A view of Volksrange, an VW and Audi replacement parts specialist on Bowesfield Lane, Stockton.
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A view of Volksrange, an VW and Audi replacement parts specialist on Bowesfield Lane, Stockton.
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I wonder what became of ‘Charlie’ that had The Royal chip shop all those years. He was a nice bloke.
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Is it pronounced Bowes-field (as in buttons and bows) or Bowes-field (as in a ceremonial greeting). I seem to think I heard it pronounced both ways as a child.
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We always favoured the second explanation but that was possibly personal preference rather than being the correct pronunciation.
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I used to think the first version was used by people who were posh, or aspired to be!
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For no particular reason I’ve always thought the second version, but if its to do with the ownership of the Farm of the same name, then the first one sounds better, as in the field belonging to the Bowes family?, but then again it could of belonged to the Bow/Bowe family? (Bowe’s field), or is it named because the field was in the bow of the river? I guess we’ll never know, so I’ll continue to filp-flop between the two 🙂
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Here it is on Google maps…
https://www.google.se/maps/@54.5600149,-1.3181596,3a,90y,91.84h,83.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEeR_iI_n_NwiruyYj4l7dA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Wow what a difference since I was last there years ago. How long has the Mosque been there.?
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Going back in time using Google Street View, you can see it was well underway in [2009] (https://goo.gl/maps/7MwFVZ2ohrk) but not finished until several years later.
It was built on the site of the old [Bowesfield Lane Primitive Methodist Chapel](https://picturestocktonarchive.wordpress.com/2002/05/01/primitive-methodist-chapel/)
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I thought it might be the Post Office too, Dave, on the corner of Cecil Street with Bowesfield Lane school on the other side. However the houses further down the street might be too posh for that! Perhaps Keith is right.
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Keith is right about where the shop was, I even remember it. If my memory is correct the Post Office was on the corner of Northcote Street and Bowesfield Lane.
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I was trying to work out where it was…. that churchy building on the left must make it Lightfoot Grove corner
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The “churchy building” means this must be Trinity Street. This building is still recognisable, as it still has the flat front of the shop on the ground floor. Interesting that the buildings in this terrace now have their own front space enclosed by a wall and railings.
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Was this originally the Post Office?
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Funny how your memory plays tricks as you get older, the Post Office was on the corner of Cecil St near The Royal chippie. I must have walked past it hundreds of times on my way into town towards Parliament Street and through the chuggie.
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