Siemens Factory
Pictures from the Siemens Factory Hartlepool
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Old Pictures of Hartlepool (Page 10)
Hartlepool Santa Bus
Old Pictures of Seaton Carew
Seaton Carew is the coastal resort for Stockton and Hartlepool and is named after a Norman French family called Carou. Like many coastal places on the neighbouring coast it was a small fishing town but grew in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with the rising popularity of health resorts. Seaton …
Read More »Hartlepool Dock Rock Festival 1986
Long before music festivals like Reading and Leeds became the place for everyone to go and watch live music Hartlepool held it’s own 3 day festival called Dock Rock in 1986. Hartlepool dock rock attracted around 10,000 people and had the likes of Madness, Dr and The Medics, The Wailers, …
Read More »Bailes Garage
Bailes Garage can still be found in Hartlepool today – now known as Hart Lane Motor Port, opposite Serpentine Gardens / Thornhill Gardens. The garage was home to Hartlepool’s first petrol pump and serviced cars and motor cycles (Motor Cycles being much more popular in those days).
Read More »Old Pictures of Church Street
Church Street was once one of West Hartlepool’s central hubs. A mecca for shopping, hotels and Cafe’s. Magnificent trams used to grace the streets every day.
Read More »Hartlepool Tall Ships Gallery
Hartlepool welcomed 100 tall ships in August 2010 after being chosen by race organisers to be the finishing point for the 2010 Tall Ships Race.
Read More »Old Pictures of Hartlepool
Hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of Hartlepool ‘Old Hartlepool’, known locally as the Headland, and the more recent ‘West Hartlepool’. They amalgamated in 1967 to form what is now the single entity known as Hartlepool.
Read More »Old Pictures of Hartlepool
Surrounded on three sides by the sea, the Magnesium Limestone headland or peninsula called the Heugh at Hartlepool is more familiarly known as Old Hartlepool.
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The Lion Brewery has been established in Hartlepool for over 150 years and has been the home to Camerons since 1865.
Read More »Trincomalee Pictures
Britain’s oldest warship afloat! The wooden frigate – previously called HMS Foudroyant has become the symbol for Hartlepool and takes pride of place in the center of Hartlepool’s Historic Quay and Maritime Experience. You can come and visit the Trincomalee and climb aboard to see what it was like to captain a …
Read More »Gallery of images – building the nuclear power station
Building Hartlepool nuclear power station is a collection of over a hundred images taken during the construction of the Reactor Hall Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers. The images date from summer 1969 – summer 1972 Building of the power …
Read More »Old Pictures of Hartlepool
It has been said that although Ralph Ward Jackson founded the town of West Hartlepool, it was William Gray who made it.
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Page 5 of our gallery of old pictures of Hartlepool. Pictures include st james church, the docks, timber yards, union dock and the town hall.
Read More »Old Pictures of Hartlepool
Hartlepool was once a small town surrounded by a collection of villages and farms – some of which still exist today.
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Page 7 of our gallery of old pictures of Hartlepool. Pictures include binns, church street, Dock Rock 1986, birks cafe and camerons hospital.
Read More »Old Pictures of Hartlepool
Surrounded on three sides by the sea, the Magnesium Limestone headland or peninsula called the Heugh at Hartlepool is more familiarly known as Old Hartlepool.
Read More »Old Pictures of Hartlepool
Hartlepool was originally two towns, the ancient town of Hartlepool ‘Old Hartlepool’, known locally as the Headland, and the more recent ‘West Hartlepool’. They amalgamated in 1967 to form what is now the single entity known as Hartlepool.
Read More »Wind Turbine Pictures
The Wind Turbines – Near Elwick, Hart & Dalton Villages were a love it or hate it sight on Hartlepool’s skyline when first installed.
Read More »Church Street Pictures
Fully restored to its former glory Church Street is full of beautiful architecture from back in the days when trams used to grace its streets. You can see our old pictures of Church Street in our Gallery too!
Read More »The Headland Pictures
In prehistoric times Hartlepool’s headland is thought to have been an isolated tidal island covered by thick forests. In the nineteenth century during excavation of the adjacent marshy area called the Slake, trunks of trees from the ancient forest were found embedded in the clay along with antlers and the …
Read More »Seaton Carew Pictures
A splendid promenade connects the Marina with one of the Victorian’s favourite North-East resorts. Seaton Carew with its miles of broad golden sands and safe sheltered bathing is still the perfect venue for a traditional family day out at the seaside. See also: Old Pictures of Seaton Carew.
Read More »Summerhill Pictures
Summerhill is a 100 – acre site on the edge of Hartlepool being transformed for the benefit of conservation and outdoor sports.
Read More »Ward Jackson Park Pictures
Ward Jackson Park, Covering 8.1 hectares, is one of the most original in the North East region. Provided by public money in 1883 to commemorate one of Hartlepool’s greatest entrepreneurs, Ralph Ward Jackson.
Read More »Hartlepool Marina Pictures
Hartlepool Marina is one of the most modern Marina facilities in Europe. Featuring one of Europe’s biggest boat hoists and attracting hundreds of vessels, the £60 million Marina is Hartlepool’s most alluring and relaxing location.
Read More »Heugh Battery Pictures
Heugh Battery and its sister sites were first conceived in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars to protect the important port and ship building centre of Hartlepool from attack by sea. Pictures with thanks to the Heugh Battery trust. You can find out more about visiting the Heugh Battery here. …
Read More »Gallery of images 2 – building the nuclear power station
Building Hartlepool nuclear power station is a collection of over a hundred images taken during the construction of the Reactor Hall Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers. The images date from summer 1969 – summer 1972
Read More »Gallery of images 3 – building the nuclear power station
Building Hartlepool nuclear power station is a collection of over a hundred images taken during the construction of the Reactor Hall Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers. The images date from summer 1969 – summer 1972
Read More »Gallery of images 4 – building the nuclear power station
Building Hartlepool nuclear power station is a collection of over a hundred images taken during the construction of the Reactor Hall Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers. The images date from summer 1969 – summer 1972
Read More »Gallery of images 5 – building the nuclear power station
Building Hartlepool nuclear power station is a collection of over a hundred images taken during the construction of the Reactor Hall Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels.
Read More »Gallery of images 6 – building the nuclear power station
These images date from summer 1969 – summer 1972.
Read More »Gallery of images 7 – building the nuclear power station
Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers. The images date from summer 1969 – summer 1972.
Read More »Gallery of images 8 – building the nuclear power station
Building Hartlepool nuclear power station is a collection of over a hundred images taken during the construction of the Reactor Hall Building.
Read More »Gallery of images 9 – building the nuclear power station
Construction of the Reactor Hall Building and the construction of the two pre-stressed concrete Pressure Vessels which contain the reactors and boilers. The images date from summer 1969 – summer 1972.
Read More »Bombardment of Hartlepool Pictures
Hartlepool became the first place on mainland Britain to be bombed by the Germans. Over 100 people died as more than 1,000 shells rained down on the town for about 40 minutes from the three heavy cruisers Blucher, Seydlitz and Moltke which emerged from the mist shortly after 8am on …
Read More »Clemenceau Pictures
Clemenceau (R 98), often affectionately called “le Clem”, was the lead ship of her class, and the 8th aircraft carrier of the French Navy, serving from 1961 to 1997. She was the second French warship to be named after Georges Clemenceau, the first one being a battleship of the Richelieu …
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