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.
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.
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.
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.
The first photograph was taken in mid 1930’s and shows my mother Frances Wilson (nee Dunnill) sitting on the front doorstep of 97 Lawson Street, the carved detail seen on the door frame is interesting.
The second photograph is my grandmother Lily Dunnill (nee Bruce) at the rear of the house and the third is my grandfather Stan Dunnill and dog in the alley, I believe these were taken in the 1950’s.
Photographs and details courtesy of MF Wilson.
3a, class photograph taken with Mr Kitching in 1960/61.
Photograph courtesy of Mike Baker.
I recently came across a scrapbook my nana and grandad Ernest (Ernie) and Margaret (Madge) Temple had/were given from the 1960s when he was the Mayor of Stockton. The scrapbook contains lots of photos from dinners, charity events, meet and greets as well as invites. Here is part two…
Photographs and details courtesy of Michael Temple.
Ernest and Margaret Temple, Mayor and Mayoress of Stockton, watch the first north east demonstration of live 625-line television outside Barry’s radio and television shop, Stockton in the 1960s.
Photograph and details courtesy of Michael Temple.
This picture was painted by myself Graham Frank Wright in 2021. It’s a pen and ink, watercolour and gouache painting of the blacksmith at Preston Park Museum and Grounds.
Image and details courtesy of Graham Frank Wright.
I recently came across a scrapbook my nana and grandad Ernest (Ernie) and Margaret (Madge) Temple had/were given from the 1960s when he was the Mayor of Stockton. The scrapbook contains lots of photos from dinners, charity events, meet and greets as well as invites. Here are just a few…
Photographs and details courtesy of Michael Temple.
Stockton launched its Armed Forces Week celebrations with a traditional flag raising ceremony outside of the Municipal Buildings on Monday 19 June in a short service led by the Mayor Of Stockton Councillor Jim Beall.
Serving members of the Armed Forces were on parade as were veterans and standard bearers from all branches of the armed forces, reserve and territorial members too with the mayor being joined on the dais by Neil Schneider DL, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of County Durham and The Countess Peel DL, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire with both Glenn Eastick the Mayor of Thornaby and his wife Tracy the Mayoress, Matt Vickers MP and council officers also in attendance. Making sure that it all ran with military precision was Parade Marshall Mark Thompson, himself a former soldier in the Parachute Regiment.
Photographs and details courtesy of David Thompson.
I recently came across a Tyne Tees TV recording I made of a service in 1982 in Stockton Parish Church, led by Revd David Whittington, then vicar of Stockton. It was broadcast nationally to celebrate 75 years of the Scout movement and I sang in the choir with my daughter. There are so many local faces from 41 years ago. Who can you spot?
Video and details courtesy of Ian Black.
Sadly I can’t remember the day. My dad is the smart man standing to the left of the impromptu flag pole. I am the little girl at the very bottom of the photograph.
Photograph and details courtesy of Anon.
Class photograph taken with Mr Stockdale in 1958.
Photograph courtesy of Mike Baker.
A Grangefield Girls’ Grammar school day coach outing? It seems to be the whole of the third year, probably 1962, but where were we going? Any ideas welcome.
The second photograph was taken on another occasion as the clothes are different but I have no further details. How the coaches have changed!
Photographs and details courtesy of Pat Rendall.
