Gales in York Road specialised in Morris cars and this 1958 advert shows the introduction of the highly popular Morris 1000.

Gales Car Valet Service, Part of Gales Garage, Villiers Street. Near to where library is now.

Service Dept., Gales Garage, Villiers Street.

Looking East along Villiers Street with Gales Garage on the right and the Co-op Dairy in the distance. The building on the left where the Central Library now stands is The Northerns Cinema.

(Black photograph Album)

On the right is Gales Garage which sold Morris cars and had petrol pumps on the York Road side, although the garage was purely a showroom for new cars when this image was taken. Not long after the photo, the garage was closed and a bank built on the site.

The Northerns Picture House (where the Central Library now stands) is on the left and Gales car showroom on the right and beyond that Forbes Bakery. The Coop dairy is in the left distance on the corner of Avenue Road.

Looking at the part of Waldon Street, now demolished, between Park Road and Villiers Street,the education offices are of the right,on the left is property of JW Cameron and behind that is the Coop Bakery. In the background in Villiers Street is Gales Garage Service Department.

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.

York Road, Hartlepool, taken from the junction of Thornton Street looking South. The Northerns Cinema, then Gales Garage can be seen on the corner of Villiers Street. Beyond that is Regents Buildings. On the right, St George's Church can just be seen.

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.