This is a school photo of class at Richard Hind School in Stockton taken during the late 1940s. I believe the teacher on front row is Sandy Dobing. Does anyone recognise themselves or each other?
Photograph and details courtesy of Simon Parkin.
The team was unbeaten all season, won the league including a play-off against Mandale Juniors who we beat in a replay. Graham Rutherford, Stephen Sharp, David Mellvin (Captain), ??, Bobby Bista, Russell Crawford, Graham Highfield, Geoff Stockburn, David Brown, Alan Jones, Jeff Green, Michael Beale (Goal Keeper) and George Hardwick, ex Middlesbrough, England and Great Britain footballer. I hope this photograph interests a few people!
Photograph and details courtesy of Alan Jones.
A photograph of the Victoria Cycling Club taken in Helmsley c1933. The cyclist to the far right is my grandfather, Bobby Thompson from Fairfield in Stockton.
Photograph and details courtesy of Julian Rafferty.
This photograph was set up by my dad, Beldon Bensley who helped out on the Dixon’s farm. Dad is 4th from left with mug, bottom row. I think Leslie Dixon would be 2nd from right on bottom row. The photograph was taken circa 1949, possibly down by Billingham Beck and St. Aidans Crescent as the houses can be seen in the background.
Photograph and details courtesy of Bruce Bensley.
Cast members of The Billingham Players prior to their production of “Sleeping Beauty” at the Theatre Upstairs on Belasis Avenue, Billingham. The pantomime was to be staged on the 10th of December 1984. Does anybody recognise any of the three ladies, or know if they are still involved with the Billingham Players?
Photograph and details courtesy of Bruce Coleman.
This photograph shows a wedding party outside 16 Russell Street, Thornaby. Taken around 1906. My great-grandparents Edwin and Isabella CLARKE lived at No. 20 for many years. Edwin worked as a bricklayer in the steel works. He had travelled up north to find work in the 1870s from his home near Great Yarmouth, leaving behind an ancestry steeped in the corn milling business. He met Isabella HULL from St Helen Auckland and they married in 1876. Their first 3 children were born in Craddock Street, Bishop Auckland and their last 3 in Thornaby. In the photo, Edwin is standing in the middle at the back and Isabella is on the right in her fine hat! Their daughter-in-law Lucy is sitting front right with her young son.
When I was given the photo many years ago I was assured it was not a family wedding so I don’t know who the bride and groom are. I was told the lady in the middle on the left ran a local pub and the girls on either side of her were “gaiety girls” but who knows if that’s true! Seems unlikely to me. I wonder whether anyone with links to the area might know who they all are? Edwin died in 1937 and Isabella in 1932. They are buried at Thornaby Cemetery in an unmarked plot, which I visited many years ago while in the area.
Photograph and details courtesy of Diane Johansen.
Neal Toulson: Thornaby Cricket Club 1940’s – Hi attached are two photographs of Thornaby Cricket Club in the 1940’s. The first photograph I believe was taken when they won the league, they won again in 1945, it had a player called Norman Nevison who was something of a legend, he took 100 league wickets in 1945, in one match he took all 10 wickets. I don’t know any of the other players.
The second photograph features Dougie Merryweather on the very back row left. Doug played for a lot of years and his sons and grandsons also played for Thornaby over the years.
Photograph and details courtesy of Neal Toulson.
Repairing the clutch on my pre unit Bonneville on the Whitby Road in 1970.
Top left clockwise: Dougie Dunn, Pete (Joe) Johnstone, David (Gabbler) Allison, Dennis (Wombat) Walton. All the guys were from Fairfield except me, from Thornaby.
Photograph and details courtesy of Anthony Bonner.
Following on from last weekend’s Stockton Cycling event, here is a photograph of a group of the ‘younger’ Stockton Wheelers cyclists, stood on the steps of the Doric column next to the Town Hall, just before setting off on a Sunday club run. It was Stockton Wheelers Diamond Jubilee year of 1976 and I think this was a special Sunday run to celebrate the occasion. One of the riders in the photograph is Paul Curran who went on to win two commonwealth gold medals some years later.
Photograph and details courtesy of John Callender.
People from Stockton Rambling Club posing outside the Council Municipal offices on Church Road, Stockton before going to ‘City of Varieties’ c1963.
Photograph and details Chris Firth.
Children from year 4 dressed in Victorian costumes to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Oxbridge School. Pictured is Margaret Williams who taught at the school from 1972 – 1998.
Photograph courtesy of Margaret Williams.
I recently found this photo along with some of my father’s documents, which shows the class of that year, for which my father was my teacher as well! (I’ve read some of the earlier comments about him – he seems to have been quite popular!)
I can only identify a few names…
BACK ROW
1
2
3
4
5
6 Derek Fitzhugh?
7 Barbara Bryson?
8
9
10
11 Stephen Poad?
12
13 Stephen Wathey?
14 Harry Greener (my Dad)
MIDDLE ROW
1 Tony Langford
2
3
4
5 Katherine McMullen
6 Richard Greener (me)
7
8 Mark Smith
9
FRONT ROW
Sorry – no idea
Photograph and details courtesy of Dick Greener.
Photographs from the 1977 Jubilee in Chelmsford Avenue, Stockton. The first photograph is depicting games in the road and the second and third photographs were taken inside of the Mayor’s (Laurie Wild) garage, who lived in Chelmsford Avenue when it began to rain!
Photographs and details courtesy of Tonia Jackson.
This is a picture of my Holy Communion at St Johns RC Church in Billingham. I am the blond boy four from the left. The Priest was the wonderful Fr. Kerwick. I went to St Johns from 1975 – 1980.
Photograph and details courtesy of Michael Swinhoe.
The 266 Stockton Squadron ATC during Summer Camp at RAF Chivenor and RAF Cosford.
Photographs and details courtesy of Colin Godfrey.
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