algy Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 London Rd. BedfordSt. about 1885/90 Navvies excavating under the Swing Bridge. St Thomas's C of E School Headmasters house to the right of the Church The roof of St Thomas's C of E school to the right of the Church. The old Police Station. Stockton Heath, the original Chester Rd. (now Whitefield Rd.) Walton Rd, signpost to Lower Walton, Higher Walton & Stretton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Love the one of the Navvies, gives a real sense of scale of the works they undertook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Love the one of the Navvies, gives a real sense of scale of the works they undertook. Those men wore no safety ropes or harness with at least a twenty fool drop beneath them, unfortunately Tracey, life held little value in those times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Very True. I've seen your photos of the 'barrow runs' too, terrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Just trying to catch up on all the pictures and info so apologies Algy if you think I am suddenly uninterested in your wonderful photo's these days. Time to read and view them all but not much time to post replies. I have had my shackles removed for a little while though so here goes.... Re the photo of the navvies... it amazes me how they are just seemingly standing there working away on such steep and loose soily slopes with nothing to hold them there or indeed to hold onto. They must have either had very good balance or boots with 6ft spikes on the soles which we can't see. Part of me wishes we could go back to the time of all these old photo's as the main roads in Stockton Heath looks, and all the others, look lovely and very tranquil with people just wandering about in streets. Guess the same can be said for all areas though. I never knew that Whitefield Road was the Old Chester Road... DURH Re the picture of the old Police Station... are all the people sat on benches around a tree which appear to be in the middle of the road or is it just my eyes. The horse and cart to the left of them and somewhat behind the level of the seating area made me wonder ..... soz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Just trying to catch up on all the pictures and info so apologies Algy if you think I am suddenly uninterested in your wonderful photo's these days. Time to read and view them all but not much time to post replies. I have had my shackles removed for a little while though so here goes.... Re the photo of the navvies... it amazes me how they are just seemingly standing there working away on such steep and loose soily slopes with nothing to hold them there or indeed to hold onto. They must have either had very good balance or boots with 6ft spikes on the soles which we can't see. Part of me wishes we could go back to the time of all these old photo's as the main roads in Stockton Heath looks, and all the others, look lovely and very tranquil with people just wandering about in streets. Guess the same can be said for all areas though. I never knew that Whitefield Road was the Old Chester Road... DURH Re the picture of the old Police Station... are all the people sat on benches around a tree which appear to be in the middle of the road or is it just my eyes. The horse and cart to the left of them and somewhat behind the level of the seating area made me wonder ..... soz I never knew that Whitefield road was Chester road either until I found the photo with that title on it, I suppose sometimes we rely on the knowledge and accuracy of the person that titled it, how I would check that one out I'm not sure, I have looked on 'Old Map' and nothing on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Picture 5: How old would this be? Reason for asking is that the old houses on the main rd next to the medical centre are not there and I thought they looked pretty old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Picture 5: How old would this be? Reason for asking is that the old houses on the main rd next to the medical centre are not there and I thought they looked pretty old. Peter no later than 1920, I attended St. Thomas's school 1950 and I don't remember the headmasters house being there, could have been but probably at that age I never noticed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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