Does anybody know who Henry Smith was?

I'm pretty sure Henry Smith was one of the local industrialists who set up charity funds in Hartlepool, to enable children from poor families to got to school.
Not sure of his details but shall try to find out........

Mr Bresslaw you might remember my grandad then?? He was the school electrician/ lab technician there, and moved to the St Peter's site when Henry's closed on the Headland. I can still remember him working there (the old Henry's) during the school holidays, and I'd go there with my mates to see him. I missed the old Henry's by one year, I started at the King Oswy site straight from West View.

http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

i read some where when he first came to hartlepool they threw stones at him and his dog

i did some work for the bloke who bought the wood floor from the hall and the sports hall also the wood pannelling form the school and put it in his house by the time we had finished you would have thought it was original some good gear

you better set up the stool then

Henry Smith was born in Wandsworth, South London, in May 1548. He was a successful salter by trade and purchased estates in various parts of England. During his life he created a number of charitable trusts for the relief of the poor and he died in 1628 leaving his Trustees the sum of £2000.

This sum formed the basic endowment of the Henry Smith (Kensington Estate) Charity, so called because the Trustees purchased a small farm in the parishes of Kensington, Chelsea and St Margaret's Westminster. The estate was developed over the years and in 1995 was sold to the Wellcome Trust. The Charity's capital endowment now consists of a substantial portfolio of stock market investments, commercial property and agricultural property.

A wall monument to Henry Smith is located in Wandsworth Parish Church.

So basically it's a gadgie who has absolutely fook all to do with Hartlepool, right?

Gremmlin only posted that to make me look silly

i did not need to post it to do that
i don't think he was a poolie to start with but some where there is stuff on his time in hartlepool
a lot of residents are still paying ground rent to the trust

Salter ey.

They were important in the heavy chemical industry cos they provided the salt on which chlorine chemicals were based.

He didn't marry a Miss Cerebos did he?

wait til later this week

i have literally thousands of slides to scan!!

i'll email you them all as well just in case you miss any

Didn't he used to play in goal for Hearts

I was there from '65 till '70.

I'm surprised the front door is open in the pic. We were certainly never allowed to come in through it.

another obscure one

They're all my uncles.

I wondered why I have genetic tendency for my head to be off centre with a distinct lean to the right.

not politically like

is that uncle kev the chinese ambassador with the glasses on

There's a distinct family likeness. He's hanging on to the old three piece suite though isn't he.

It was cold and I wanted a jimmy......

Actually it looks more like Groucho Marx...

They could have at least worn ties, even khaki ones.

can do later - huge hangover

Nonsense. Get up at once and do some pictures of Seaton Carew

still can't handle it yet