Peter Chisholm mentions the scrap yard, which was actually very close the the original Stockton station on the North Shore Branch. With huge difficulty, I moved the differential from a scrapped lorry, using as a bogey the bottom of an old pram, all the way from Portrack to the scrap yard. I think the differntial weighed about a hundredweight (112lbs) or about 50kg in modern units. After manhandling it on the scales I got one pound. This would be equivalent to about £15 now.
Having relatives in Wynyard St , the Duffy”s (No 20) I remember that stone wall fronting Norton Road ,very well – it appeared a magnet to all children. the Common, a very rough patch of ground, was the venue in sunny weather for dozens of playing children and the site of the Nov 5th bonfire , jealously guarded from local “bonddy-raiders” and also the place were the unemployed played their game of “Pitch and Toss”, behind the bill-boards (Aussie “Two-Up”) “Heads” offices faced this common , while the works entrance was a alley alongside this building , were workmen would be pestered with “Any “ciggy-cards” Mister” The road was narrowed under the bridge during the 1940s with a concrete road block , the surface dug to take vertical steel girders to prevent invasion They were removed 1941 The rail line across the road led from Stockton to North Shore Goods and Parcel office , the Malleable and when operating Ropners Shipyard , taking steel and “Blairs” engines to the riverside fitting out quay to be positioned by Blairs “Sheer-Legs” crane . The Office and long workshop are still visible , all private companies 2007
look at photograph STREETS OF STOCKTON: – Library Reference t8623 Hind Street near Oxbridge Lane/Yarm Lane. There is an example of that kind of “trough” bridge.
This has brought back memories of walking back from the market to Gran”s house in Wynyard Street at the bottom of this hill. Near the bottom of the hill the wall developed into a wall of large slabs of rock – great for walking on! These were in front of the billboards which shielded the “common” from the road. And of course there was the railway bridge in those days. My dad acquired some German photos towards the end of the war showing intended bombing targets – including the railway bridge on Norton Road! It would have blown most of Wynyard Street to Kingdom come, that”s for sure!
The butchers shop & Supercar Taxis were on the corners of Oxford Street.The entrance road to the Gas Works main gates was Thompson Street,with the Turks Head pub on one side & an old motorbike repair shop on the other.
The Butchers shop was on the opposite side to the Church. On one corner it was Reveleys the Butcher and on the opposite side to it was Supercar Taxis. This was the entrance Road to the Gas Works.
My recollection of the event was that a skip was pushed over the wall and landed on Norton Road. I passed the incident shortly after it happened and the part of the Road was sealed off. The Firm that operated the Skip business worked from where the old Mission was. There were skips in all parts of that area.
Sorry I don”t remember the butchers. I do remember there was a scrap yard just to the right of picture. The entrance was just behind the people walking up the hill in the picture . As kids we used to pull a go-cart or an old pram around people”s houses collecting old clothes and srap metal and then sell them to the scrap yard. It was a good source of pocket money.
The butcher was Tommy Reverly, I worked for John Harrison the Printers next door to Stockton Grammar School. I don”t know about baps, but the finest hot “Ducks and Pea”s”, came from another butcher on that side “Wakes”, nr Garbutt Street. In a enlarged picture is the Mission-Hall roof just visible above fencing centre behind lamp-post? In 1997 when a car backed into the fence above the road, stone work had to be renewed and Tilery Primary School had a Time-Capsule relating to the history of the area and its people and photos of the children and letters inserted behind one of the replaced blocks of the road frontage, opposite Bill-Boyds Gym (ex Methodist Church)
I cant be certain but maybe this photo was taken later than 1983 because I have just been reminded that I didnt have the little red car then but got it a few years later. Peter do you remember the little corner shop. It was a butchers primarily. I remember buying a bap from there one day and when I came to eat it, it had raw mince on it…..didnt put me off though. They were lovely people. The whole row of shops were pulled down to make way for the Durham Road Bypass.
My first job after leaving school in 1979 was in a small office at 133 Norton Road(North Eastern Traders Association)just out of shot of this photo. I worked there until 1988.I used to go to Bill Boyds Gym in my lunch hour and regularly had my car serviced at Autoscan. That may be my little read VW Polo in the picture.
I used to walk this road every day to get to and from St Mary”s Primary School and Norton. Later at secondary school I used to cycle back to and from Norton on my bike from St Bede”s and also from swimming training at Stockton Baths. I used to stuff my rolled up towel and swimming trunks in between the front light and handlebars. One night when hurtling down the hill towards the railway bridge the towel slipped between the front forks and the front wheel! I went flying over the top of the bike landing on my hands and knees. The bike then landed on top of me! Duh! Fortunately in the late 60″s there wasn”t as much traffic as there is today so I was fortunate to get away with only a few cuts and bruises and hurt pride.
Bob Harbron, I see that you worked at John Harrison Printers. Were you any relation to Jim Harbron who was manager when my husband and I worked there.
I think the scrap yard was known as ‘Clarkies’. If so the company is still in business in the Teesside area.
Peter Chisholm mentions the scrap yard, which was actually very close the the original Stockton station on the North Shore Branch. With huge difficulty, I moved the differential from a scrapped lorry, using as a bogey the bottom of an old pram, all the way from Portrack to the scrap yard. I think the differntial weighed about a hundredweight (112lbs) or about 50kg in modern units. After manhandling it on the scales I got one pound. This would be equivalent to about £15 now.
Having relatives in Wynyard St , the Duffy”s (No 20) I remember that stone wall fronting Norton Road ,very well – it appeared a magnet to all children. the Common, a very rough patch of ground, was the venue in sunny weather for dozens of playing children and the site of the Nov 5th bonfire , jealously guarded from local “bonddy-raiders” and also the place were the unemployed played their game of “Pitch and Toss”, behind the bill-boards (Aussie “Two-Up”) “Heads” offices faced this common , while the works entrance was a alley alongside this building , were workmen would be pestered with “Any “ciggy-cards” Mister” The road was narrowed under the bridge during the 1940s with a concrete road block , the surface dug to take vertical steel girders to prevent invasion They were removed 1941 The rail line across the road led from Stockton to North Shore Goods and Parcel office , the Malleable and when operating Ropners Shipyard , taking steel and “Blairs” engines to the riverside fitting out quay to be positioned by Blairs “Sheer-Legs” crane . The Office and long workshop are still visible , all private companies 2007
look at photograph STREETS OF STOCKTON: – Library Reference t8623 Hind Street near Oxbridge Lane/Yarm Lane. There is an example of that kind of “trough” bridge.
This has brought back memories of walking back from the market to Gran”s house in Wynyard Street at the bottom of this hill. Near the bottom of the hill the wall developed into a wall of large slabs of rock – great for walking on! These were in front of the billboards which shielded the “common” from the road. And of course there was the railway bridge in those days. My dad acquired some German photos towards the end of the war showing intended bombing targets – including the railway bridge on Norton Road! It would have blown most of Wynyard Street to Kingdom come, that”s for sure!
The butchers shop & Supercar Taxis were on the corners of Oxford Street.The entrance road to the Gas Works main gates was Thompson Street,with the Turks Head pub on one side & an old motorbike repair shop on the other.
The Butchers shop was on the opposite side to the Church. On one corner it was Reveleys the Butcher and on the opposite side to it was Supercar Taxis. This was the entrance Road to the Gas Works.
My recollection of the event was that a skip was pushed over the wall and landed on Norton Road. I passed the incident shortly after it happened and the part of the Road was sealed off. The Firm that operated the Skip business worked from where the old Mission was. There were skips in all parts of that area.
Sorry I don”t remember the butchers. I do remember there was a scrap yard just to the right of picture. The entrance was just behind the people walking up the hill in the picture . As kids we used to pull a go-cart or an old pram around people”s houses collecting old clothes and srap metal and then sell them to the scrap yard. It was a good source of pocket money.
The butcher was Tommy Reverly, I worked for John Harrison the Printers next door to Stockton Grammar School. I don”t know about baps, but the finest hot “Ducks and Pea”s”, came from another butcher on that side “Wakes”, nr Garbutt Street. In a enlarged picture is the Mission-Hall roof just visible above fencing centre behind lamp-post? In 1997 when a car backed into the fence above the road, stone work had to be renewed and Tilery Primary School had a Time-Capsule relating to the history of the area and its people and photos of the children and letters inserted behind one of the replaced blocks of the road frontage, opposite Bill-Boyds Gym (ex Methodist Church)
I cant be certain but maybe this photo was taken later than 1983 because I have just been reminded that I didnt have the little red car then but got it a few years later. Peter do you remember the little corner shop. It was a butchers primarily. I remember buying a bap from there one day and when I came to eat it, it had raw mince on it…..didnt put me off though. They were lovely people. The whole row of shops were pulled down to make way for the Durham Road Bypass.
My first job after leaving school in 1979 was in a small office at 133 Norton Road(North Eastern Traders Association)just out of shot of this photo. I worked there until 1988.I used to go to Bill Boyds Gym in my lunch hour and regularly had my car serviced at Autoscan. That may be my little read VW Polo in the picture.
I used to walk this road every day to get to and from St Mary”s Primary School and Norton. Later at secondary school I used to cycle back to and from Norton on my bike from St Bede”s and also from swimming training at Stockton Baths. I used to stuff my rolled up towel and swimming trunks in between the front light and handlebars. One night when hurtling down the hill towards the railway bridge the towel slipped between the front forks and the front wheel! I went flying over the top of the bike landing on my hands and knees. The bike then landed on top of me! Duh! Fortunately in the late 60″s there wasn”t as much traffic as there is today so I was fortunate to get away with only a few cuts and bruises and hurt pride.