I used to stand as a little boy watching the Christmas Tree which was erected in front of the Town Hall. The Tree was a gift from Sweden every year. It was decorated with squirrels and owls. There was snow on the ground and Christmas carols playing from the Town Hall loud speakers. There were stalls inside the shambles selling all kinds of meats – pheasants, rabbits, hare etc. I remember riding roller skates down the foot path where there are buses in the photo. At the bottom end of the High St were two icecream shops – Pacito”s and Rossi”s. There were five picture houses around the High St. The Empire Theatre is at the bottom of the High St in the left corner of the photo.
We got my Budgy “Joey” from the pet stall down there outside The Shambles on the right in the photo. The van and the hut cut off on the right foreground sold delicacies such as tripe and pigs knuckles. Yecchhh!
This photograph is from a series of High Street pictures all taken on the same day from a vantage point in the Town Hall in about 1956, probably by Jack Marriot. I have seen them in Stockton publications from 1957.
The market on Stockton High Street.
I used to stand as a little boy watching the Christmas Tree which was erected in front of the Town Hall. The Tree was a gift from Sweden every year. It was decorated with squirrels and owls. There was snow on the ground and Christmas carols playing from the Town Hall loud speakers. There were stalls inside the shambles selling all kinds of meats – pheasants, rabbits, hare etc. I remember riding roller skates down the foot path where there are buses in the photo. At the bottom end of the High St were two icecream shops – Pacito”s and Rossi”s. There were five picture houses around the High St. The Empire Theatre is at the bottom of the High St in the left corner of the photo.
We got my Budgy “Joey” from the pet stall down there outside The Shambles on the right in the photo. The van and the hut cut off on the right foreground sold delicacies such as tripe and pigs knuckles. Yecchhh!
This photograph is from a series of High Street pictures all taken on the same day from a vantage point in the Town Hall in about 1956, probably by Jack Marriot. I have seen them in Stockton publications from 1957.