Middlesbrough, The Park 1913
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Albert Park was opened by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, in 1868, and the land was purchased for the town by Henry Bolckow. The park was the scene of a spectacular firework display in 1881, held to celebrate the town's jubilee.
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I attended MBHS from 1957 to 1964, first at the Albert Rd Old School and later at the new Prisick(sic) site on Marton Rd. I started in form 3A in the 3rd floor of the clock tower, where morning roll call went: Appleton, Barley, Brown, Clare, Conquest,...and so on. Our form master was new too, Lenard Temple(?). Our Upper VI form out at Prisick was pretty unchanged. Col Metcalf (the Met) was our physics and form ...see more
I lived in grove hill in the early 60s with my mum dad sister and brothers.my dad henry mcalpine,worked on the transporter bridge,we came down from Glasgow. unfortunately my dad passed away.as the house came with the job,we had to move out,so we moved back up to Glasgow,grove hill was a great place to live,i wondered if anyone on here knew or worked with my dad?he would have been in his early 30s when he died.
I can remember when Big Wesley was demolished to make way for the new "British Homestores", seems that things are turning full circle. It must have been in the late 1950`s when my pals and I used to play on the demolished masonry. We lived in Buxton St just opposite the Empire Theatre and enjoyed the new playground. This was of course before the Cleveland Centre and Dundas House were built, when Hintons ...see more
I lived in Eden road grovehill from 1967-68 till 1972. We were a family of 10, i remember albert park and still go there. The park as changed alot though. Cried when we were took out of marton grove school and told we were moving.
Best friends were Jane peirce and Janet station.
Last year we lost our brother Brian Gunn at age 56. Great childhood memories from Eden road 😊
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