Museum of Hartlepool

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The creation of the Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service was mainly down to one man: William Cresswell Gray, who was a member of a family of shipbuilders who played an important part in the history of Hartlepool. He left the original museum building to the town in 1920 in thanks for the safe return of his son from the First World War. The building was named the Gray Art Gallery and Museum in his honour. Since the museum opened an important and diverse collection of objects that reflect the history of Hartlepool have become part of the museum collection. This collection includes objects of archaeology; natural history; costume; fine and decorative art; social history; world cultures; coins and medals. The museum service continues to collect today looking to fill gaps in its existing collection and represent the more recent history of the town since the amalgamation of the two Hartlepool Boroughs in 1967.

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Crimdon Street

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  • leila*rose said:
    My grandmother lived at no.2 Crimdon Street as a child, at that time. She and my grandfather continued to live there after they wed in 1929 and only left the house around 1974 when the street was finally demolished. I visited no.2 throughout my childhood and remember the staircase being so very steep you almost needed a rope and crampons to reach the tiny square landing at the top. Happy times.
  • Kemplerigg said:
    My gt. uncle's wife Mary Ann Shears was badly injured in the bombardment and in the 1911 census they lived at 7 Crimdon Street. She tried to hide under the table but was hit in the leg and died 4m later. Does anyone know who the man is in this picture - I'd love it if it's my gt. uncle..
  • marie watson-Jones said:
    I lived in number 14 with my parents. Their bought the house when their got married in 1962. I was born 64. We moved to Throston Grange Lane when I was 6

Mr R.J. Tate

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Green Howard soldiers

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  • DacidUser27 said:
    Great B&W Photo!! Buy HCG
  • sarflondondunc said:
    Huge shells
  • Ken Shanaberger said:
    Looks like some poor QA on the German shell factory floor...
  • Michael DeVowe said:
    Was it a requirement to have a mustache to join the Green Howard force? Everyone in the front group has one (except for the young man in the middle)! It's funny how the rest of the men are quite a ways back - either on the steps or behind glass! It looks like it was windy, too.
  • Edward Nicholl said:
    These men would have been in the 3rd Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment. (The full name of the regiment was Alexandra, The Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment, which in 1920 became The Green Howards (Alexandra, The Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), shortened to The Green Howards.) The 3rd Battalion was a reserve battalion which at the time was on Coastal Defence duties in the area. Thousands of men passed through the ranks of the 3rd Battalion to join the several other active service battalions of the regiment.

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