Stockton On Tees, High Street c.1955

Photo ref: S195021

I lived in Stockton for 25yrs and remember, as a child who was raised by a single parent with two sisters, not having a lot but enjoying life so very much. Playing outside with my tennis balls, jumping double unders with my skipping rope and two friends, swinging around the lamp post, marbles, hopscotch all kinds of fun outdoors and not even knowing the difference of some that had money and those that didn't. Life ...see more

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 ...see more