A view, looking north of Norton Road, Stockton. I believe ‘Pratt’s’ the garage, just seen to the right was taken over by Esso and the building next to it, is the Lambton Castle public house c1930s.
Image and details courtesy of Derek Buttle.
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
I seem to remember in the 1950s cantilevered pump arms in Bishopton lane at Rose Cottage and also further down Norton Road on the opposite side. Wasn’t this one Chapman’s ?
Yes, you’re right Bill it was opposite Stockton Grammar School and the Buff’s Club.
Ouch! So much for presumption! Mr Maxwells mame, it turns out, was Edwin S. Maxwell!
It was gents-outfitter Mr Winpenny who was called Ernest.
I believe that the tailor and men’s outfitter Mr Maxwell of ‘Maxwells Corner’ fame, was called Ernest. I then wonder if the baby linen shop H and M Ernest, with it’s projecting sign and huge signboard to the facade was a parallel retail operation, next door? Incredible to see the overhead ‘Pratt’s’ petrol lines extending out over the pavement on brackets, from the filling station on the right hand side. Pratt’s motor-fuel, a US based company, eventually became part of the Esso branding.
The tall building in the centre is the North Terrace Wesleyan Church on the corner of Hume Street.