A view of Hartington Road where most of the houses seem to be in a state of disrepair c1984.
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A view of Hartington Road where most of the houses seem to be in a state of disrepair c1984.
I lived there in the mid-1980s in a bedsit. I don’t remember it being particularly run down, but I guess most of that part of Stockton was so I probably didn’t notice.
I was at William Newton School with a Linda Pybus (1961 to 65)
Hartington road has been in decline for many years, I understand it was once a very ‘des res’ area. Unrelated-does anyone remember the Smith family of 59 Tilery road, 1958-1966? Dads mam was a Pybus before marriage. They were both quite large families from Tilery and Portrack. Cheers for any replies
I remember Billy Pybus who was a driver for George Fordy’s building company. Socially he would make his way via Portrack Lane and Garbutt Street to the Blythome Club most evenings. Billy always wore a trilby, a very smart and dapper man whom I suspect was very fond of dancing.
Were these the section of properties demolished to create an access through to the car-park and Health Centre in Lawson Street? The ‘odd’ small window, just under the eaves of the house in the centre, is interesting, as it’s a sliding-sash window, representing an alteration carried out many years previously, perhaps not long after the property was built? But to create what sort of room,
…as the window would be almost at floor level in the attic roof-space?
Chris, that seems possible, as you can just see the edge of the last house in the row of 2 storey houses on the western side of the road. The small window mod is popular, as it’s repeated on several houses on the opposite side of the road. As this picture shows, Hartington Road has seen worse days but it actually looks ok to me today, but maybe not quite as nice as it was, as shown here http://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/peace-day-celebrations-parade-19th-july-1919-har/