T. Short Saddlers who were located at 21 High Street, Stockton-on-Tees. The business was at this location between 1894 to 1918.
Photograph and details courtesy of Alex Moody.
T. Short Saddlers, Stockton High Street
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Monthly Archives: August 2023
View from St. Peter’s Church Tower, Yarm Road c1983
These photographs were taken atop the Tower of St Peter’s Church on Yarm Road one overcast evening in 1983, they show the views looking north along Yarm Road, north east with the rear of Dennison Street in the foreground and north west towards Cranbourne Terrace (and ‘Hendo’s).
Photographs and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
ICI Discoverers
My Dad George Mills was instrumental in getting the scheme going in 1961, 62(?). Al Hart and Ray Teigh, already mentioned are names I remember from then, and Keith Robertson was also involved. Early courses were run from Stubb House, Ireshopeburn, near Winston, and I came up a couple of times to visit. As a 12 year old speccy grammar school swot (Grangefield) I was very impressed by the tough lads on the courses, with their exotic (to me!) hair styles – quiffs and DA’s, and all the stuff they were doing which was very much based on Dad’s long connection with Synphonia Scouts. The photo is a presentation piece made by Apprentices, given to Dad when we moved away from Billingham, down to ICI Severnside, in 1965. Dad died at the end of last year, would have been 100 next week!
Photograph and details courtesy of Rob Mills.
An 128 year old mystery!
This slide purports to show Stockton Cycling Club’s 1895 racing team. As you can see the men on the bikes seem to have had their faces pasted over their original faces… very curious. Perhaps this ‘editing’ somehow was/is not noticeable when the slide is viewed through a magic lantern, it’s certainly very obvious when seen as a digital copy but it must have taken some time and effort to create this image, I wonder why it was done?
Image and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
Durham Masonic Charity Medals dated 1899 and 1902
These are hallmarked silver masonic medals, they were in a display case that was presented by the members of the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cycling Club meet at Richmond in 1908 to the meet’s president Mr C. McAdams, I don’t know if these were his medals as there was/is a number of cycling club badges from that era also inside the case.
Photographs and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
Robert Atkinson Secondary, Thornaby
Front row girls (L to R): Kathleen Spens, Olga Thompson, Sheila Smith, Nancy Dale, Jean Hatfield (teacher), Eileen Brander, Dorothy Maynard, Pauline Gray, Eileen Dawson, Margaret Thomas.
Second Row girls (L to R): Marian Jones, Beryl Scott, Marlene Hunt, Lilian Southgate, Eileen Raine, Marian Lamb, Margaret Snowdon, Margot Jones, Sheila Thornburn, Mary Spence, Rita Underwood.
First Row boys (L to R): Billy Tate, Jim Instone, Eric Fordy (D), Derek Worn, Allan Sanderson, Barry Chesser (D), Maurice Grey, Randolph McCartney, John Beeston, Keith Barker.
Back row boys (L to R): Arthur Lynas, Graham Henderson, Donald Morrison (D), Geoff Dunwell, Don Mclaughlin (D), Jim Black, Maurice Thornton, Gavin Swainston (D), Joe Notman.
Photograph and details courtesy of Jim Black.
Stockton Cycling Club
Photographs from the Stockton Cycling Club c1895, or rather photographs copied from original glass slides from a magic lantern? that I inherited.
Photographs and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
Postcard of Stockton High Street c1970s
This postcard received in 1972 shows Stockton High Street on Market Day.
Image courtesy of Alan Grange.
Topsoft Computers (1984 – 1992)
The Golden Smog, in Hambleton Yard, arranged a dedication to Topsoft computer shop that was in the yard between 1984 and around 1988-9, when it moved to a larger premises in Ramsgate. The owners were Alec, Kevin, Ian and Shelia Richardson and it had a brilliant staff lead by Steve Williams. It was Stockton’s go to place for computers, software and games, but it was also a place for like-minded people to meet and socialise.
Photograph and details courtesy of Alec Moody.
Rear of No.1 Hartburn Lane, 1981
I have seen quite a few references on Picture Stockton to this particular address (1 Hartburn Lane) and several people have asked for photographs but there are none at all that were so I though I’d upload this, although it shows almost none of the building it was at least taken within the grounds, in the back garden just near the rear door.
This was in 1981 when the building was derelict following a fire, it had previously been a care home. Three of those seen in the photograph were ‘residents’ from there at the time (Linda, Debbie and a lad whose name eludes me… the other chap is my old mate Keith who I think some might recognise as he was quite well known).
Photograph and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
Street near the Old Stockton Gasworks
This picture is from one of the streets near the old gasworks, which have all disappeared. It may be one which leads up to Prossers Bridge. All the little industries have gone too, but you will see the sign for Stockton Pattern Makers. I think the chimney in the background is on a waste incineration site.
Photograph and details courtesy of Fred Starr.
Stockton-on-Tees Paperweight
I recently found this paperweight in a junk shop. Notice it refers to the area as north Stockton.
Photograph and details courtesy of Terry Westwood.
The Dolphin, Bath Lane c2005
A view of the Dolphin on Bath Lane, Stockton.
The ‘Stella Mary’ at Corporation Quay, Stockton 1957
Stella Mary (originally named Fenix) was a cargo vessel built in Sweden 1949, she registered at Stockton and was renamed Stella Mary in 1954. Stockton was her home port until 1959.
Photograph and details courtesy of FW Eddington.
