This is one of those posts that was lost when we moved to the new site.
It shows the Royal George public house on Thornaby Road, Thornaby. Can anyone pinpoint a year?
We have tried to recreate as many of the original comments as possible…
Picture Stockton Archive
A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
When my brother Peter and myself (Ann Dove Re: Storey) went to the Thornaby swimming baths we always called in to see – as we called them Aunt Rosie and Uncle Fred (Atkinson was their surname) and we used to go into their living department and have a glass of lemonade with ice cream in it. Is the building still there does anybody know?
I can remember in the late 1950s when ‘The George’ public house allowed under-age drinking, and many a boy (or girl) from the Arthur Head or Robert Atkinsons School, frequented it’s ‘back room’. It was a sort of unofficial meeting place for them. I used to go to Robinson Coffee bar 200 yards up-the-hill next to the swimming baths, Mr Robinson was the local milkman, who had all his vans and milk crates around the back, on the land facing “The Cornfield”. I bet that name – ‘the Cornfield’ – brings back a 1001 Thornaby memories for some.
I remember My beloved Uncle Frank Thompson was a regular patron here and I remember the Christmas parties which I’m sure were here.
Looking at the picture of the Royal George at Thornaby brought back memories. My Grandfathers sister and her husband used to run the public house back in the fifties; there names were Rosie and Fred if anybody remembers them.
Ann Dove
I can remember Fred. My friend’s mother used to be a barmaid there and we would sometimes go to see her in the back. Fred was a lovely man. Happy days! My friend’s mother was Joan Thornton (nee Lathan) someone may remember her…
Anon
I have a photograph of Thornaby angling club posing outside the Royal George probably in the 1930s
William Baines
Not sure when this was taken but it must be well after 1960 as the landscaping in the foreground and the cars look like the seventies.
Peter Mallet
It’s an mk3 escort… It must be the 80s… It can’t be the 1970s because the photographer would be stood inside the flats that were there until at least 1977…
Tony
My mother worked in this pub during the 60`s. She was a Scottish girl called Mary. Does anyone remember her? We lived close by in Cambridge Road but I was young when we moved and only remember little things. I do however remember the pub.
Elizabeth
The 1881 and 1891 Census shows my husbands Great Great Grandfather (James Miller from Scotland), wife and children here. He was a licensed Victualler. In 1888 he was fined for allowing gambling – the playing of dominoes.
Mary Miller
My Brother John (Den) Moore was a regular patron of The George for many years he lived in Victoria Road. He also played darts on the George team.