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1. Slow Death
 | Who will weep at the funeral? Not the council!
The present council continues in it's inherited policy to destroy South Bank.
The late councillor Arthur Seed first started South Bank on it's terminal decline and all the council's since have given a push to keep it heading to the graveyard.
I received a call from Keith Craddy (Monday 23.1.06) to tell me that the demolition men had returned to Aire Street to finish a job half done so I set off with my camera and took a few shots. Then returned on the Friday for a couple more, mainly for our ex-pats and the archaeologists in 2106! |
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2. Demolition Derby
 | | The demolition men moved back into Aire Street on Monday 23,1,06 |
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3. Aire Street
 | | Depressing |
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3. Into the skip
 | | A start is made on ripping everything out |
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5. Gonna Rip It Up
 | | Where's the job satisfaction? |
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6. Get packing
 | Last resident gets ready to hit the trail
I took this photo of Aire Street from the site of Maurice Jevvons Barber Shop in Hawthorne Terrace. |
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7. Big Deal
 | Monument to South Bank's industrial heritage
Still standing in Hawthorne Terrace I turned my camera towards the bottom of the bridge (See The Trolleybuses page, Item 13) where now stands a roundabout on which sits this memorial in the shape of a ladle pouring moulten steel. I can't help wondering how much this cost and knowing where the money could have been better spent.
What's with these councils who like spending money on art(?!)
I must admit that, unlike the two money pits erected in Redcar, I quite like the South Bank one as, when I worked as a crane driver at Cargo Fleet many moons ago, I once carried out the job of transferring moulten steel from one ladle to another when the regular driver was off work.
I'll take a better photo when the weather improves and I'll put it on Item 8 which I'll leave blank until then. |
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8. The ladle
 | Another view of the sculture from the Station Hotel side
Photo by Lol Osborne
I didn't need to make another trip to get a shot from the other side as Lol Osborne sent me two shots of it. Thanks Lol. |
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9. Steel Ladle Sculpture
 | A Lol's-eye view of the industrial monument
Photo by Lol Osborne
When it comes to Art I much preferred the semi-detached houses that were painted (decorated?) in Harcourt Road but which are now demolished - photo on 21st Century page. That was a brilliant work of art. I only wish I knew the artist. |
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10. Costa Street 1
 | Costa Street viewed from Hawthorne Terrace
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11. Costa Street 2
 | Costa Street viewed from Leven Street
There are still six houses occupied! 27.1.06 |
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12. Pearl Hall
 | Councillor Pearl Hall fighting a lone battle
Pearl is still battling on to get South Bank rebuilt on it's own "brownfield" site as per supposed government policy rather than lose more green fields.
The greenfield site in question is, of course, Dales farm on the Trunk Road. I did hear that someone(?) bought the farm years ago as an investment and allowed the occupiers to stay putt rent free while he patiently waited for the opportunity to cash in and that the plans for building the estate had been in place almost as long! Is there any connection? |
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13. The Kiosk
 | The Kiosk now (Feb 2006)
The Kiosk has now evolved into "Booze4Us" while next door Normanby Road Garage has spread over into the old Majestic Cinema and the Oakleaf Pub has gone leaving a patch of waste ground. |
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14. The Dutch Houses
 | Normanby Road "Dutch" houses
It doesn't seem like five minutes since the South Bank Estate was built. I remember walking over the estate one Sunday afternoon with Blackie Gibson, Tex Rowden and Doc (Neville) Watson when they were building the shops on Uvedale Road in about 1950 or 51. |
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15. Bevanlee Road
 | The beginning of Bevanlee Road
Alan Harrison wrote in the Guestbook in January 2006 wondering if anyone had any old photos of the Bevanlee Road area. I had been meaning to take a few shots myself, seeing as I have no old pics, so I nipped down to Slaggy and took a couple which will have to do until someone obliges and sends some in.
Old residents wouldn't know the estate now. Uvedale Road has gone, as has Macmillan Road and Crescent, Marquand Road and parts of Steele Crescent, Strauss Road and Passfield Crescent.
However, to go even further back, before they built the estate, the old East End football pitch was here and the slag heap stretched from Middlesbrough Road East and had to be removed to build the estate! The last part to go was behind the houses of Passfield Crescent. |
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16. Bevanlee Trees
 | The tree at number 3
I remember them planting the trees along Bevanlee Road. I think it was at every other house - but I might be wrong. However most of the trees were vandalised while they were still very small and there are very few left. It's amazing that this one survived seeing as George Warner lived next door and he had a liking for knives! |
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17. Keir-Hardie
 | | Keir-Hardie Crescent from Bevanlee Road |
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18. More Keir-Hardie
 | | Keir-Hardie Crescent from the other end |
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19. Residents
 | | Still in Keir-Hardie Crescent I got a smile |
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20. 42 Bevanlee
 | 42 Bevanlee Road was the home of the Smith family
World Champion Sky Diver Jackie Smith grew up here with her brothers Ted and James and sisters Marion and Jeanne with their parents Ted and Mary. |
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21. 29 Bevanlee
 | 29 Bevanlee Road (painted yellow) was the home of Arthur Seed
Arthur planted the seed (!) that was to destroy South Bank |
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22. Royal Lions
 | Louise Phillips at 43 Bevanlee Road is proud of her gate decor
The lions give a nice touch to Louise's house and brightened up a dull day.
Incidentally, the King family used to live there - without the lions. |
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23. Marquand Road
 | | There's not much of Marquand Road these days |
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24. End of Bevanlee
 | Bevanlee Road then comes to a sudden halt with nothing beyond
There is no Uvedale Road, no Chadwick, Keynes or Barnes Closes, and no Macmillan Road or Crescent. |
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25. Marquand Road 2
 | | Round at the other end of Marquand Road |
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26. Uvedale Road
 | | Uvedale is now just a bare road going nowhere with no houses |
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27. The Shops
 | Only grass to show where the two shops stood
Paul Daniels parents at one time owned one of the two shops but even Paul couldn't have made the shops disappear as thoroughly as the council!
From the shop site the houses you see now are (from the left) parts of Steele Crescent, Strauss Road and Passfield Crescent. |
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28. Uvedale Road
 | | Uvedale Road from Bevanlee Road |
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29. Uvedale
 | | Uvedale Road from Bevanlee Road |
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30. Steele, Strauss, etc.
 | What's left of Steele, Strauss and Passfield
Half of both Steele Crescent and Strauss Road have been demolished and some houses at the end of Passfield Crescent. Surely refurbishment would have been cheaper? |
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31. Part of Uvedale Road
 | Showing where the shops used to be
It's a poor state of affairs when a council can't manage to run a housing estate. Surely the life of a house should be more than fifty years? |
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32. Jones Road
 | | Jones Road appears to be intact - except for a few holes |
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32. Residents
 | | A young lady with her father-in-law Billy Ibbotson |
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34. Mumby Street
 | Corner of Redcar Road East and Mumby Street
Mumby Street no longer exists and this building is actually part of Cleveland Court which stretches from the old Codd Street over Beacham Street and Peel Street to the old Mumby Street. Built in the 1980's parts are already boarded up and having to be refurbished. |
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35. "Peel Street"
 | | This part of Cleveland Court covered the old Peel Street |
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36. "Beacham Street"
 | | This part of Cleveland Court covered Beacham Street |
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37. "Codd Street"
 | | This part of Cleveland Court covered the old Codd Street |
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38. "Henry Street"
 | | I don't know if this is still Henry Street or Cleveland Court |
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39. The Baptist Chapel
 | | At least the Baptist Chapel hasn't been demolished - yet! |
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40. Miles Street
 | Miles Street remains showing the back of the old Co-op
You can see what a fine building the old Co-op was from the side view in Market Street and the old Institute painted blue in the background although Middlesbrough Road East no longer exists. |
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41. Redcar Road East
 | | Boarded up and waiting the chop |
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42. Aire Street - Gone
 | Aire Street - all gone bar one!
Aire Street has finally disappeared from the face of the earth with one exception. I'll have to check it out!
We lived in number 54 from 1958 for four or five years and in those days, if the weather was nice, you could leave a baby outside the front door in the pram in complete safety. One day, in 1959, our first born was in her pram and Marion went outside to check on her. While she was there an old man came along with an apparent need to talk to someone. He sighed as he said that he remembered the area as green fields and was apparently unhappy at the progress that had put houses there.
Now, almost sixty years later, the houses are gone and we are sad at their passing but I can't think that the old man then would have been happy today. |
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43. An email from Oz!
Michael McLoughlin has lived in Brisbane since 1963 but likes to keep in touch with his roots in South Bank and he sent this email...
"Time after time I have looked into the scenes of the continuing destruction of South Bank on your website - notably the heart breaking appearence of those once proud streets as featured in Tears for South Bank. To my family living in Upper Graham - Middle Napier and Lower Oxford streets in the 1930's - the likes of Aire and Costa Streets were what we call in todays society "upmarket". Of course even living on the South Side of Middlesbrough Road most folks kept a tidy house and lived as best they could in those far off days of depression. The government had nothing to offer - and charity was both insufficient and cold hearted - the very poor people at the bottom of the heap had to rely on one another. Area's like the lower section of South Bank were looked on with horror by people who lived elsewhere as the abodes of dirt and crime - but within those closed packed streets there exsisted an enduring spirit of community and mutual help - despite all the frictions and hardships. Often there was very little they could do but simply a word, a gesture or a cup of tea could help to maintain the self respect of someone even worse off. Sadly now all that well meaning spirit with that loving simple character has been buried beneath the rubble that now exists in South Bank.
Michael"
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44. Money To Burn
 | Cleveland and Mannion Courts being demolished
Photo by Keith Craddy
This council has pulled out the stops to obliterate South Bank from the Planet Earth. When I recently visited the area off Redcar Road East I mistakenly thought that they were refurbishing the twenty five year old flats. Talk about being naive!
Keith Craddy phoned me (4/4/06) to tell me that the flats were being demolished and sent in some photos. This is an absolute scandal. I appreciate that some lowlife types have trashed some parts but I think money could have been better spent on prosecuting them and getting them out of the area rather than the demolition of structually sound housing. Or could it be that these characters are playing into the council's hands?
I also realise that asbestos had been used in some parts by the builders (which housing didn't have any?) but surely the buildings didn't need to be flattened to remove it.
In destroying South Bank the council has achieved something that neither Hitler nor Thatcher managed - although they both had a good try at it.
I wondered about the Albion Club which is in the same area but it looks as if the club's days are also numbered. |
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45. Demolition Derby
 | The council don't want dwellings to stand in the way of their agenda
Photo by Keith Craddy
No wonder people feel sick and frustrated with a council who totally ignore their wishes. |
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46. Flatten
 | Never mind investing in Housing - invest in Demolition
Photo by Keith Craddy
As long as there are councils like ours, anyone investing in demolition companies is on to a winner!
What's next in line? The "new" houses in the Napier Street area which were built at the same time as the Courts? Isn't this wanton destruction costing us our investment, supposedly managed by this council?
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47. Words Fail
 | It's bad enough when buildings are old - but 25 years is not old
Photo by Keith Craddy |
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48. Council Waste
 | And in some parts of the world people are freezing in tents...
Photo by Keith Craddy |
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49. John Michael Byrne
When Communigate changed the Guestbook so that email addresses were excluded I set up a Google Mail address and put it on the Homepage so that anyone could contact me. John Byrne sent the following letter which should have been in the Guestbook and would have been the 800th entry. However, it's now on here for all to read. How about a photo John? (At times he refers to "Anon" who is probably in the Guestbook and afraid to put his name on the entry!)
Hi Dick,
Many thanks for this superb site from ex-pats like ourselves all over the globe. Cold nights in Canada are made warmer with a stroll down memory lane, courtesy of your efforts and contributions of other readers who are appreciative of what this site is all about.
As for Anon: When reading your contributions, an image kept nibbling away at my minds eye, and then it finally dawned on me. Come on , 'fess up, your real name is Hyacinth and you sing at people and have a brother-in law called Onslow, don't you. If you are so dissmissive of this site, why do you keep coming back to it ? We all recognise that South Bank is no longer the place of our memories. Times and events beyond our understanding or control have conspired to destroy a physical place, but as long as there is room in our hearts and minds the old South Bank will live on. By the way , I think the phrase you are stretching for is ' consigned to the dustbin' not 'resigned to the dustbin', but then again, I dont know what a 'brosher' is either, they were always called brochures when I went to school.
Quick message to Les McCormick: Sorry about not replying, computer trouble caused me to lose your address,please re-supply.
What does South Bank mean to me? Let me see... Starting at it's most Northerly point, my memory takes me to Eston Jetty, I think the only place on our stretch of the river that the public had access to the water.Moving south, there was Smith's Dock on the right, then on down toward the wooden footbridge, where all the dock-workers scurried across, like a 'Lowery' painting. The motor traffic turned right just before this bridge and drove past a place that I think was called the 'Pestoon'. I have a memory of the smell of camphor in the air. What did they make there, moth-balls, fire-lighters? Perhaps someone could let me know. (It was Pestdoom. You were right about the moth balls and fire lighters but they produced other killer diller stuff to get rid of a variety of pests. Dick)
As kids we took great delight in running onto the wooden foot-bridge when a steam locomotive was passing underneath. We would stand, enveloped in that unforgettable smell, which was a mixture of steam, smoke and cinders. The south side of the bridge meant the Black Path stretching off to Station Rd and North Omesby on the right and Grangetown, etc. on the left, with the Junction Hotel and Lorne Tce stretching towards Bennett's Corner, the heart of the town as I recall. Proceeding south you would pass the 'Puddling' on the right, a stretch of weed covered broken gound where kids could be cowboys or pirates or anything our imaginations could conjure up. At the end of the Puddy there used to be a 'Prize' Bingo stall, no money prizes allowed in those days (Gambling Laws). If memory serves, Ken Jackson got his start selling used cars from that location, after the bingo closed down.
Then past North St on the right with York St ST Peter's Infant school and the council dump opposite. Further south past the Queen's hotel to the corner of Nelson St. with the barbers shop (Watson's, with the big white cockatoo) and Woods news agents and toy shop next to it. On the south corner was Plant's, selling a fine range of Dinky Toys as well as bicycle parts and tyres plus Ever Ready batteries etc. I believe you could also get an accumulater recharged, for some of the earlier radios that people had.
Continuing south you passed Grey's tobacconists, Smollen's (always dark in there, as I recall) to the Commercial pub at Bennett's with the 'Tute' on the eastern side. Spent many a night upstairs playing snooker (I was never very good). I realize now it was part of the 'right of passage' that every young lad in the town went through. Opposite was the Red Stamp Stores, left of that was the gas showrooms and Beadle's garage on the corner of Miles St with the chippy on the opposite corner. Then came Collette Hurley's, I think, and the Spiritulists place next, with great billboard hoardings along to Henry St. Of course, opposite was the infamous Tip Yard where half of South Bank youth (girls as well as boys) played at some time or other.
Moving on from the Red Stamp stores there was a green grocers with the Erimus club opposite with Tilley's barbershop next door. Next door to the greengrocers was Leafs taxi and funeral directors. I seem to recall a man standing outside the huge wooden doors looking suitably grave and serious dressed in a long dark overcoat and bowler hat, and inside the garage was a magnificent fleet of Rolls Royce motor cars with gleaming fawn coachwork and swooping black mudguards with the spare wheels mounted on the sides and of course the 'Spirit of Ecstacy' emblem atop the imposing radiator grill. (Hm... That car sounds like the one I was married in but it belonged to Buxton's on Queen St and, although it was a Rolls it had a Vauxhall engine! I think Leafies cars were all black or black and grey. Dick.)
Next came the Co-op with it's various departments and dance hall above, (never did dance there, before my time. I learned at Phil Whitcombe's, another right of passage.) What was the name of the wooden kiosk sweet shop opposite the Co-op on the corner of Oak, or was it Elm st. (Elm. Dick.)
My mind races on, recalling the static tanks behind the Empire and beside the Majestic and across the Trunk road opposite the swimming Baths. These tanks were filled with water to be used by the fire brigade for dousing of fires caused by incendiary bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe in the dread dark days of the blackout, (it was only called the Blitz by the southerners, I think.) Does anyone recall the concrete pad just south of the library on Normanby rd that was used to tether a barrage balloon to and is it still there (I'd forgotten that! I'll check it out. Dick.) along with the pillbox over the field towards the Trunk rd farm? I distinctly recall as a child being taken for a walk by my father, I guess I was 4 or 5 years old, and seeing a group of people (mostly women, if I am not mistaken) wrestling with a huge silvery object which they had inflated, and then let it out on steel cables. I remember it climbing into the sky, seemingly forever.
I suppose I must have been blessed with a happy child-hood, for in spite of the privations caused by war and the interminably slow climb out of the doldrums and hard times caused by being on the so-called "winning side" of that terrible conflict, I really have very fond memories of growing up in what was an area that was, and still is to some degree, abused by the powers that be.
South Bank will never again be the place it once was, it's spirit has pretty well been broken by people and policies far removed from that little town, that gave rise to it's share of meaningful people. That it can engender a depth of feeling and a breadth of continued 'spirit of community' in spite of being derided and dismissed by certain people, speaks volumes for what did exist in the hearts and minds of so many of its sons and daughters scattered all over the globe.
"Anon" is entitled to his opinion, but it strikes me that he never really understood what "Slaggy Island" was all about. As the man said, "With friends like that, who needs enemies?" Hope you enjoy your candle-light suppers, and watch for that dog when you go to visit Daisy and Onslow.
Dick, you may edit this in any way you deem fit, you have my total confidence as to what you consider appropriate for your site, thanks again for your efforts and as the marines would say, "Semper Fi". Keep up the good work. John Byrne: j.mike.byrne@sympatico.ca
Thanks John. It makes it all worth while. |
50. Councillors Blight
 | South Bank desert
Okay, they've demolished the twenty five year old flats so now the council will be happy, but what are they going to put in their place? Taties?
What is it about this (and previous) council that they would rather destroy buildings than sell them? And it's not just houses and flats.
Cromwell Road School was a perfectly sound structure which would have made a great Community Centre - but the council want shot of the community so the school went to make life in the area even more desperate and hopeless. Don't forget that the council doesn't just "run" South Bank. Their path of destruction covers a much wider area nowadays
There was an "old folks home" at Eston which appeared to be perfectly sound but because the council didn't want the hassle of running it they flattened it rather than selling it to someone who might have made it pay.
Houses and flats in Redcar have gone when they could have been better managed and don't forget the switch to Coast and Country ownership which I think is a smoke screen...
I'll probably do more on this when I cool down. |
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51, Costa Street
 | Demolition men have moved into Costa Street
Keith Craddy phoned me to say that they had started to demolish Costa Street. He said he'd taken some photos and would send them but there must have been a glich.
I went down to South Bank on Friday 9th of March (2007) and took a couple of photos in lovely sunshine.
Freddy Floyd's old house had already gone as had Dan Pluck's. |
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52. Costa Going
 | | Memories by the bucketful get taken away |
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53. Costa Going
 | | Relentless march of destruction |
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54. Costa Street
 | If only the progress of rebuilding was as relentless
I returned to Costa Street today, Friday the 16th March 2007. A cold, gloomy day. |
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55. Costa
 | | I can take plenty of photos but there's a limit to what I can say |
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56. Dan's Goal
 | Dan Pluck's goal, still on the end wall in Leven Street
The Costa Street lads always played their football against this wall but it won't be there much longer. |
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57. Costa from Tyne
 | View of the Costa Street demolition from Tyne Street
In the eighties new houses were built in Tyne, Wear, Salisbury Terrace, Upper Princess and Alan Street. People living in those properties have had a rough deal from the council as the houses around them in Aire Street, Costa and Salisbury Terrace were allowed to rot attracting vermin, both animal and human. For them no views over "this green and pleasant land" just a depressing blot on the landscape.
In my view the council should pay compensation to everyone who has had to put up with this.
Also, having seen the way consecutive councils have deliberately choked the life out of the town they can't even feel safe in their relatively new houses because you can't believe a word they say. |
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58. Salisbury Terrace
 | Salisbury is still standing today 16th March 2007
Residents on the right have a view of boarded up houses which were once considered to be above average quality homes. |
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59. Salisbury Residents View
 | The bungalows on the right have small gardens but the overall view is depressing
On a street waiting for the chop, a caravan stands advertised for sale. At £400 it is worth more than the houses on the other side of the road! |
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60. For Sale - £400
 | A £400 caravan worth more than the houses
For Sale - Old Caravan. At £400 it is worth more than the houses on the other side of the road! |
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61. Aire Street
 | If South Bank was still on the map this would be Aire Street
Okay, the houses are gone, the grass has grown... WHAT NOW?
How about .... I think I had better stop - but I think you know what I think of Councillors.
(Actually there are some good ones about - they just aren't on our Council!) |
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62. Costa - the Other End
 | | A last look at the remaining houses in Costa Street |
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63. The End
 | | The end of Costa Street - in more ways than one |
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64. Last Man In
 | Still one brave soul living in Salisbury Terrace 16 March 2007
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65. Even the Cop Shop
 | South Bank Police Station closed and shuttered
I heard a rumour that it is to be turned into flats which would give someone a secure bedroom!
At least it would be better than the fate of Costa Street, etc. |
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66. Another View
 | | The Cop Shop from a different angle but still shuttered! |
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67. Previous Residents?
 | | Some people will leave their mark anywhere |
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68. Obnoxious
 | The market seems to be picking up
I came away from my photographic mission with a heavy heart. I had witnessed another arrow piercing the heart of South Bank and the day itself was cold and miserable.
The last time I had been to the market it was practically non-existant however it looks like its picking up. I started to feel a bit better myself. However, walking around I could only see the faces of strangers. Then I saw a face that I recognised which cheered me up no end even though it belonged to a person who was never a friend and, in fact, I completely forgot that I couldn't stand him!
I brandished my camera ready for action but I was immediately regaled with a torrent of foul mouthed abuse about possible invasion of privacy!
This brought me back to earth as I then remembered what an obnoxious pillock he was and always had been!
It just goes to show you that your memories can be of the rose-tinted kind and you need to keep a grip on reality. |
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69. The New Cop Shop
 | Built on the site of the Oak Leaf Pub
It doesn't seem five minutes since the Oak Leaf was being built here (pictured somewhere on this site!) but I remember the waste ground it was before that with the water tank built during the war to cover fire regulations for the Majestic cinema next door. |
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70. The New Police Station
 | Previously the site of the Oak Leaf
A Police Station needs to be near the centre of a town and the siting of this building is further confirmation that South Bank is indeed mvine to Low Grange, if you needed confirmation that everything was all cut and dried long ago. |
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71. Progress(?)
 | Demolishing Costa Street and Salisbury Terrace nears completion
The outlook is bleak...
The Northern Echo carried a story on Wednesday August 15th (2007) under the headline
"Opinions sought on new heart for town"
It began...
"People are being invited to have thir say on plans for a major development in their town..."
The Council's a bit late, isn't it? Why couldn't they ask for opinions before they boarded everywhere up to rot so that they could pull the place down?
Anyway, I can't see that it will make any difference as they never listen to people anyway.
In case you didn't know, they intend to build new houses on Low Grange Farm on the Trunk Road which is, technically a "greenfield site" although the Government (that other bunch of councillors) say they want houses to be built on "brownfield sites".
A number of years ago Low Grange Farm was sold and now the patient owner stands to make a lot of money from this development. I wonder who he is? |
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72. The end of Costa Street
 | Another part of South Bank goes
The end of Costa Street with Saint Peter's Church in the distance. The green grass and weeds is where Aire Street stood. |
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73. A Last Look
 | | A last look at Coasta Street's back view - now no more |
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74. Harcourt Road
 | Perfectly good houses being readied for oblivion
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75. Prodigal's Return
 | Ged Banks returns to see his childhod home soon to be demolished
Gerald (Ged the Red) Banks lived "darn souf" for the best part of forty years, only returning north on the death of his wife five years ago and has just recently settled in Redcar. When said that I was going down to South Bank he jumped at the chance to visit his old haunts but left somewhat depressed and bemused. |
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76. Waiting the inevitable
 | Scarborough Street, always a quiet area off the beaten track
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