An aerial photograph of the Smiths Arms in Carlton Village, Stockton viewed from an RAF Canberra aircraft c1963.
Photograph and details courtesy of Bill Purchase.
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
An aerial photograph of the Smiths Arms in Carlton Village, Stockton viewed from an RAF Canberra aircraft c1963.
Photograph and details courtesy of Bill Purchase.
My first job after leaving school in 1971 was For E Clayton whose premises were to the rear of the pub. It involved helping, as much as a 16 year old can, in the laying of large cables on a site which I believe was to become Washington. Tyne and Wear, not DC.
Interesting to compare it with a photo taken some five years later also by Bill Purchase and also taken from a Canberra aircraft !
http://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/aerial-view-of-carlton-village-1968/
Note the new(ish) extensive car park behind the pub in the later photograph , perhaps heralding greater use of motor cars , dining out and the advent of ‘chicken in a basket’ !