Views of Victoria Recreation Ground, Peel Street in Thornaby.

Photographs and details courtesy of Derek Brittain.

Can anyone identify the whereabouts of this park?

These sets of pictures were taken from the window of a Grand Central train which runs from Sunderland, through to Kings Cross, via Northallerton. It picks up passengers at Eaglescliffe and Hartlepool but for some reason does not stop at Stockton. Is the platform too short?

The Yarm rooftops show how much new building has gone on behind Yarm High Street. I was surprised to learn this morning that Teesside, unlike other conurbations does not have a formal Greenbelt, protecting the surrounding countryside.

Photographs and details courtesy of Fred Starr.

This small park in Eaglescliffe is bounded by Yarm Road, Albert Road and Victoria Road, the names give a clue to its age and origin as the houses are mostly well established of Edwardian design dating back to the late 19th century with larger and slightly older houses being found in The Avenue nearby. The park will be familiar to many as the Eaglescliffe War Memorial stands within it but also here is another piece of history. A brass plaque explaining the quaint naming of the park mounted on a relic of the original Stockton & Darlington railway. A relic I had walked past many times but had never taken the trouble to read and which should be afforded greater provenance given its historic significance. Taken December 2016.

Photographs and details courtesy of David Thompson.

A postcard showing the pond at Norton Green c1960s.

Picturesque views of St. Mary’s Church and Norton Green, autumn 2016.

Photographs courtesy of John Loraine.

A postcard showing skaters on the ice near Billingham c1906.

Image and details courtesy of Brian Richardson.

A decorative flower bed detailing the Locomotion No.1 in Ropner Park, Stockton c1949.

Taken by Len Toulson, courtesy of Neal Toulson.

I waited a long time for the air to clear over Teesside, in the late summer of 1972, before driving up to the range of hills which overlooks Middlesbrough, going towards Eston. Even so the centre of Stockton is barely visible. It was probably about 6 miles from where I was. The long thin rectangle about one third from the left is the Malleable works. Just behind it is the gasholder in Portrack and Hume House can also be discerned. But there is another tall structure as well. The towers of the Newport Bridge are in the centre of the picture. To the right of these the silos, etc, of the south part of ICI Billingham can be seen.

I don’t know the exact location from where this picture was taken, but if anyone has the time it would be interesting to see how things have changed over the past 44 years.

Photograph and details courtesy of Fred Starr.

Taken from our bedroom window looking from Thornaby to Ingleby Barwick just as houses started to be built at Ingleby. Miss that view so much. I spent far too much time looking at it, always wish we never left.

Photograph and details courtesy of Jude Heslop.

Photographs taken Thursday 2 June 2016 of Leven and Sandy Bottoms, hopefully happy memories for everyone.

Photographs and details courtesy of Derek Brittain.

Viewed from the Thornaby side are two photographs of Leven which I took in April 2006.

Photographs and details courtesy of Derek Brittain.