It’s been empty for years but the Riverside Inn could soon get a new lease of life with plans to convert the building into shops and flats. Bulldozers moved in on Tuesday 18 June 2019 to clear the way for the revamp.
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
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Just out of interest to those who mentioned the pubs former life; it is shown on 1899 Stockton maps, surrounded by warehouses, granary, houses, graveyard and Hubbards quay. So it probably did see a few things back then.
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A well known lad Tony Callaghan in the Stockton dance halls in the late fifties lived in the Three Tuns, Tony went to St Bedes School & was a draughtsman in the Malleable.
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How sad to see this happen, I remember having my 18th birthday here in 1976 the 2 guys who ran it were lovely and the staff and customers made it an enjoyable experience anyone remember me? KAY MARSAY
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I remember you Kay. You would have known me as Rab. We were at school together
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Did you go to St Mary’s at Major Street?
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I remember the place when it was the Three Tuns bar and not far away was the seamen’s mission. It was a different world those days??? We had freedom, days before the mobile phone!
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It is saddening to see this go. I frequented The Riverside pub in the late 1970s and they put in popular tasty lunchtime sandwiches in the 1980s inside by the front door. I think it was previously The Three Tuns (Tons?) and perhaps was frequented by local sailors.
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I remember the sandwiches too! A regular Saturday lunchtime choice; truly excellent!
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Robbie & Peter had it then. I believe they sold the Riverside and bought a place in Spain and lived there. They ran a very good pub and the meals were very good value. I think the town was a nicer place by far those days.
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