Fleckt Pets

Saturday evening at Orange Pip market in Baker Street Middlesbrough…

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Spot The Squirrel

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Waterloo Road

This is the approximate location of my grandfather’s house at 32 Waterloo Road in Middlesbrough…

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The Golden Cockerel

I’m glad to discover that this chap has found a safe new home in the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough…

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He used to live over Winterschladen’s Wine Shop in Waterloo Road just over the road from my Grandfather’s house.

Middlesbrough Town Hall

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Paul Simenon interview

May 1977, from John Hodgson’s extensive archive.

John has been adding to his archive reel to reel tapes from Larry Ottaway, a BBC Radio Cleveland DJ in  the late 70s early 80s.

Albert Park

Middlesbrough…

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Graeme Souness

1974…

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Stewart Park

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Football Programme.

I haven’t attended many football games, but as a teenager I did sometimes go to Ayresome Park to watch Middlesbrough. This was a particularly memorable game…

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Boro completed a run of twenty matches unbeaten at home with an 8-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday.

Albert Park, Middlesbrough 1946

Ghostsigns in Middlesbrough

Happy 100th birthday – Transporter Bridge

Monday 17th October will be the 100th anniversary of the official opening of the Transporter Bridge between Middlesbrough and Port Clarence. To commemorate this the bridge has had special light shows, here are some pictures I took on Saturday (plus one of Albert railway bridge at Middlesbrough so it didn’t feel left out!)…