We recently had a small gathering of some of the surviving apprentices of the 1972 intake. I took the picture so I don’t appear in it…how many do you recognise after all these years?
You can find a photo of the ICI apprentice intake of 1972 here: ICI Billingham Apprentice Intake c1972 | Picture Stockton Archive.
Photograph and details courtesy of Craig Harrison.
A group photo of children with nursing staff, believed to be taken at Stockton and Thornaby Hospital. My half-brother, Peter is pictured in the last row of children on the far right.
Photograph and details courtesy of Angela Riddiford.
The photograph below is of the McLaren family. It was taken on Boxing Day of 1911 at their home, Manor Farm, Thorpe Thewles.
The location of this family group photograph was in the front garden of their farmhouse, a contemporary view of which is separately pictured below.
The family comprised parents William and Hannah (seated in the centre of the picture) and their three children. The oldest of these was David (standing top right), followed by Peter (standing top left) with the youngest being Janet (seated bottom right). Both David and Peter are shown wearing their school (Stockton Grammar School) uniforms.
The teenage David McLaren kept diaries in 1911, 1912 and 1913. These record both his life on the farm, at school and in the village, as well as national and international events as the shadows of war lengthened over Europe.
In 2010 David’s diaries were discovered at a car boot sale in Hull and thereafter were secured by Thorpe Thewles History Group (TTHG) who fully transcribed and researched them. As part of a recent National Heritage Lottery funded project TTHG have made David’s diaries fully available to all as a downloadable book. A limited edition of printed copies of the diaries are also to be produced as part of this project and will shortly be donated to selected local and national libraries.
As part of this project TTHG also partnered with Lonely Tower Film and Media to produce an 83-minute duration documentary film about the life of the diarist and the fascinating content of his teenage journals.
To learn more about the above project, as well as watch and/or download a free copy of the David McLaren diaries, go to the link below on TTHG’s website.
The David McLaren Diaries Project
A pantomime outing to see Lonnie Donegan in Aladdin at the Globe Theatre for Davy United Roll Foundry workers and their families.
The show also included the Marie De Vere Dancers.
Photos and details courtesy of Barry Jones and Madge Fagan.
A photo showing the 1924-5 Stockton & Thornaby IMPS A.F.C. team.
Photograph courtesy of Andrew Benzies.
An undated photo of nurses from Stockton & Thornaby Hospital.
My mum, Catherine Macdonald Maclean worked as a nurse from approximately 1943 at Stockton & Thornaby Hospital. She is pictured on the right at the top of the stairs and had written names of some of the nurses on the photo. She absolutely loved her nursing time at the hospital.
Photograph and details courtesy of Angela Riddiford.
These photos show pantomime outings to the Globe Theatre for Davy United Roll Foundry and ICI workers and their families.
The Davy Ashmore trips to the theatre were organised by my father-in-law, George Fagan, who also used to organise summer outings. Each child was given a bag of fruit and a drink. They all got ice cream in the interval. I think he knew someone backstage and so got permission for the photos.
Photos and details courtesy of Barry Jones and Madge Fagan.
This image of myself and my grandson, Tyler, was created by Georgia Rose Lucas who is the daughter of the late Sandy Denny. You can see Sandy, who was the lead vocalist of folk bank, Fairport Convention, watching us from the Norton Road bridge.
The pathway behind the academy, along side Lustrum Beck is one of my favourite places to walk.
Image and details courtesy of Paul Smith.
A photograph of ICI apprentices for 1959/60.
Back row (L – R): Maurice Burns, ?, David Reeve, ?, Terry Callaghan, Dennis Duggan, ?.
Fourth row (L – R): Colin Smith, Bob Connell, Peter Clerk, ?, ?, ?, ? Downie, ?, George Hunter, ?, ?, Gordon Edwards, John Hobson, ?, ?.
Third row (L – R): ?, ?, ?, Jim Forsyth, Geoff Ferguson, ?, ?, Dave Holden, Dave Mineham, Dave Irving, Bernard Himsworth, Dave Fordy, ?, Ian Drury, ?, Peter Bowes.
Second row (L – R): Ralph (Barry) Clerk, John Teesdale, Keith Walker, Al Ried, Jim Galbraith, ?, Tom Creek, ? Oliver, Bill Stephenson, ?, Jim Fishburn, Alf Burns, ?, ?, Peter ?, Peter Evans.
Front row (L – R): Mel Fidgeon, ?, Peter Connors, Brian Jones, ?, Mick Keavney, ?, Eric Watson, Mick Meynall, ?, Bob Tucker, Ken Seaman, ?.
Photograph and details courtesy of Keith Walker.
This is believed to be a photo of the Stockton Secondary School girls’ hockey team, probably taken sometime between 1920 and 1922. We think that the girl on the far right might be the photo owner’s great aunt, Ivy Eileen Bainbridge.
Perhaps someone else has a copy of this picture and can date it more precisely, or identify some of the people in it?
Photograph and details courtesy of Andrew Wilson.
Thanks to Ron Watson, one of Picture Stockton’s photographs has been put through an AI photo process and brought to life.
Looking at the comments from the original post, we believe that the photo shows VE day celebrations at Malakoff Street in Stockton.
Sydney Charles Johnson, from Thornaby, was killed at Dunkirk on 1 June 1940, aged just 19. Just six months before his death, Sydney had become engaged to Nancy and although Nancy later married, she never forgot Sydney and spoke about him often to her daughter, Gillian.
It was Gillian who discovered that Sydney’s name was not on the Thornaby War Memorial and she wanted to remedy this, getting in touch with the Royal British Legion Stockton & Yarm Branch.
On 1 June a service of dedication was held at Thornaby Cenotaph to remember Driver Sydney Charles Johnson, Royal Army Service Corps, with Gillian unveiling his name 85 years after his death.
Photograph and details courtesy of Gillian Brookes.
A photograph of a party held in Bell Street for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937.
Photograph and details courtesy of Anonymous.
This team represented Stockton Rugby Club, in the Harrogate Colts, 1963 Sevens Competition. From what I recall, the competition was only open to Yorkshire teams. The Club got an invite to make the number of team entries even, so no team got a “bye” in the first round.
In the early “sixties” the colts had limited success playing in two Lormer Cup Finals, beaten both times. The teams were unfortunately weakened with players being called up for “county duty”. My name:- Stan Galloway, played second row in the 15-a-side team.
Back Row (L – R): A.J Walker, G. Winn, K. Pearson, M. Williamson. Front row (L – R): I. Fox, R. Clegg, I. Darling.
Image and details courtesy of Ron Watson.
On the back row is Jim Doherty (he became Headmaster at St. Peter and Paul’s) and the Headmaster, Harry Tompkinson. On the front row is Ray Smith (he became headmaster at St. Patrick’s). Winnie Holmes and Robert McIntosh who went on to St. Peter and Pauls and then headmaster at English Martyrs in Hardwick.
Harry Tomkinson was quite a character, kept pigs in the schoolyard during the war. At dinner times we would all trail across to Portrack for dinner, then when return we would have to stand on a gym bench and he would inspect our shoes to see if they were muddy and had gone across the rough ground!
Robert McIntosh is my father and he is still around – now 97 and still at home in Fairfield!
Photograph and details courtesy of Bob McIntosh.