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West Hartlepool, Catcote Road c.1960
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More about this scene

Here we see modern post-war housing development in what was known as West Hartlepool until the two Hartlepools merged to form the County Borough of Hartlepool in 1967. The Red Admiral public house (left) remains today. It has altered its frontage to some extent, but has retained its original butterfly title – thank goodness, it has not changed it to one of the current more trendy names.

Memories of West Hartlepool, Catcote Road c1960

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 West Hartlepool, Catcote Road c.1960

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I was born in the town,and spent my first ten years in what would now be regarded as the slums of Stranton, Bower Street, going to school at Oxford Street juniors. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Bower Street and neighouring streets were demolished, and its inhabitants moved to the new council estate at Owton Manor, to the west of Catcote Road. I walked to school daily along Catcote Road. I remember the "Catcote" ...see more