William Strikes, Stockton High Street.

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This photograph taken outside William Strikes on Stockton High Street was recently given to me by an elderly relative who told me they show celebrations at the end of the First World War in Stockton. Photograph and information courtesy of Brian Swales.

8 thoughts on “William Strikes, Stockton High Street.”

  1. Strikes were market gardeners of Egglescliffe I believe they did have a shop in Stockton originally a flower shop, from this business sprang one of the first Garden Centers as we know them today. The man that took over from Percy Thrower the original TV gardener, was Peter Seabrook who was a Director of Strikes. Strikes became a big company with many branches throughout the country all sprang from Egglescliffe and Stockton! All good stuff comes from Teesside!

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  2. I”m sure William Strikes in Stockton High Street was a florist mainly but the company advertised in the 1950″s as selling everything for the garden, vegetable seed, grass seed, bulbs and tools at its outlets in Stockton, Middlesbrough, Thornaby, Darlington, Leeds, York, Harrogate, Bradford, Birmingham and Yarm.

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  3. I”m sure William Strikes in Stockton High Street was a florist mainly but the company advertised in the 1950″s as selling everything for the garden, vegetable seed, grass seed, bulbs and tools at its outlets in Stockton, Middlesbrough, Thornaby, Darlington, Leeds, York, Harrogate, Bradford, Birmingham and Yarm.

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  4. Strikes garden centres are the same family, they started with the shops. There used to be one in Eaglescliffe and there is still one in Stokesley.

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  5. Was it a garden shop? I seem to remember my dad buying strikes seeds for beetroot, turnips etc. There is still a william strikes garden centre in Leeds today.

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  6. William Strikes was between the Vane Arms Hotel and the Black Lion Hotel on one side of Chester House Passage that led down to the Quayside in the 1950″s.

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