This photograph shows Stockton railway station roof during removal in 1979 after it was found to be unsafe. Courtesy of Dave Summerfield. 
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
This photograph shows Stockton railway station roof during removal in 1979 after it was found to be unsafe. Courtesy of Dave Summerfield.
I well remember in the late 1960’s travelling from Allens West Eaglescliffe to Stockton by rail. My young daughter was in a wheelchair and this was a very efficient mode of travel before I got my driving licence. We used to travel in the guards van and the staff were very helpful in loading and unloading my daughter in her wheelchair. We used to cross under the line via a tunnel until this was closed. On future journeys we had to wait for a guard to take us across the rails. Those were the days of kindness and courtesy!
I can only just remember it when I was very young. It was probably getting dimantled then. Buildings like that bring character to the town. Look at York and Darlington, you can see them from miles around,famous landmarks.
What a sad sight, Stockton railway station situated in one of the towns that began the railway age. I can only hope that the local authorities can find the money to protect/ refurbish the S & D ‘ticket office’ off Bridge Road. Apart from sites like this the area will have no reminders of it’s industrial heritage. Assuming it’s still where it was, when last seen, the siting of the Head Wrightson ‘coffee pot’ loco in the middle of a roundabout seems singularly inappropriate. At least when it was in Preston Park it was possible to get close to it. The institutional vandalism carried out at Thornaby station was a disgrace and, assuming it was Network Rail that made the decision they should hang their collective heads in shame! When you see the new life that has been given to, the admittedly splendid, Saint Pancras terminus, it becomes even more poignant.