Hartlepool History Then & Now

Musgrave Street 1955

What we know about this image :

The two men on the left are on the corner of Park Street and the next street on the left with Ward Jackson School beyond is Rokeby Street. On the right, the street visible between the terrace of shops is York Street. The view taken in 1955 looks towards The Central Stores.

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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