This postcard shows an early coloured view of the ‘Market Place’ at the south end of Stockon High Street looking north. It bears a halfpenny stamp and has a Stockton postmark dated 30 Dec 1910. Courtesy of Glenn Hutchinson
Picture Stockton Archive
A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
I did a bit of research to see if the Temperance Hotel had at any time been located in the same premises as H P Tyler’s Boot store (39 to 41 the High Street) – it hadn’t – then I realised that Tylers had three floors above shop level, the building shown in the photograph Derek mentions only has two. Does anyone recognise the Temperance Hotel building?
Just discovered it was in fact on Dovecote Street …. see here
The only reason for my earlier comment was the grey stone building abutting the Temperance Hotel on it’s north side. The large gray stone(?) gable wall stones look very similar to those on the high street photograph.
Looking at Wards Directory 1928, The Temperance Hotels in Stockton were Brands at 122 High Street; Haig W & E at 29 Wellington Street; Mallaby M. Mrs.1 Wood Street and White M. at 18 Station Terrace.
I vaguely recall that the Baptist Tabernacle in Wellington Street was built of stone – it was certainly not multistorey.
According to the 1928 Wards the one at 122 High St was 5 premises north of the Blue Post Yard on the east side of the High Street (abutting to the south edge of the National Provincial Bank).
After a bit of research, that is my best bet.
The picture of the Temperance Hotel posted yesterday (25 July 2012), looks a perfect fit for the building on the near right just past the one with the red and white awning.