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My grandparents (Doris and Ernest Grimes) used to have a grocers at 4 Northcote Street.
Are there any pictures from the 1950s of it please?
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Hello Nicola,
do you know the name of your grandparent’s shop?
there are some pictures of Northcote Street at this link https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2003/07/15/northcote-street-in-stockton-c1986/
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I lived with my parents in Thornaby-On-Tees until we migrated to Australia in 1963. We used to live in 22 Guisborough Road Thornaby-On-Tees. When looking at present maps, it appears that this street no longer exists as when searching the internet it never shows up. Could you please let me know if this road still exists as I can’t locate it or has it been renamed? Any information would be most appreciated.
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Hi Chris,
I believe that Guisborough Road must have been demolished to make way for the Mandale Park housing estate which began around about the mid 2000s. The road appears in the last electoral roll that we have in hard copy, which is 2001-02.
Kind regards,
Hannah, Stockton Reference Library
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I found a map showing Guisborough Road as being off Diamond Road, almost opposite Danby Grove, with the same road on a later map renamed as Orkney Way (extended from existing Orkney Way??) with what looks like fairly newly built houses.
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How deep was Stockton baths diving pool?
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Janice Adams – I don’t know whether you mean the old baths (which didn’t have a separate diving pool) or the ‘Splash’ baths, opposite the library. The old pool was 3ft at the shallow end, and 6ft at the deep end! A younger person may know.
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I thought it was just me not finding photos , I’m not very good on the internet. I was also looking for a photo of Norton school, taken about early 1960’s, I added some names of people I remembered & couldn’t find it again. Do they remove them. Pat
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Hi Pat, it looks like you identified some people on the St. Joseph’s School c.1956/57 post (https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2015/04/14/st-joesphs-school-c195657/) back in 2015. Could this be the photo that you are looking for?
Kind regards,
Hannah, Stockton Reference Library
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Thank you Hannah, the bottom photo is the one I’ve been looking for, but it’s the names I’m after, is there anywhere I can see the comments. Thanks Pat
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Hi Pat,
If you click on the link for St. Joseph’s School (https://picturestocktonarchive.com/2015/04/14/st-joesphs-school-c195657/) and scroll down the page you should be able to see the comments.
I hope that this helps.
Kind regards,
Hannah, Stockton Reference Library
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I think that a lot was lost when the pictures etc were transferred from direct control of Stockton Library through to when they introduced the link via WordPress. I know that a good few that I had donated in the last ten years or so are not there now. Rather oddly some have crept onto Pinterest. I have a terrible memory which could be the cause of my often mixing up my passwords etc but I don’t have the faith in word press that I had the old way. But I suppose storage and time for personnel was the reason for change.
Should you want me to pass on the 2 photo of St. James children I mentioned, you will need to ask Hannah for my e mail.
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Hello I’ve been trying to located Derek Wade 2 school pictures he put up
Even he can not located them
He said I could ask for his email so he can send them I’ve cut and pasted the conversation
He said to ask Laura
It’s 2 pictures of st James school
Hey Derek for some reason I’m still unable to find them ; sorry to be a pain
Hi Jacqueline,
I agree. I have checked and I can not find my 2 photos re St James in the schools section (or anywhere else) dated around 1910. All I can think for you to do is for you to contact Laura at Stockton Pictures and explain the problem. The pics may still be in a file awaiting checking? Anyway, I am happy for her to give you my e mail address. This avoids both our address’ being posted. If you contact me I can then send you an e mail with them attached,
Derek Wade
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Hello Jacqueline,
I have sent Derek Wade’s contact details to your email.
Kind regards,
Hannah, Stockton Reference Library.
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Hello there do you have any information or photos of Billingham show from it’s early days at John Whitehead Park please.
Kind regards Margaret Hayden
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Hello
I have a film of Billingham in 1963, it is a large download but if you wish I can take snaphots of parts of the film and load them into my Onedrive and you can download them from there, I can load the whole film if you wish but it will take a long time to download.
Another option is for me to extract the Billingham Show section into a shorter film and upload that.
There are lots of images of Billingham Show in the film including the famous flower tent as well as childrens fancy dress and suchlike.
I can be contacted here. billinghamlad@gmail.com
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Hello, I am currently undertaking my dissertation research as a Geography student at UCL and have decided to explore the redevelopment of Stockton’s High Street and specifically the levels of involvement/engagement amongst the older population with regards to the planned changes and how these will impact them. Therefore I would love to hear people’s opinions of the proposed changes and how this contrasts to the high street in the past. As well as this if people could point me towards any photographs showing the High Street pre-Castlegate that would be much appreciated!
If you would be willing to be interviewed for 20-30 minutes either in person or via video call to be included in my research project please email the Picture Stockton Team: pictures@stockton.gov.uk and they will forward on my email address.
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I would like to know if anyone has pictures of my grandads shops which were demolished on Portrack his name was Johnny Jones he also had one on Hume Street the one on Portrack was a bicycle shop thanks
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