A Sunters Bros Ltd vehicle transports a large load from Head Wrightsons possibly to the chemical plant contracting company of Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd…
Photographs courtesy of Ken Pattison.
Picture Stockton Archive
A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
Tioxide! My dad used to work there, I remember the plant well when my mum occasionally picked him up from work and I had to tag along…
This was part of the Tioxide Greatham 2 plant construction in the late 1970s H&G were the main engineering contractor.
The fence leading onto the Malleable Works and North Shore Branch Line was intact until about the middle sixties. Then a gap was made to gain quicker access to the river from Portrack. I expect up to that time there was always something going on, on the railway over the bridge, with trucks being shunted and trains being made up. This would have deterred this kind of vandelism, or “fun” as we used to call it.
The steps at the side of the Church Road bridge gave quick access to Barrett Street and Portrack Lane, I’ve climbed them countless number of times.
Super picture of the Church Road Bridge. The lorry is heading east. The gaps between the pillars underneath the bridge along the walkways would have made it even safer. What a pity this massive structure was demolished and all trace has disappeared.
Remember coming home from the Plaza during the war and got caught in an air-raid with my brother Dave. We took shelter under the bridge shown on Church Road. After the war we read this bridge was one of the targets of the raid. Probably the safest place on Teesside…