GRANGETOWN IN TIMES PAST
Football Teams
St Marys School
Mick Traynor - Boer War Recruit + Others
Streets and Buildings
Grangetown People
World War One 1914 -18
Parish, Priests and Processions
Street Stories + Characters
1925 Ladies Parish Outing + More
The Twenties
A Tale from the Duckie + other stories
The Thirties
School Teams
Junior Teams
World War Two 1939 - 45
Messages from Home & Abroad
Shops and Shopkeepers
Editor's Diary
The World of Work
V.I.P.'S
The Forties
CoachTrips
Upstairs and Downstairs...
The Board School
Pochin Road Infants School
Leisure & Sports
Grangetown Boys' Club
Memorabilia
The Mission
Sir Wm Worsley School
The Fifties
Maps, Plans & Aerial Photos
St Peter's Senior School
Local Books
Salvation Army
Low Lackenby
Eston Grange
Victorian Memories
The Sixties
Eston Junction
Weddings
St Matthew's Parish
Eston Grammar School
Trolley Buses TRTB
Grangetown Methodist Church
Contact Information for Grangetown in Times Past
Links for Grangetown in Times Past
Message Board
Guestbook
Event Calendar
Mail Form
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Map of Area in 1771
 | | Jeffrey's Map of Yorkhire 1771 |
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Map of Area 1808
 | | Graves' copy of Jeffrey's in 1808 |
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Map of area in 1861
 | | Ordnance Survey map of 1861 |
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Plan of Streets c 1895
 | | Plan of Streets c 1895 - courtesy of John O'Neill |
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Aerial Photograph of Town and Works 1966
 | Aerial Photograph of Town and Works - courtesy of Corus Plc
A wonderful view of the river Tees with a ship docking at Teesport. |
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Aerial Photo of Town 1966
 | Aerial Photo of Town 1966 - courtesy of Corus PLC
Smoke and fumes from Dorman & Long's Steelworks block the view of the river. |
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Aerial View of Town
 | | Aerial View of Town |
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Aerial Photograph 1951
 | | Aerial Photograph 1951 - courtesy of Elaine Meadows with acknowledgement to English Heritage (NMR) RAF photography Oct 9th 1951 |
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Aerial Photograph with names 1951
 | Aerial Photograph with names 1951 - courtesy of Elaine Meadows via English Heritage (NMR) & RAF photography taken Oct 9th 1951: KEY BY E MEADOWS & M BROWN
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01 40 Victoria Road Elaine Meadows (nee Tyerman) First home. Also Tommy Hunter’s General Dealer’s Shop
02 38 Alexandra Rd Elaine Meadows (nee Tyerman) second home
03 40 Alexandra Rd / Cherry Smith General Dealer
04 Skelton’s General Dealer
05 Davidson’s /Richardson’s – General Dealer
06 Brown’s Cycle Shop
07 Foley’s Fish Shop
08 Maude’s Newsagents
09 Birley’s Sweet Shop
10 Dot’s Hairdresser
11 House Shop Robert’s St
12 Bakery
13 Baxter’s Food Store; Jimmy Jones’ Butcher, Bill Tickle Barber, Geo Phelp’s Fish Shop, McCreton’s Off Licence.
14 Reg Collins’ Milkman & Gen Dealer
15 Betting Shop (in Sixties)
16 Car Repair Garage
17 Petrol Garage
18 Scout Hut
19 Grangetown & District Social Club
20 Police Station
21 Doctor Mackay’s Surgery
22 Drs McKenzie & Sinclair Surgery
23 Grangetown Board School
24 Methodist Church
25 Methodist Church Hall
26 St Mary’s RC Church & School
27 Nunnery
28 Original Town Hall, Brown’s Furniture Shop – Calvert’s Carpets
29 Slaughter House- Jimmy Jones
30 Lyric Cinema
31 The King’s Head Public House
32 Royal British Legion Club
33 Unity Club
34 Open Ground & later new Unity Club
35 Subway Bridge
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Aerial Shot of Town
 | | Aerial Shot of Town Acknowledgement: English Heritage (NMR) RAF Photography via Elaine Meadows |
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1927 Map
 | 1927 Map - courtesy of Clive Thurston via Elaine Meadows
Clive lived in Bessemer Street and now lives in Bridgetown, Western Australia |
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