Hartlepool Sports & Leisure
Hartlepool Transport
A Potted History Of Hartlepool
Hartlepool Trade & Industry
Hartlepool Health & Education
Hartlepool People
Hartlepool Places
Hartlepool at War
Hartlepool Ships & Shipping
A selection of photographs and documents kindly shared with this project by Mrs. Katrina Harper.
A day at the beach
Donated by Mrs. Katrina HarperLily Tombling (Katrina Harper's Grandma), in front of some heavy-duty tents on the beach at Seaton Carew in 1912.
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Charles Harper Testimonial
Donated by Mrs. Katrina HarperTimes were tough in the town during the 1930s, as Charles Harper's testimonial from William Gray & Co. clearly illustrates.
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Cycling tour of Norway
Created by Joseph Tombling
Donated by Mrs. Katrina HarperJoseph Tombling and a friend setting out for a cycling tour of Norway in 1938. They are on board the small Norwegian steamer Gol, bound for Bergen, which is just passing the swing bridge as it enters the North Basin.
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Prop Field Fire from beach
Created by Joseph Tombling
Donated by Katrina HarperTaken from the beach collecting sea water.
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Tombling General Dealer
Donated by Mrs. Katrina HarperLily (Livinia) Tombling stands in the doorway of the General Dealer's shop she ran with her husband Joseph from 1923 to 1954 in Burbank Street. Lily was renowned for baking pies. The windows of their shop were blown out by a bomb blast during WWII.
The shop is now a take away, and the left side of the shop is now at the end of a long terrace stretching up to Clark Street. To the right of the shop,a house has possibly been built since this image was taken.
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Travelling in style
Donated by Mrs. Katrina HarperAlbert and Joseph (at the back) Tombling in a rather fine pedal car, complete with number plate and tax disc holder. The Tombling's General Dealer shop can be seen in the background with the large Whitbread's advertising boards.
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