A smart turn-out from the Hartlepool Licenced Victuallers in the late 1950s. Harry Larking is standing first on the left, with his wife Mary seated third from left.

Members of the Hutchinson family enjoying a day at seaside at Seaton Carew in 1955.

Bernard, Christine and Pat Kooiman dressed in their best on a Sunday trip in the car.

One of a series of glamour shots taken for the Arosa Hosiery Maunfacturing company in the mid-to late 1950s.  In 1955, Arosa took over the Pyramid Plastics button factory on the Hartlepool Trading Estate.

Ian Simpson's Christening St Paul's Grange Road.

Mavis Hall (left), Mary Connor (centre) and Cynthia in the Siemens factory at Christmas, sometime in the 1950s.

Thomas Butcher very nattily dressed on the rocks at Hartlepool.

Lady in trousers. This is probably the top floor of Binns.

These images from the early 1950s are from Binns' fashion shows held, from what we can gather,  in the store itself and in Weslet Church Hall which was across the road.

Alan Archbold's cousin, Colin Archbold, wearing typical 50s clothing.

Frank and Frances Scurr in their finery.

Frederick Screeton in the early 1950s. He was a rep for HP Sauce and lived in Kingsley Avenue.

A fashionably-dressed Mrs. Lily Prest in Milton Road, Hartlepool, in 1958.

Mary and May Stephenson in Comrie Road

Jessie Bunton, Mary Scurr, Sheila Gaunt and June Paxton, standing in front of Mr. Allsopp.

One of a series of glamour shots for the Arosa Hosiery Manufacturing company in the mid- to late- 1950s.

Two models on the catwalk for an Arosa Hosiery glamour shoot in the 1950s.

Apprentices Bruce Lindsay (left), and Jack from Wallsend at the Richardsons Westgarth summer camp at Whitby in 1952.

TMS was Trimdon Motor Services which ran successfully for many, many years, finally finishing in 2010 although services to Hartlepool ceased before then.

This photo was probably taken in the late 1950s in the bus station and looking towards Clarence Road. This bus is going to Sedgefield and the destination board on the bus stand shows the Trimdon, Kelloe, Coxhoe and Durham.

There are two ' clippies’ or bus conductresses on the left.

TMS livery was blue.

Brothers Andrew and Mick McCluskey at Seaton Carew in the 1950s.

Taken in December 1957 at the lighting of the Christmas Tree outside Wesley Church.

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Joan Desborough, born 1929, married Maurice Gilbraith in September 1950 iat St Aidan's West Hartlepool. The matron of honour was Myra Desborough and they all wore dresses of parachute silk. The photo is taken in the garden of the church.