Grangetown, Birchington Avenue c.1955
Photo ref:
G88002
Photo ref:
G88002
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This major avenue crosses the Broadway at Grangetown, and illustrates the high quality housing originally provided for the local steel industry. Also evident are the overhead wires of the trolley bus system which served this part of Teesside from 1919 to 1971, provided by the Teesside Railless Traction Company.
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Memories of Grangetown, Birchington Avenue c1955
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Grangetown, Birchington Avenue c.1955
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My grandparents Francis Cuthbert and Lillian (Reece) Conway lived at 109 Birchington Avenue. My mother Mariam Suzzanah lived there for many, many years with her family i.e. Frank, Cath, Winifred, mum, Lilian and baby Kevin. Before that they lived in Bessemer Street. My grandfather worked at the steel works and had served in the First World War. Before my immediate family emigrated to Australia in the early 1960s ...see more
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