This is one of those posts that went missing when we moved to the new site.
It shows the Bowesfield Pub on Bowesfield Lane, Stockton.
We have tried to recreate as many of the original comments as possible…
The Bowesfield, Bowesfield Lane
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Cowpen Bewley Cricket Team, 1980
Cowpen Bewley have been members of the Cleveland League since the 1890s and have played on the same ground since 1921. When this photograph was taken in 1980 the Cleveland League consisted of 4 divisions with something like 45 teams involved. In 2013 there was one division of 9 teams left. This shows how village cricket has declined over the years.
Back row (l-r) Alan Sutherland, Martin Birtle, Howard Robinson, Brian Milner, Les Flintham and Ian Sutherland (scorer). Front row (l-r) Cliff Raynor, David Cooper, Graham Phelps, David Nesbitt, Jim Cooper and Eddie Curran.
Photograph and details courtesy Martin Birtle.
Celebrations at the Oddfellows Arms, Thornaby
We believe these photographs were taken outside the Oddfellows Arms on Thornaby Road, Thornaby. Does anyone know what they were celebrating or why they were gathered here? Date unknown.
Photographs courtesy of Julie Allinson.
Stockton High Street c1983
A view of the Shambles and the Town Hall, Stockton High Street c1983.
Is this Wynyard Hall?
Does anyone have any idea where and when this photograph was taken? The building looks like Wynyard Hall…
The man presenting awards is definitely Prince George before he was crowned King George VI. The youths were probably members of a Boys Brigade or Church Lads Brigade. Who are the two men standing on the right? If it is Wynyard Hall, in my mind’s eye, the distance today from the far Corinthian column to the end of the building, is greater than the distance between the same two points in the photograph. If it is Wynyard Hall, has that end of the building been extended since the photograph was taken? My guess is between 1925 and 1935. Is the large house beyond the trees still there?
Details courtesy of Brian Gargate (Original copyright of the photo is held by the Thorpe Thewles History Group.)
Finkle Street, Stockton c1982
A view of Finkle Street, Stockton and Graham’s tailors and gown specialists at number 6 c1982.
View from Egglescliffe churchyard
A view from Egglescliffe Churchyard looking towards Yarm Viaduct.
Station Road c1981
An old semi-detached house standing derelict on Station Road, Billingham c1981.
Stockton Bus Service
A photograph of the old bus service in Stockton. Unfortunately I cannot put a date as to when I took the photograph, but maybe someone can help…
Photograph and details courtesy of John Robson.
The Green Dragon Pub, Stockton
The Green Dragon Yard, a courtyard of historic warehouses within a series of alleyways. Considered the cultural quarter of the town, it houses the Green Dragon Studios, the Georgian Theatre and the Green Dragon pub – is there a genuine smugglers tunnel in the cellar?
82 Church Road, Stockton
Stockton Engravers at number 82 Church Road, Stockton. June 1986.
L Fisher and Co., Dovecot Street
L Fisher and Co.Ltd in the former Brunswick Methodist Chapel on Dovecot Street, Stockton c1985.
ICI Billingham Gun Shop Team
The ICI Billingham Gun Shop personnel pose for the works photographer during 1943/44 behind their PIAT anti tank weapons which they assembled. The Projector Infantry Anti Tank gun, propelled a mortar like round through the energy of a powerful coil spring thus avoiding any muzzle flash that may have given away the user’s position. The Gun Shop which was just three hundred yards inside the old ICI Billingham North Gate on Belasis Avenue in the direction of the main workshops, may well have been the later location of the instrument workshop used in the 1960s.
Photograph and details courtesy of Geoffrey Cowton.
Chelsea Girl, Stockton c1980s
The first UK fashion boutique chain -Chelsea Girl at the corner of Stockton High Street and Ramsgate c1980s.
The River Tees, Stockton
I thought our friends on Picture Stockton would like to see this print of the town. I’m not sure of the date, but I’m sure somebody will be able to tell us.
Image and details courtesy of Maureen Walker.