Frances Ellen Applegarth (nee Jolly), in the rear garden of her home at No.176, Oxford Road, West Hartlepool.

Joseph Harbron Applegarth with his wife Frances Ellen (nee Jolly), at the back door of No.176, Oxford Road, West Hartlepool.

Taken around 1963, Atkinson's Dairy was on the corner of Oxford Road and Stirling Street. It is now converted into a house. There is an advert in the  shop window for Billy Smart's Circus which would have beenon the nearby Recreation Ground (Rec).

It must be remembered that before the age of the supermarket, milk could only be purchased through doorstep delivery or from a dairy. Corner shops did not sell milk.

HHT&N 910

Rift House Farm stood on land where Kingsley Primary School now stands in Kingsley Ave. On this image, the houses in Taybrooke Avenue have not been built and the houses in the background are the backs of those in Oxford Road and on the far left, the first few in Swalebrooke Avenue.

Back row: Ada and Bob Delafield and son Allan. Front row: Elsie and Billy Calvert with son Peter. Taken at 168 Oxford Rd which was on the green area near Shakespeare Avenue.

G.E. Collinson Corner Shop.

Shop on the corner of Rugby Street and Oxford Road taken in 1962 which is now converted into a house. The shop at some time has probably been called Ryan's indicated by the blind. Note the Mothers Pride bread delivery.

HHT&N 919

Hairdresser's on the corner of Oxford road and Melrose Street. There has been a hairdresser's on this site since the 1950s. 

HHT&N 608

Horse-Drawn Showmans Van. Built by H. Howcroft of West Hartlepool at Welsh Folk Museum, St Fagan's.

An ornate gypsy type caravan. A name painted on the door  appears to be  H. Blerkiron.

Written on back: Howcroft Carriage Works, Oxford Road, Hartlepool.

Hub cap detail from horse-drawn showman's van. Built by Howcroft Engineering.

Corner of Melrose Street and Oxford Road. Moores store can be seen.

Motor Trailer Living Van built by Herring & Rowell, West Hartlepool.It was in Oxford Rd. close to Stockton Rd. corner.

Motor Trailer Living Van Interior built by Herring & Rowell, West Hartlepool. It was in Oxford Rd. close to Stockton Rd. corner.

Corner shop on Harrow Street and Oxford Road.

This was probably taken around 1947 when West Hartlepool Council was constructing B.I.S.F.  (British Iron and Steel Federation)housing quickly, more or less from kits, in common with other towns following the massive shortage of homes after World War 2. In West Hartlepool, these were built here at Rift House and in the Windermere Road area. In Hartlepool, they were built in the General Hospital area and they were often referred to as 'tin houses'.

St Aidan's Church can be seen in the distance at the bottom of Oxford Road and just past the houses on the left is Kingsley Avenue. On the far left behind the new houses, are probably those in Browning Avenue or Kingsley Avenue. Building is still taking place and a few more houses were built next to these, but to this day there is a large  grassed area and playground just to the west of these houses. The houses are still there today but some are greatly altered.

Taken in 1963, a new house now stands where the shop was and on the land where the wall is, a small shop currently a barbers' has been built.

HHT&N 908

The Catcote, previously known as the Catcote Hotel, stood on Catcote Road, Hartlepool, opposite the junction with Oxford Road and opened in 1956. In 1998 it becameThe Shakespeare before being demolished  in 2008 to make way for shops.

Small bus built by Herring & Rowell, Oxford Road, Hartlepool

HHT&N 681