A view of Winpenny House (no. 135-37) on the west side of Yarm High Street c1979.
Winpenny House, Yarm c1979
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Newsagents on Bishopton Lane, Stockton
A view of the Newsagents on the corner on Bishopton Lane, Stockton c1985.
End of War Party, Bickersteth Street c1918
An end of war party at Bickersteth Street in 1918. My grandmother Florence Hodgson is the little girl in the spotted dress.
Photograph and details courtesy of Paul Dunning.
Gas Division Drawing Office, Power Gas Corporation c1960
This photograph was taken in the Gas Division Drawing Office and I would guess the year as 1960. Some of the names I remember are Ronnie Watson, Bev English, Ivor Anderson, Kenny Bell, Charlie Poole, Ian Findlay, Sam Lobb.
Photograph and details courtesy of Keith Waller
Customs House Hotel, Finkle Street
A view of the old Customs House Hotel at the bottom of Finkle Street, Stockton.
Photograph and details courtesy of John Simpson
Yarm Watercolours c1930s
Not a lot is known about the artist Arthur Simpson, though I guess he was a local man as he painted many local views of Yarm, Stockton, Thornaby, Redcar and Whitby. The images I have show Cecil Wrens Vinegar Brewery, the Green Tree Inn (Osbournes Pub) and Yarm High Street circa 1930s.
Images and details courtesy of Terry Westwood.
A view of Stockton taken from the north end of the town
My Great Grandmother used to herd pigs to market in Stockton. This is an old print that I have from my Great Aunt who had a millinery shop in Stockton when I was just a kid in the 1940’s. I was born in West Hartlepool and emigrated to Canada in 1963. I hope that your visitors find this old print interesting. The drawing was by one Stockton’s famous artists and furniture designer Thomas Sheraton (1751 – 1806).
Image and details courtesy of Eric Mudd.
H&W Martin, Stockton High Street
Number 51, H&W Martin, tailors established in 1878. Next to Martin’s is Wilsons Department store on Stockton High Street.
ICI Ammonia 4 c1970s
I think this photograph was taken shortly before or just after the start up of Ammonia 4 on the Billingham site where we celebrated with a night out at the ICI Club. Anyone you recognise?
Photograph and details courtesy of Bill Renwick.
Globe Theatre Programme c1944/45
A Globe Theatre programme from 1944/45 found in a shop in York.
Images courtesy of Janice Cooney
Eaglescliffe Railway Station c1930
A ships rudder weighing 54 Tons is seen here at Eaglescliffe Railway Station on the 8 May 1930 on it’s way from the Darlington Forge Works to Middlesbrough Docks.
The new replacement rudder for the RMS Aquitania measured 19 x 28 feet and over-hung the flat railcar by 13 feet which gave little room for manoeuvre when the train passed signal posts, loading ramps and passenger platforms along it’s route and it was here at Eaglescliffe were the rudder came closest to a signal only missing it by 3 inches! Interestingly the press report states both Eagles Cliff and the Port Of Middlesbrough from were the rudder was loaded onto a cargo ship which took it down to Southampton.
Photograph and details courtesy of David Thompson and Charles Young.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll c1970s
A group of Sheraton Comprehensive students visit that well known but nearly unpronounceable Welsh railway station Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch during a field expedition in the 1970s.
These trips were organised by the then geography teacher Brian Storey, he also took the photograph. These students will now be nearing their 60th birthday.
Details courtesy of Bruce Coleman.
ICI heritage event, Sunday 14 October 2018
A ‘Memories of ICI’ event was held in the High Grange Community Centre in Billingham on Sunday 14 October 2018 which was organised by Billingham North Ward councillors Chris Barlow and Lauriane Povey and supported by the Billingham Legacy Foundation . Together they had managed to loan some of the Teesside Archives collection relating to the three local ICI sites at Billingham, North Tees and Wilton and had on display bound copies of the various ICI in-house newspapers and magazines such as the ‘Billingham Post’ as well as a vast collection of photographs, training manuals and technical drawings. There were also several loaned items from retired company workers including both long service medals and watches.
Because of the success of this first event another one is taking place at the same venue on Sunday 10 March, 10am to 4pm with free tea, coffee and cake too – a must for any former ICI employee or anyone interested in local history. Highly recommended!
For more details contact Cllr Chris Barlow; chris.barlow@stockton.gov.uk
Photographs and details courtesy of David Thompson.
‘Sugar Loaf’ by Arthur Simpson c1920s
This is a watercolour by the Thornaby (?) artist Arthur Simpson who was capturing local scenes in the 1920s. He titled this work as “Sugar loaf ” but what he was painting is the passage which ran off the south-east corner of Thistle Green and was called called Sugarhouse Open. This is a view from the eastern end of the passage.
The Baltic Tavern is just out of sight on the right of the scene, but next to the Tavern was a warehouse which does appear in the painting.
The wall to the left of the passage is covered in advertising posters.
This scene was also captured in the photograph which appears on Picture Stockton titled The Baltic Tavern, Stockton c1928
Details courtesy of Cliff Thornton. Image courtesy of Somerset & Wood Fine Art Ltd. www.somersetandwood.com
‘Thornaby-on-Tees National Schools’ Bookplate c1911
Whilst browsing a second hand shop in Northallerton, I came across this book and inside noticed the book plate, ‘Thornaby-on-Tees National Schools’, dated September 1911.
Photographs and details courtesy of Tony Cooney.