...houseboats in a creek near North Gare? Are they still there?

No, not houseboats, exactly. I remember a few upside down coracles or whatever they're called.
Lots of houseboats used to be berthed at Middleton, further round the bay, by Mainsforth Terrace.

Tsk. Well, come on, why do you want to know?

There used to be houseboats in Greatham Creek next to the Tees Road bridge...north side of the creek as you were driving back into Hartlepool...or in our case ....biking.

Well I'm almost sure I used to see these ones at Seaton Snooks while I was on foot. Only two or three of them.
You couldn't get to Greatham Creek on foot along the coast 'cos Graythorpe dock was in the way, as of course was the Nuke later on.

Because I like remembering how things were when I was young, but I don't want the memories to be made-up ones.

there's some wooden remains at Greatham Creek near where the seals lounge about. I cycled along there yesterday and through the back of the old RHM factory - (the only snag being having to carry my bike up those steps in the middle of that bit of land).

You've just reminded me Parmo, I meant to ask you if you were cycling near Billingham Railway Station on Saturday, I was making my daily pilgrimage to Tesco's. If it wasn't you you've got a local doppleganger.

Yes I remember the house boats, they were on the beach propped up, not in the water. Must have walked along there when families still had dads and telly wasn't invented but was only a little lad in a fairisle tanktop me nanna knitted so it was sometime ago (early/mid50's).

Get the fook in!
I never dared go near them mind. They looked too much like floating gypsy caravans!

yeah it was me!! I did 24 miles on Saturday!! Ended up at the Tees flyover and back to town through Port Clarence then Seaton

Before my time, but I think I know what you're on about

if you get hold of a copy of this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duellists-DVD-K ... B000085RNP

there is dvd extra of a b&w short filmed in Hartlepool in 50s/60s which ends up at where I think you mean - worth getting just for the clips of Burbank/Lynn/Church Street and Seaton. Features a gadgee who could well be Mark E Smiths granda...

..and did it rip your lugs off when it was pulled off over your head, as nanas never knitted the necks big enough.

i think this bit of film you are on about boy and a bicycle was posted on here the other week

is this what you meant?

that's it yeah - missed that post, is it under an obvious thread? - found it, ta

Not quite. Them's not houseboats, but they do look like part of the gipsy stuff there used to be (still is?) in and around Seaton south end, including (if I remember correctly) a load of fairground caravans or shacks just behind the amusement park.

Thanks for the memories!