A photograph of Stockton Co-operative Society Ltd, Branch 26 on Station Road, Billingham.
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A photograph of Stockton Co-operative Society Ltd, Branch 26 on Station Road, Billingham.
I’m looking for the The original names of the 2 Terraces that are now shops on Station Road, Billingham. I know one was named Wilson Terrace I need the other which runs opposite. Thanks
It’s a long road and I don’t know where Wilson Terrace is?
I assume you are looking at the end of Station road closest to The Green?
If so, then the west side has a date stone, near the pedestrian crossing, that states “Wynyard Terrace 1903”. The east terrace has a date stone for “1902” with no name.
At the other end of Station Road, originally Wolviston Road, past The Station pub, the terrace of shops was known as Station Terrace, north of which is St. Andrews Terrace, on the opposite side is Malvern Terrace.
A 1914 trade directory has Mary Ann Atkinson, Grocer, Winyard Terrace (assuming the “i” is a typo) and Daniel Manning, fruitier, Wilson Terrace.
Further to my other reply, I just found the date stone on the east terrace, which says “Wilson Terrace 1902”. So to answer your original query, opposite it is “Wynyard Terrace”.
At this time, I attended South Modern Junior School. I remember the Co-op at the corner opposite the Park and the Picture House on Mill Lane with a Dance Hall above the stores. The grocery shop on Station Road was I believe Gallons. This may be in the thirties before a move into new and bigger premises.
I worked at Billingham Co-op in 1948 in Station Road which was on the corner. It was grocery and next door Co-op butchers. Was this Co-op put there later and over the road?
Has my memory gone awry or were Dampney’s a decorator’s shop?