PREVIOUSLY unpublished historic photographs, an array of fascinating old postcards and plans of Middlesbrough’s lost landmarks feature in the new Historic Middlesbrough book by historian Dr Tosh Warwick.
The book explores the people, places and events that have shaped Middlesbrough over the past two centuries and provides fascinating insights into life in the town.
Highlights include previously unpublished photographs by the late Les Bulman who captured life in many of the town’s lost pubs such as The Masham, The Princess Alice and The Ship Inn.
The book also features a number of postcard messages detailing events and everyday life in bygone Middlesbrough. For example, postcards tell of the opening of the Transporter Bridge in 1911, and give details of economic turmoil in 1930 when thousands were on notice at local shipyards, and there’s correspondence revealing the extent of fruit trading between Middlesbrough and Rotterdam in the 1930s!
Dr Warwick has pulled the images together from archives, libraries, museums and private collections. His book, Historic Middlesbrough, is available for £14.99 from local bookshops and online at www.heritageunlocked.com/shop.
The inaugural journey of the Transporter Bridge's gondola on October 17, 1911, was witnessed by the postcard writer below
“We have had holiday today for the opening of the Transporter Bridge and I have been in the thick of the ceremony as I was on one of the boats which took the Royal party on the River,” wrote Sam to his mother, Mrs Fitzakerly, in Sunderland, telling of Prince Albert of Connaught’s big day in the Boro in 1911. “I saw the Prince presented with the addresses, also a silver basket. I will write tomorrow..."
The men who built the Transporter Bridge
All these images feature in Tosh Warwick's new book, Historic Middlesbrough
Historic Middlesbrough also features fascinating photos by Les Bulman capturing pub life in the 1970s
A postcard of St Hilda's on Market Day from Ernest Burniston's collection. St Hilda's is the original railway town of Middlesbrough that sprang up when the Stockton & Darlington Railway arrived in 1831
A colourful postcard of Victoria Square and Middlesbrough Town Hall, from the Ernest Burniston
The book features a number of colourised postcards, including this scene of Newport Road showing Newhouse's. It is from Teesside Archives
A fabulous postcard view of Acklam Iron Works, from the Dorman Museum collection
'A Typical Street' - Working-class housing and the harsh realities of life in the industrial community are also explored in Historic Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Libraries)
The official opening of Ayresome Park features in the latest book by the Boro fan and programme contributor Tosh Warwick. This postcard is from the collection of Harry Greenmon
Bolckow Vaughan Ladies Football Team during the First World War (Teesside Archives)
A sad sight as the Royal Exchange is demolished in the mid-1980s so that the A66 flyover can fly through (Teesside Archives)
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