The first photograph shows my great grandparents, William Wylie Brand and his wife Rosehannah, they ran the Waverley dining rooms within the Waverly Hotel on Stockton High Street during the 1890s.
The other two photographs are of a gentleman who’s identity I am curious about. I don’t know when they were taken or where but possibly around about the turn of the century. Any help would be much appreciated.
Photographs and details courtesy of Chris Shields.
Picture Stockton Archive 
So, this is why Lily Brand named her house The Waverly.
LikeLike
Which of William Wylie Brand’s many children are you descended from? My brother and I are his great grandchildren via his 4th son George.
LikeLike
Didn’t have a different name in the 1960s
LikeLike
Are John and Olive Shields the parents of Chris Shields..?
LikeLike
Yes indeed… Must get in touch.
LikeLike
My uncle Harold Brand and his wife Nancy had the Theatre pub (Jockers) in the late fifties not sure if it is the same family.
LikeLike
What town was that in? Sunderland?
LikeLike
Stockton-on-Tees
LikeLike
William Wylie Brand’s second son was Harold so likely the same family.
LikeLike
The Waverley Cafe I remember as a boy around 1968 working on Stockton market on Saturdays. My job at lunchtime was to put the sandwich & tea order in and take it back to the stall. If I remember correctly it was run at the time by a lady known as Ma Scollett. They made the best egg & bacon sandwich I have ever tasted. Other food was also tops. The good old days for sure.
LikeLike