Green Dragon Yard is a network of three small courtyards located on the eastern side of Stockton High Street between Silver Street and Finkle Street c1971.
Green Dragon Yard
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Finkle Street c1973
Finkle Street just off Stockton High Street, once ran down to Stockton quayside. Is that a glimpse of Head Wrightsons on the opposite side of the Tees?
Newport Bridge, 2013
An Image gallery of the Newport Bridge spanning the River Tees, viewed from the Stockton side.
Photographs courtesy of David Thompson
Billingham Town Square c1954
A photograph of Billingham Town Square under construction, looking towards John Whitehead Park.
Riverside Road, Stockton – 1982
A view over the rooftops of the Green Dragon Yard looking towards the Riverside, Stockton.
Stockton Almshouses, Dovecot Street – 1983
The Almshouses at 98 Dovecot Street, dated from 1897 and inscribed “Stockton Almshouses Situation the east side of the High Street, rebuilt 1816 with a sum of money bequeathed for that purpose by George Brown Esq, were sold and taken down AD 1896. These buildings were erected with part of the purchasers money AD 1897”
Stockton Almshouses seen from Dixon Street. Photographs dated December 1983.
Stockton Town Hall c1964
The Town Hall and Market Cross seen from the south of Stockton High Street. The view includes Collingwoods, Jays and Winpenny’s.
Stockton Corporation Bus, Stockton High Street
A photograph of an old Stockton Corporation Bus with Leslie Browns and the Odeon Cinema either side, unfortunately I’m unsure of the date, maybe someone can help?
Photograph and details courtesy of Peter Jordison.
Portrack Shamrocks, 1955 – 1956
A photograph of the Portrack Shamrocks. In the season of 1955/56 they went on to win the Teesside League Championship, League Cup and the North Riding Amateur Cup.
Back row, left to right: Vin Oliver (manager), Peter Hanley, Dave Conner, Brian Cook, Eddie Fingleton, Fred King, Terry Boyle, Peter Goldsmith (trainer)
Front Row: Owen Wren (committee member) Mick Conwell, Dennis Callaghan, Henry Harris (captain), Leo Callaghan and Jackie Cutler. The mascot is Phil Dowd.
Photograph and details courtesy of Richard Scott.
RAF Thornaby Stained Glass Window, Thornaby
In 1976 a stained glass window in St Paul’s Church on Thornaby Road was dedicated to the RAF at Thornaby.
Photographs courtesy of David Thompson.
Church Row Scheme c1934
We believe this new road construction leads towards the Portrack area, with the South Durham Iron and Steel Company or Stockton Malleable Works on the right. Are the row of houses on the left Hill Street East? c1934
View of the Transporter c1950s
This photograph nicely follows the photograph posted on 1st March. At the top left hand side, on the north bank of the River Tees is Bells Foundry also recently mentioned.
Photograph and details courtesy of David Thompson.
Bells Iron Works, c1920s
A view of Bells Iron Works in Port Clarence c1920s.
In the 1850’s houses were built to accomodate the iron and steel workers, many of them being Immigrants. Around 850 houses in Sweethills and Samphire Batts (now the Clarences) were built, council houses eventually followed and and with shops, schools, churches and even a cinema, the area boomed.
Basselton Lane, Thornaby 1934
Three photographs of Basselton Lane, Thornaby at its junction with Thornaby Village Green. The photographs were taken on 18th April 1934 by Philip Brown, Borough Engineer.
Was this your local Co-op?
Stockton Co-operative Society, Branch 44 on Dovecot Street, Stockton. Branch 44 sold radios, televisions and electrical goods.