One of our regular contributors, Ben Brown has been in touch to let us know about his special birthday.
“Hi Stockton, I made 90 years on July 6th, I hope to enjoy your site for many more” – Ben Brown, ex-Stockton AFC and Stockton CC.
From all of us at Picture Stockton Archive we wish you a belated happy birthday!
A photo of David Crawford, a member of the Durham County Ten Pin Bowling team, in action at the Billingham Bowl.
Image and details courtesy of Anthony Crawford.
A photo of the Durham County Ten Pin Bowling team c. 1964 who represented Durham County on at least a dozen occasions.
Back row (L to R): David Crawford from Billingham, Bob Bailey from Stockton, John (from Sunderland.
Front row: the lad on the right was Bryan but I can’t remember the name of the lad on the left. Both were from Sunderland.
Image and details courtesy of Anthony Crawford.
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 class photograph from Grangefield Grammar School, approximately 1958/9.
Photograph courtesy of Ron Watson.
Dear Parents, Carers, Ex Pupils, Ex Staff and Oxbridge Alumni,
Miss Montier, a teacher with with 31 years at Oxbridge Lane, will be retiring at the end of the summer term. She has lots of memories of her adventures with all of the children she has been involved with.
We would love to find out from you, your memories of your time at Oxbridge Lane. You could inspire the whole school community by telling us about your fondest memories, your life since leaving us, your achievements and how Oxbridge was instrumental in your successes.
Please contact us by leaving your messages and recollections at the following email address.
Thank you,
Oxbridge Lane Primary School
A photograph of the second year of Richard Hinds Girls School in 1958.
Top row (L – R): Jennifer Taylor, Jean Stelling, Dianne Hawkins.
Second row (L – R): Marion Carter, Jacqueline Hale, Joan Ainsley, Sheila Potts, Iris Johnson, Pat Grahame, Winifred Langburn.
Third row (L – R): Eileen Neighbour, Ann Calvert, Joan Atkinson, Geraldine Stephenson, Norma Wood, Ann Johnston, Irene Amos, Joan Newcombe, Joan Phillips, Mavis Lightowler, Pat Duggan, Elizabeth Hardings, Pauline Howell.
Front row (L – R): Margaret Avery, Barbara Fishburn, Wendy Speight, Valerie Riley, Pauline McMaster, Maureen Dickinson, Jean Mortimer, Susan Jonson, Yvonne Davis, Sheila Simpson, Margaret Watson.
Photograph and details courtesy of Pauline McMaster.
A photograph of a party held in Bell Street for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937.
Photograph and details courtesy of Anonymous.
A photograph of 1st Form 1B at Richard Hinds Girls School taken in July 1957.
Back row (L – R): Dianne Hawkins, Jean Stelling, Jennifer Taylor, Sheila Potts.
Third row (L – R): Joan Phillips, Ann Johnston, Eileen Neighbour, Jacqueline Atkinson, Joan Ainsley, Iris Jonson, Cynthia Lister, Joan Atkinson.
Second row (L – R): Pat Duggan, Marion Carter, Pauline McMaster, Joan Newcombe, Norma Wood, Winifred Langburn, Pat Grahame, Jacqueline Hale, Mavis Lightowler, Elizabeth Harding, Geraldine Stephenson, Jean Mortimer, Maureen Dickinson.
Front row (L – R): Margaret Watson, Gillian Ettle (?), Wendy Speight, Yvonne Davis, Valerie Riley, Susan Johnson, Sheila Simpson, Barbara Fishburn, Margaret Watson.
Photograph and details courtesy of Pauline McMaster.
A photograph of a class at St. Joseph’s Infant School taken in 1950.
Photograph courtesy of Pauline McMaster.
In digging around in my old stuff I came across these two hand made publications from my misspent youth. I only have the first two copies (whether there were anymore only your readers could say) from the local punk rock/new wave days in the late seventies. They were filled with lot’s of articles and band info. I spent many a night in the Teessider pub watching some very fast and certainly furious youth of the day do their thing. Great times.
Photograph and details courtesy of Mike Bellerby
A photograph of Miss Lilley’s class at St. Joseph’s RC School taken in April 1956.
Back (L – R): Miss Wilkinson (Head Teacher), Brian Pitelen, Brian Stott, Brian Morton, Michael Lindsay, ?, Brendon Bethan, Michael Craig, Brian Mathew, David Humble, ?, Terry Fitzpatrick, ?.
Middle (L – R): Michael Ledger, Brian Harvey, Geoffrey Costello, Alan Waller, Pauline McMaster, Margaret Crawford, Maureen Chicken, Monica Baker, Pat Cooper, Pat Harvey, ?, Brendon Thornton, David Parker, Peter Armstrong, Miss Lilley (teacher).
Front (L – R): Ann Jenkinson, Mary Quinn, Catherine McQuillen, Kathleen Gilhooley, Sandra Buchanan, Pat O’Brien, Ann Hamilton, Joan Connelly, Barbara Johnson, Angela Harris, Sylvia Clucose?, Joyce Connelly, Joan Machin.
Photograph and details courtesy of Pauline McMaster.
Near my home in Meadowbank, New South Wales, there’s a magnificent old iron bridge that I often ride over on my bike and paddle under in my kayak. Originally a railway bridge, it was prefabricated in England and shipped here in 1886. Each pylon is inscribed with “Stockton Forge Company Makers, Stockton-on-Tees”.
Although the bridge no longer carries the railway it is a much loved pedestrian and cycle path across the Parramatta River and stands strong despite nearly 140 years in salt water.
I often think of the tremendous skill and hard work it took to make something like this, often for meagre wages and in harsh and dangerous conditions, and the sad loss of decline of heavy manufacturing in both Australia and the UK.
I think we should be very proud of this heritage, and you may want to let the people in your community know about it!
Photographs and details courtesy of Ian Elliott, Australia.
‘Yarm – originally the Port of the Tees, and Viaduct which carries the main line south across the Valley of Tees and over the town of Yarm’.
Taken from the Commercial Travellers Association Souvenir Book, Stockton-on-Tees, 1898.
This is the British Railways Goods Depot on Bridge Road, Stockton, after National Carriers Limited moved to Bowburn, Durham.
Photograph and details courtesy of John Chalk.
