Thornaby
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Map of Cleveland
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Cleveland Living Memories
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Thornaby memories
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My home town....
I was born in 1972 and moved to Thornaby in 1973 where I spent my life until the age of 24. People used to tease me that I was brought up in Thornaby and I was nicknamed 'the roughian'. People would say don't get on the wrong side of her (meaning me!) as I would punch their lights out! The more I defended the town, the more I was ribbed. So Thornaby has a reputation which I am not sure how it came about. I was brought up in Balmoral Avenue which is still a lovely road with 'nice' people living there. I went to Harewood Infants, Westbury Juniors and The Dene (as was) and I regard myself as having a ...read more here
Contributed by Amanda Blunt
Cleveland memories
My home town....
I was born in 1972 and moved to Thornaby in 1973 where I spent my life until the age of 24. People used to tease me that I was brought up in Thornaby and I was nicknamed 'the roughian'. People would say don't get on the wrong side of her (meaning me!) as I would punch their lights out! The more I defended the town, the more I was ribbed. So Thornaby has a reputation which I am not sure how it came about. I was brought up in Balmoral Avenue which is still a lovely road with 'nice' people living there. I went to Harewood Infants, Westbury Juniors and The Dene (as was) and I regard myself as having a ...read more here
A memory of Thornaby contributed by Amanda Blunt
My Era - Stockton Revisited
I was 28 years old at the time of this photograph, living at Roseworth, with wife, Doris,and daughter, Judith, aged two. Married at St Peter's Church in 1947, with Rev'd J McGill officiating, a 'wartime' wedding really, with rationing in place, and I in a khaki uniform with royal artillery brass in place, Doris in a treasured but borrowed weddding gown - coupons were reserved for more pressing items then. Two years after the photograph and we three had embarked on the 'Empress of France' from Liverpool to Montreal, Canada, then by train for four days to Edmonton where the oil and gas business, on which I had pinned my hopes, had faded somewhat. Within weeks Pacific Petroleums Ltd had identified ...read more here
A memory of Stockton-On-Tees contributed by Ronald HASLOCK
Cargo Fleet
I have many memories associated with this church in as much as it was where I went to Sunday School and my brother James was an Altar Boy and chorister. During the war years my mum ran the "Castrees" fish and chip shop in the market square right opposite the church. Her name was Rebecca Wilson but she was always known as "Becky". Although these times were not good ones because of the war, black outs etc., that little shop was packed from opening to closing and created a fantastic place of togetherness. A place to meet and support each other.
I remember walking from our home in Chester Street, Cargo Fleet, to the shop and home again after closing when ...read more here
A memory of Middlesbrough contributed by Clifford Wilson
Extracts From Thornaby & Cleveland books
This is a wonderful memory of a fascinating part of Teesside which was completely obliterated from the map not long after this photograph was taken. The Five Lamps area was full of character - small shops, old buildings, interesting people. The development of complex new road systems for Teesside removed everything you can see here. This is a picture full of human interest.
An extract from from"Cleveland Living Memories".
This photograph was taken on the same occasion as T122001. Trams used to run along Mandale Road between Norton and North Ormesby, but that was more than seventy years ago. Thornaby Town Hall in the centre distance still survives - an elegant building constructed in 1890. At an earlier date Thornaby was known as South Stockton, and was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire.
An extract from from"Cleveland Living Memories".
This elegant and also vital feature provides an important crossing of the River Tees. Earlier bridges across the river had existed at this point, but the Victoria Bridge opened in 1887, in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee year, replacing one built in 1769. The river is clearly tidal here - the nearby Tees Barrage was not completed until late 1994, and it was formally opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in the summer of 1995.
An extract from from"Cleveland Living Memories".
The ancient settlement of Greatham lies halfway
between Wolviston and Hartlepool. The large building
on the right, at the entrance to the village, has always
been known as Sappers Corner. Tommy Blumer built it
for his fleet of buses, which was later taken over by the
United Bus Company. He had been a sapper in the
army in the First World War - hence the name. At this
date it appears to be a petrol filling station, but it has
had several other uses.
An extract from from"Cleveland Living Memories".
The River Leven flows through Stokesley, Hutton Rudby
and Crathorne before passing under Leven Bridge and
joining the River Tees at Yarm. The road bridge shown
here is narrow, but it carries heavy traffic volumes
between Yarm and the southern edge of
Middlesbrough. The distant hillside is dotted with many
henhouses serving about 4,000 free range chickens.
An extract from from"Cleveland Living Memories".