A view of Stockton Gas Works and railway lines just north of Stockton Station c1949.
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A view of Stockton Gas Works and railway lines just north of Stockton Station c1949.
Hi can anyone show me a pic of old Ford Place Stockton I lived most of my childhood in 5 Ford Place but can’t find an old pic anywhere
Where was the fish shop round Thomas Street? I had my school dinner at my gran’s house. patty and chips every week day.
There was no Thomas Street round the gasworks area, Thompson Street was at the top of Byron Street, Thompson St. run from Norton Road opposite St Marys Church to the Gasworks main gate. Fish shops in Hume St. were Tommy Little & Scotsons (Popular), also Johnsons in Allison St. https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2007/06/15/byron-street-1952/
Don’t forget Flynn’s Anon, corner Lucan Street and Hume Street. Bertie Bright’s missus ran it.
Raymond might be referring to the Thomas Street that is off Tennant St., behind North Terrace, Norton Rd, which is still there.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=54.56927&lon=-1.31371&layers=168&b=1&marker=54.569103,-1.313187
Couldn’t say where the nearest chippie was though 🙂
Popular Fish Shop (Scotsons) at the junction of Hume Street & Farrar street.
There was also a fish shop in Dobbin Street.
Wish someone had a photo of Thomas Street behind the doctors that’s were I was born
Hi Raymond, struggling to find any pictures of Thomas Street, you can see the area here (if you register you can zoom in, but it’s a bit blurry) in this 1949 image:
https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/image/EAW024094
These photos are close by…
https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2013/12/18/weddel-abattoirs-tennant-street/
https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2013/02/04/wm-johnstones-shop-in-stockton/
https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2005/09/01/was-this-your-local-co-op-32/
We lived in Alberta Street but the whole community knew each other. As kids we would do something wrong & you would hear “I am going to tell your mother Terry Smith” or whoever was the culprit. As a kid you may not have had any idea who it was that was telling you off , but they knew you & the family. There was no hiding place. I remember “New Year” that everybody celebrated. Virtually the whole area was outside waiting for the bells & everybody celebrated with no aggravation. The odd drunk was patted on the head and told to calm down but that was the worst of it. Hiding so you did not have to kiss aunts & uncles non of which were blood related, but were still auntie or uncle.
I remember my first nip of alcohol which was a sip of sherry.
One year it was snowing when the bells came and we had a snowball fight with the grown ups. My best buddy at the time was Alan Kirton from Kirby Street. Truly wonderful times.
I lived in Lucan Street the passageway to the footbridge came out at the bottom of our street and Mrs Gladis corner shop was opposite the passageway the bridge was our playground as was the gas works.
You have that right Les. Good old days.
The passageway was at the junction of Ford Street. & Lucan Street.
Awww my word i remember Mrs Gladis we lived in Ford Place and she use to give us broken biscuits such happy days if only we could go back for a while
The two houses and white gable wall on the right of the right-hand gasholder mark the start of Kirby Street. This was one row of terraced houses with a high brick wall across the street and the gas works beyond that. Richmond Street council depot was at the far end of the street. There was always a background hum from the works and the smell of burning coke. Sounds pretty grim but the people were clean and decent and just got on with it.
I was born on 3rd February 1947 at 13 Kirby Street at the home of my grandparents, Aaron and Annie Hopkins. No doubt there was six feet of snow outside, with ’47 being one of the worst winters on record!
I lived at no.10 Kirby Street then 22 Oxford Street, 1935-1942. Emily Hopkins baby sat, any relation?.
Big Airton Street was between Hume Street and Tennant Street, backing onto Allison Street and Farrer Street. Some of the characters that lived there were the Nicholsons (Brian, Billy and Sandra), the Pearson brothers (Norman and Billy), Bobby (Ben) Gunn, Joe Rayner, Alfie Appleton, Haxton sisters and Linda Crowe.
As a child living in Airton street, I also remember walking and playing on this bridge. I remember sections of it where you could walk over gaps in the footbridge and see the railway lines below. Seemed scary then but It was like that for many years so it must have been ok. Does anybody remember Aiton street? We moved out for Hardwick when it was due for demolition in the early 60’s.
Hi Alan ,me and my sister were born on this street in 1961 + 1964, my brother was born at Robson maternity home in 1960, we also went to Hardwick when it was pulled down. It is the first time I have seen a picture of this area, don’t know if there is a close up of the street, now that would be good to see!
I don’t know how many hundreds of times I crossed that bridge from Primrose Hill to Town, sometimes dragging a bike over it and once or twice a motor bike! I remember when little being terrified that I would fall through it. I also remember the path once off the bridge that ran alongside the gasworks, up to The Gas Hotel I think, the gasworks building by the path (where the vent is) always seemed to be pushing out some fumes along there…
In the early fifties we as teenage trainspotters would stand on the bridge as it grew dusk and wait for the 8.45pm fast goods to arrive into the yard. Normally it was pulled by an A4 or A2 from Gateshead. Then it was off home to Thornaby on our bikes to get some earache from our parents for stopping out late. Great days.
I was there on a school visit from Frederick Nattrass school around 1957/8 when there was
a loud explosion. A worker was injured.