Show on map The current St Mary’s Church was built for Sir Thomas Hustler of Acklam Hall around 1874 although older churches existed on the site.
The church was expanded from seating 135 to 400 in 1956/57 in a style unfortunately not in keeping with the older church.
Show on map Pybus Brothers were a chain of grocers based in Middlesbrough, the brothers were Thomas and William who setup the firm around 1900. They were known for roasting their own coffee and blending their own tea bags.
Pybus Brothers had 13 branches across the area, mainly in Middlesbrough but also in Redcar, Saltburn and Norton. They were bought out by Newsfare in 1973.
The shop can just be made out on the extreme right of this old photo.
Show on map This one still stands just off Roman Road, opposite the 1910 Kirby Grammar School which became flats in 2010
It features a flower motif towards the top.
Show on map Near the edge of Acklam Hall is this fine stench pipe.
It seem that many of the grand buildings of the area have one nearby, as persumably they would have been early adopters of a modern sewage system.
Show on map This sculpture by Brian Russell stands outside Natures World, it’s dated April 2006.
Show on map The exact name of this bridge seems to be a little vague, modern OS maps call it ‘Marsh Street Bridge’ although i’ve also heard others call it ‘Forty Foot Bridge’ or ‘Fox Heads Bridge’
The housing to the south of the bridge was known as ‘Fox Heads’ or ‘Foxheads’ as it was built for the workers of the Newport Rolling Mills operated by Messrs Fox, Head and Company.
The bridge is shown as existing on the 1894 town plan although the housing in the immediate area is still incomplete.
The plan shows that there was actually a sizable ramp which ran from Frederick Street parallel to Marsh Street so another bridge actually crossed the end of Newport Street before crossing the railway. These two pages of memories by a resident say that the last 25 yards of Marsh St was used by the firm PA Mudd for storage, which would tie in with this series of arches that can still be seem today.
The north end of the bridge was actually a junction, with a right turn putting you onto Forty Foot Road and towards the Newport Rolling Mills, the retaining wall of this junction is still visible.
A left turn was a smaller road which on the 1894 map leads into the Newport Iron Works. A contact at Network Rail informs me they have the structure listed as ‘Marsh Street; and the current metal deck dates from 1912.
Sharp-eyed reader Sean has also spotted that the childhood memories on the Communigate website also mention a “Stinky Pole” which could well be a stench pipe that’s possibly still there next to the bridge.
Show on map Danby House was the home to the blacksmith, the last blacksmith was Mr Sparks in the 1930s. The small adjacent building was the blacksmiths forge and appears much older.
The outbuildings dated 1878 were cow byres, stables and a cart shed.
Show on map Middlesbrough library opened on the 8th May 1912 by Amos Hinton, so its just celebrated its centenary.
Inside there are two large brass plates from its opening (now hidden behind plastic)
The first records that the building was a gift (of £15,000) from Andrew Carnegie a leading American steel maker who spent much of his fortune establishing over 3000 libraries. The land was donated by Sir Hugh Bell and Amos Hinton
Monetary donations came from the major industrialists such as Samuelson and Co, Bolckow and Vaughan, Dorman Long and Gjers Mills.
The second records the foundation stones being laid by Walter G Roberts and Mayor Thomas Gibson Poole on 2nd May 1910 and the opening two years later.
Show on map These old signs have recently been uncovered while this shop on Marton Road is being refitted
I don’t know when the Middlesbrough Co-operative Society ceased to exist, but suspect it was some time in the early 1970s. I also have no specific details on when this branch was open other than a recollection elsewhere of one window being a butchers in the 1950’s
As kindly pointed out to me in the comments, there are also some remaining signs for the dairy on the gateposts of the nearby flats.
Update : The new shop is now complete and the signs are hopefully just hidden again rather than destroyed.
Show on map In the exhibition area of the recently restored Cargo Fleet Iron Company offices you can currently see Bolckows drawing desk
I believe the exhibition runs until 19/10/2012, so after that it will probably be gone.