The last person who allegedly canoed off Seaton , ended up in the big house

blame stagecoach for that. they thought he was setting up to compete with their bus routes.

The Middleton Ferry, popular when the shipyards were open…..not having a duty free shop killed it off.

Ship building in Hartlepool. That Ward Jackson gaggie was the main man in his time. Think most of our history started when ship building started. Not sure when ship building stopped in Hartlepool but it must have been in the 60s

The last ship built in the Hartlepool’s as it was then was by William Gray in West Hartlepool in1961, the 12,830 ton Blanchland for a company called Stephenson Clarke.
The slipway where it was built is on the site of the Old West Quay pub and the bottom part is still visible where the pub overlooks the dock.
The best book to give a load of insight into the history of West Hartlepool for the layman, is Robert Wood’s ‘West Hartlepool’ a former headmaster and though the book was written in 1967 is a cracking read and mine of information and been republished several times up into the 1980’s.

Thanks for that info Snowy. Very interesting indeed especially the slipway.

They have loads of copies in the Central library to borrow.

Spitting, might have been mentioned before, by anyone but more so by footballers, very few other sports is spitting so prevalent.

Totally true but particularly horrible when we see woman footballers spitting / blowing one side of their nose. We are all human but it's not nice to see a woman doing it this on a football pitch. Maybe it's just me but I do find it off putting to witness.

Posted in wrong thread meat to be in Things You Don’t Like Thread, I can’t delete so will repost in that thread.

So if you repost it becomes a spitting image.

Pretty glad we got shot of polio.

Yes Kenny it was awful for those people.

The underground toilets near the Church in middle of Church Street. They used to pong particularly in the summer months. And the old bus terminal on the headland. Does anyone remember when these two places closed

I was thinking about the old red phone boxes and wondering if we still have any standing in Hartlepool. The other thing that got me thinking was how many groups of red boxes did we have in our town back then. I recall a group of them outside the underground toilets in Church Street I think it was 3 or 4 together I also recall a group of 3 or 4 in the terminal bus station on the headland. And possibly a group in the shopping centre. Do any of you remember places around town with more than one red phone box.

Wow Thailand I very much doubt a red phone box has gone further

Seaton Baths

And the little cafe over the road, think it was called the woodpecker.

The tiny newspaper/ tobacco unit on Church Street.

The half pint bar in the grange

That's definitely a blast from my past bluebottle.

Stoppybacks in the Stranton.

Stoppybacks in the old police station for those Boyz in blue. Amount of times I walked past between midnight and 2am and seen detectives getting helped into their cars / engine started / lights switched on and on ya way Boyz.Totally disgusting behaviour

Stoppybacks a couple times on a Saturday afternoon in the The Three Arches Restaurant in Church Street.

A couple of points in the gents bar and then move into the half pint bar later on

Stoppybacks in the Windmill.

Two films and pathe news at the pictures/cinema

Persistent rumours that Harry Tones had a solid gold bog seat.

Maybe but he did put sordust in gear boxes in 70s then sell them as good runners.

I was about seven or eight when Mike Neville announced on "Look North" that over the weekend he'd been to a party in the house of a Hartlepool businessman that featured a solid gold seat in the shithouse.

No name was mentioned on screen, but me dad immediately said "Harry Tones".

Not a bad way of life turning sawdust into gold...!

Very true Kenny Then we had the Wilkies who turned free coal into gold.

And left behind a load of grit spots in the town.

That's true sadly Jamie

Aye, and there's a story behind that one too - not that I dare tell it on a public forum.

Confession time.

I worked for the Wilkies between 1991 and 1993. I was given one piece of advice when I started there: If Barry takes his glasses off while he's bollocking you, then run.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because it means he's about to punch you"...!

What was button A +B for ????

Very good question Bluestreak. I believe the A was pushed when someone answered allowing you to talk to them and B was pressed to refund your money in the event the call was unanswered.

When people who work in a chemist shop actually answer the phone

Or Doctors surgery

They often didn't have to say a lot.. but Oliver Hardy's blood pressure rising was a joy to watch..

Classic

Remember back in the 70’s a few of us coming out of the Chinese in Church Street and stood talking outside…. Then this bloke came out totally blotto ..took one step into the street, got a breath of fresh and air spewed up in volcanic proportion's all over the pavement and then dropped to his knees and started feeling through the dockyard omelette on the pavement …..he eventually raised his arm in triumph like a World Cup Winner as he found his false teeth ….and proceeded to refit them into his mouth, get himself erect and happily zig zagged down Church Street.

Remember going to the Fiesta with the lads from work and went into the urinals to see two of the lads looking at a five pound note slowly transiting down the ‘yellow’ river, when one of the lads we called Hagar the Horrible, because he looked like the cartoon Viking, pushed his way to the front, spotted it and promptly picked it up, ran it under the tap briefly and told us to follow him to the bar …it was crowded but in his style he pushed his way to the front and ordered himself a drink…then he slapped it down on the wettest part of the bar and walked away to the barmaids disgust.
All them Fiesta Fawns will be getting their pensions now

Thanks that seem about right unless someone else knows differently.

Over the years i have been going to the Dilshad in Church Street i have seen a few things.
The pair of knickers in the tree was a highlight, as was the Mr Whippy type turd left in the gents urinals.
The bloke who fell asleep in this curry was something to see as was the pissed guy who was trying to get to the toilet who stumbled and put his hand into someones curry.
A friend of mine found a crate staple in his curry and summoned the waiter. The waiter said simply "thank you" (as if he had been looking for it) and walked away.
We gave nicknames to the waiters........Smack Twat, Roy Hogan and Farouk (his name was something else but he answered to it).
Also outside the said establishment a class lass had a dispute with a taxi driver. She jumped on the bonnet dropped her knickers and pissed on the windscreen. The driver in fairness put the wipers on.
One Christmas a group of us went to the place every night from 23rd December till 2nd January (not xmas day). I kept my Access Card statement for years as proof but unfortunately cant find it now.It was always preceded by 6 pints of Strongarm. I never suffered from constipation.
Great days!!

Crazy but funny as

plus a cartoon, adverts and coming soon clips of these films. blame those so called blockbuster films which were a normal one but padded out.