.
dear bob you are quite correct my dads name was Robert and Charlie Watson who I believe also ran a farm with his parents did marry my auntie Irene my dads sister. I think I was the one that fell in the wash!
I remember the Morgans very well.
I lived in Calf Fallow Lane. I remember Winnie, she was friends with my mam Annie Young.
Hi Gwen do you have a sister called Carol and did you work at Norton Hall on the green around 1968/9?
I have a sister called Carol – we lived at no 4 Calf Fallow
Lane
Well Robert James Morgan your comments about the dairy farm on Calf Fallow Lane were very interesting The Dawson”s lived there untill at least 1912. I am pleased you have answered my question about the Daisy Chain being the Dairy Farm. Do you happen to have a photo of the cottages on Calf Fallow Lane I would love to see one. There were Dawsons living at no 8 also.
Well Robert I do remember your family at Calfallow Lane. I was a regular in the Station Pub. It would be in the late 50s. I played darts with I suppose your father “Bob”. I remember one night whilst he was throwing a dart someone ran into the Pub and said, “Your son has fallen in the Wash” which was the beck across the fields from your house. “Bobs” reply was “Did he get wet”. I also remember a Charlie Watson. I think he married into your family.
We all use to go swimming in the wash – i lived at no 4 Calf Fallow Lane
As a younster I lived in the end house in Calf Fallowe Lane next to the farm at number 16 in them days it was owned by the Stephenson family and they indeed ran a dairy from the farm we lived there until I think about 1965 and not long afterwards all the houses were demolished. I also have fond memeries of norton station
We moved on to roseworth when they got pulled down
Stone Concrete Works – when Norton Iron Works was built in 1850, two rows of houses were built along Calf-Fallow Lane alongside the Works and the children who attended the Norton Board School in the late 1800s were known as The Furnace Children. A Mr Page purchased these houses and they were inhabited to the 1960s when they were demolished.
I am very interested in the Concrete works on Calf Fallow lane. You gave reference to the Farm on Calf Fallow Lane My great great grandfather Thomas Dawson was a milk dealer in the late 1880″s and his son Graham took over the business in the early 1900″s there name was Dawson and I have Dawson”s that lived in the cottages on Calf fallow lane. I wondered if any one had any information or photographs of the cottages that stood next to the farm “The Daisy Chain”
Bob Harbron – Bob again I find myself indebted to your knowledge of the area. I had an inkling the promentory was slag. Both my grandfather & father were in the steel industry & they may well have mentioned what you”ve confirmed. Your info has revealed, that the lower ground was just part of the topography i.e., the valley of Billingham beck. With the presence of the derelict steam navvy I wondered if any extraction had taken place, but it seems it was probably a convenient place to dump redundant machinery. Thanks again – Mike
Norton Iron Works Mike, ref to earlier article on this view, the one above is The Stockton Stone and Concrete Work, Calf fallow Norton. The promentry is of slag from the Iron-Works and was used in stone and concrte production The stream was a “leet”, taking water off Billingham Beck to Bishops Mill Norton , the pond was the result of the collapse of a brick tunnel that the iron company was made to build when their slag-tip threatend the mills-water way This area was once very marshy, but now passable The Clarence Railway 1835, had to tunnel their rail Embankment for the same reason (still in situ) Norton Golf Course is 1/2 a mile west at Norton Junction, ( Harpers-Garden Centre site ) alongside Junction Road
The buildings had disappeared by the time I arrived in Stockton. However it was possible to walk along the crag on which it stood. Down on the flat under the crag for some years stood the remains of a steam navvy. I also seem to remember a stream & a pond. Looking at internet maps this area now appears to be part of the golf course, is that correct?
Stockton Stone and Concrete Works Original site of Norton Iron-Works , Calf-Fallow Lane ,Station Road Norton.(Big-Ben Bell 1856) Known as “Norton Castle”, with its tunnels and concrete towers a play-area for many years and battle-training for local T.A. Area now “Forest Park” Estate, with “Daisy-Chain” respite-care charity in Calf-Fallow farm, from which field this Photo taken in the early 1900s.