Hartlepool History Then & Now

Musgrave Street from Scarborough Street

What we know about this image :

Taken in 1955 looking east along Musgrave Street from Scarborough Street. The World War 2 bomb damaged old St Joseph's School is on the right and St James' Church on the corner of Whitby Street can be seen on the left.

The photo was from a photographic record of the Central Area of West Hartlepool prepared in 1955/6 at the request of the Town Planning and Redevelopment Committee 'in the hope that it will be of interest to future generations of West Hartlepool'

The record focuses on areas which were within the next ten years to be completely redeveloped following The Max Lock Plan. It was compiled by WL Taylor and photographs developed by Thomas Clarkson Chemist of Tower Street.

Date (of image) : 1955

Creator : West Hartlepool Council

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