A view of loco No 6 at work on Stockton Wharf. The buildings in the background are situated at the end of Finkle Street c1965/66.
Photograph and details courtesy of Martin Birtle and John Hardy.
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
During my visits to Stockton as a child, I recall going to Finkle Street with my mother. She invariably wanted to poke her nose into Grahams, the ladies outfitters. Or visit a shoe shop on the same street, the name of which I can’t recall. Whilst Mam was shopping I’d walk to the end of the street and look down on the quay-side and observe the loading or unloading of ships. It always amazed me that such boats came to the centre of town given that we were relatively far from the sea. Interestingly enough, one of my ancestors (Thomas Mawlam) was a Customs House Officer in the Port of Stockton. I have in my possession a copy of Thomas’s Oath of Admission as a Customs officer which he had to swear before a magistrate. This he did on 26 March 1838. I got this from the Nation Archives.
I think the shoe shop could have been called Shaw.
The shoe shop may have been Charles Clinkard, https://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/stockton-high-street-c1950s-2/
The Stockton Racecourse used to have their office at the bow fronted house seen behind the locomotive.