Anyone recall the ‘official’ name of the Klondyke pub on Cleveland Road down the central estate.

It was called The Central.

Central and further down the road to the Headland was the Lord Clyde.

Looking for a photo on the Hartlepool History sites but cant find anything as yet.

If you need to see a photo of it there will be one in the Anchor (old Stranton pub). Just ask one of the members of staff who are always helpful.
Good reason for a night out "researching" the issue.

At last.
I was in there the last night it was open.

Cheers Bluestreak, I’ll get a ink drawing out of that.
What year did it close, early 80’s?

The Central public house, Central Estate, Hartlepool was built in 1892 and had a licence by 1897. It was often known as 'The Klondike'. The pub was badly damaged in the 1922 Timber Yard Fire.

In July 1958, following a petition it was agreed that it could open Monday and Friday at 5 p.m. and Wednesday Thursday at 5.30 p.m. rather than the usual 6- 10 pm. hours in order to ' settle the dust of a day's labour' .

In 1981 it was demolished.

Break up communities and build acres of back to front rabbit warrens.
Hart Lane shows what can be done with Street houses, pity it wasn’t done earlier.

Yes whilst retaining the existing infrastructure of roads, pubs and shops.
Some of the pubs / buildings we have lost is regrettable. The Northeastern in Lynn Street being a classic example with a interior panelled with wood from an old cruise liner and bogs that smelt of sea salt at high tides. Just think of what Lynn Street could have been if renovated and covered.

That brings back some memories, me and a few mates used to go there on our motor bikes , when the place was on its last legs, it was the only building left standing on Cleveland Road? at this time if my memory right? 1979/80?

One of the lads was from Australia, and he called it the Wonky Door, as by this time the front door and frame, were not square to the rest of the building.

Was the Lord Clyde close to the Cleveland Road/W.V. Road junction?

Yes it was 100/200 metres (on left) before the bridge that used to straddled the road on the way to the Headland.

Lord Clyde public house, West View Rd/Cleveland Road, Hartlepool was opened in 1861 and was closed in 1969.

In July 1958, following a petition it was agreed that it could open Monday and Friday at 5 p.m. and Wednesday Thursday at 5.30 p.m. rather than the usual 6- 10 pm. hours in order to ' settle the dust of a day's labour' .

It was finally demolished in 1995.

From when it was closed to being demolished i think it was some kind of store for Camerons but not totally sure on that.

The Lord Clyde closed later than 1969, I can remember going in it when I was about 10/11, which would have been 1976/77.

Yes 1969 does seem early but that is what "Hartlepool History Then and Now" says but i did work in the "trade" in early 1980s but i think it was closed then.......will ask at Anchor (Stranton) pub next time i am there.

good old photo that. takes me back to my youth and totally agree about lynn street. was the end of the town for me when they knocked it down and the town was never the same after that.

Lynn Street in today’s terms renovated had almost a small pub on every corner, which today could be also restaurants etc. It would have been a magnet, but all politicians love to build a monument to their brilliance and we got the shopping centre/wind tunnel. They do it to compensate for their lack of imagination.

It closed in 1969 and was demolished in 1995

Used to live on the Central in the day - The Lord Clyde was definitely open in 1972 - was the first pub I started going in as a lad - not sure exactly when it closed probably a year or two after - the Klondike lasted a little longer than that

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No it was definitely open after 1969, my Aunt & Uncle were the landlords. My parents divorced in 1972 & I used to go every Saturday night with my dad when I stayed with him every weekend. Like I posted earlier I think it was the mid 70's when it closed.

Looks like there was another Lord Clyde;

Lord Clyde (Mainsforth Terrace)

Details about Lord Clyde (Mainsforth Terrace)
Public house which opened in 1873 and closed in 1969. It was on the corner of Mainsforth Terrace and Havelock Street. As the railway maintenance department was over the road, it was popular with railwaymen.