A view from above – an aerial photograph of Thornaby c1960s.
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A view from above – an aerial photograph of Thornaby c1960s.
With reference to the sources of smoke towards the the top right of the picture, are some of them the macadam producing plants of Limmer & Trinidad at the bottom of Wilson Street? When I joined the company in August 1966 two plants were still there, although they no longer produced macadam.
An exceptionally great view of Thornaby Station and its surroundings.
If you use the magnifying features on your PC, it is possible to get good views of topics that have been discussed recently. These include (a) the pedestrian over-bridge at the Station, (b) the so called “Torch” and the coaling bunker in the marshalling yard and (c) the slag heaps near the river.
What did the white factory with the tall chimney, near the coal bunkers make? Could it have been a bakery?
I’m sure someone else could confirm it, but I think it’s the Cork Insulation and Asbestos Co. works. There are documents in Teesside archives showing the sale of the land from Whitwell’s to them. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/fe92b6e2-b3cf-4472-9886-95081c3890a3)
There’s a good view of the area here:
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw043774
When I worked at HW’s joiners shop from 1953-62 Cork Insulation was there just behind HW’s. If we wanted insulation we got it from there, it was called ‘slag wool.’ The maintenance offices there for HW’s were called Whitwell offices although it belonged to HW’s.
Cork Insulation used the ground floor of these offices whilst upstairs were the HW Works engineers. Bill Hutchinson was in charge other staff members were Archie Moffat and Bob Steiner. In the Drawing office where I worked were Doug Merryweather, Jimmy Dickinson, Terry McCabe, Ted Picard and Keith Tallintyre had some good times there until I left in 1963.
What a fantastic photograph. Victoria Bridge. When going to my Gran and Grandad’s on the bus, once I got to the bridge, I knew I was nearly there. Spotted Pumphreys, lovely smell of sugar and jam, Trafalgar St and Long Row. The Town Hall and Thornaby Station.
Born in Thornaby, brought up in Stockton, but always think of Thornaby as home.
Just looking into my family tree my Grandma was born in Long Row, Thornaby. You mention Long Row are you able to tell me where this is or is it still there. Thank you Rosie
Long Row ran parallel to Trafalgar St., with Hanover St. between them. It looks like the area was consumed by the expanding Teesdale Iron Works. Long Row is out of shot, Hanover St. would have been just out of shot to the left.
https://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html#/Map/445147/518320/12/100392
I remember life in the area. My father was station master, later area passenger traffic manager, in the 60’s. We lived in a railway house opposite the station and very close to the goods lines of the four track railway. My parents still lived there post 1968.
Do you have a high resolution photo, and I might be able to verify whether 3 Station Terrace is visible, and therefore whether the photo is from the 60’s, or alternatively perhaps somewhat later.
Ken Taylor
Ken, it looks like Station Terrace is in the picture (have you clicked on the small picture to see a larger version? You can also zoom in/out using Ctrl & + or -).
There’s a good view of Station Terrace here http://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/the-commercial-hotel-c1980s/