born in middlesbrough general hospital 1963 livid in edith street near newport bridge stones throw from the river tees proud to be boro through and through !!!!!!!!!!
I am over 60 and born and grew up in Middlesbrough, Park End. Father from Cargo Fleet Mother from Garnet Street. Loved the comment about "not trusting electricity" my Gran, Cargo Fleet wouldn't let the landlord put electricity in the house, FREE OF CHARGE, NO RENT INCREASE! Dangerous Stuff that electricity! There is very little left of even recent history. Prissick School Base near Stewarts Park, now housing. That land was donated to the M'Brough under covenant that it could only be used for education or Pleasure. Stewarts Park donated again. Both by our Iron/Steel founders. Now I understand Boro is short of schools? My Local Vicar, Church of Ascension, was on BBC news telling Margaret Thatcher, to her face, that she was an evil woman. How proud was I! Sadly looking at this as I have to go back for another funeral which are now more frequent than birthdays. Good to see BORO still fighting in the Championship but would need serious money if they won promotion. Well Britain's Richest Man made his money out of the collapse of ICI, he could pay??
MIDDLESBROUGH, STOCKTON, BILLINGHAM, DARLINGTON, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE, YORK & YARM - OUR UNUSUAL NEIGHBOURS AND LOCAL HISTORY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND Most people living in the North of England think they know their neighbours and local history but how would you know your neighbour worked for MI6? Most who knew the Fairclough family didn’t have a clue that from the seventies Bill Fairclough was a secret agent (MI6 codename JJ) working for various intelligence agencies. What’s more they had no idea he was following in his parents’ footsteps. Bill's parents met during the Second World War when his father, ostensibly working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), worked secretly on creating bombs to wipe out the Nazi's industrial hinterland. In 1941 in Yarm Richard married Margaret Hawxwell, a local lass from Middlesbrough. After the war in Europe ended in May 1945, Dr Richard Alan Fairclough continued to work for British Intelligence (MI1). Not long after retiring from ICI in the seventies, Richard Fairclough opened and ran an antiquarian book shop business in Yarm until his death in 1987. The book shop was a bit of an enigma as it was also a haunt for spooks. When not gated at St Peter’s School, York Bill Fairclough spent most of his childhood and early teens in the North East of England. As a child in the fifties he was educated at Red House School in Norton. He lived in Billingham and then in a vast white house (once the home of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley) in Norton Green overlooking the duck pond. In Bill’s teens, the Faircloughs lived in Middleton St George and later in Yarm. He also lived in flats he rented near nightclubs he helped run during the late sixties and early seventies in Portrack, Stockton-on-Tees and Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne. Conveniently for him they were near the offices of the firm of Chartered Accountants (now PwC) he worked for in Middlesbrough and Newcastle upon Tyne. So if you lived, worked or visited any of these places you may well have unwittingly encountered this “spooky” family, been their neighbours or inhabited the houses they lived in. A quick web-search will even disclose some of the addresses where they lived. Mind you, if you live in any of them now, best sweep them for bugs! Details of where the Faircloughs lived and worked are given in most of Bill Fairclough’s bios on the web such as can be found at everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/bill-fairclough. If you were as fascinated as we were, you can also read the raw fact based thriller Beyond Enkription, the first stand-alone novel to be released in The Burlington Files series (theburlingtonfiles.org/#/reviews). It’s a memorable and distinctively different noir espionage thriller based on his and his family’s experiences in 1974.
no cars driving by the town hall in 1889 the year it was built you would of seen the electric trams in those days im a boro lad born n bred love my town but the council have knocked down a lot of old buildings like the old exchange,the big wesley, and many more how dare they!!! they have ruined the town we are a victorian town.
It's wonder Middlesbrough Town Hall is still there. Lot of old buildings got knocked down, which is why the Town Centre is a mixed bag, but it's nowhere near as bad as people make out to be. But Middlesbrough moves very slow. Most people who live there, more negative than positive. Middlehaven has turned into a farce and it wouldn't surprise me if the Casino falls through. The Town Centre needs more buildings for companies to create jobs. Big changes will see it become a city.
borobengal: Born n brought up in Boro till '80 and I remember in the 70s the rumours going around that the Council C***s were considering pulling down not only the Town Hall but The Empire Theatre and..wait for it.... the Transporter Bridge as it was so little used and cost too much to maintain. Translated inta propa inglish... it meant that the Council Cronies couldn't exploit it so they'd be happy to collect scrap money on it. Typical.... Vets from the Boer War helped build that and my Grandad was one.
i love middlesbrough and im very proud of the fact i was born and grew up there i lived in hemlington and i had the best childhood any kid could wish for. we didnt have much when it came to money but the people are what make it and ive never met nicer easy going people who dont take them selfs too serious anywhere else in the uk. middlesbrough gets a bad rep but it dont bother me when its people who are not from here saying it but too many younger ones are always online slagging the place off they are not proud anymore and its a shame i know its not just middlesbrough most towns and citys are expriencing the same thing everybody is out for themselfs and if thier ok thats all that matters. whether your white, black, yellow,blue green we should all look out for each other. for example the reason the min wage is low is because companys can get away with it and thats because no one is willing to make a stand anymore. anyway rant over i was only going to say im proud of my roots lol.
lol i took the date of the picture from the person who supplkied it without question. Good point mate. Its a real problem with old photos, none of them ever have a date printed on them so its all guess work. I migh have to re edit it and give you the credit. thanks
born in middlesbrough general hospital 1963 livid in edith street near newport bridge stones throw from the river tees proud to be boro through and through !!!!!!!!!!
Most people in Middlesbrough are warm and friendly, I use to drink in the Princess Alice, great pub, great people.
Thanks.
***** cheers 84. My pleasure (Director)
I am over 60 and born and grew up in Middlesbrough, Park End. Father from Cargo Fleet Mother from Garnet Street. Loved the comment about "not trusting electricity" my Gran, Cargo Fleet wouldn't let the landlord put electricity in the house, FREE OF CHARGE, NO RENT INCREASE! Dangerous Stuff that electricity! There is very little left of even recent history. Prissick School Base near Stewarts Park, now housing. That land was donated to the M'Brough under covenant that it could only be used for education or Pleasure. Stewarts Park donated again. Both by our Iron/Steel founders. Now I understand Boro is short of schools? My Local Vicar, Church of Ascension, was on BBC news telling Margaret Thatcher, to her face, that she was an evil woman. How proud was I! Sadly looking at this as I have to go back for another funeral which are now more frequent than birthdays. Good to see BORO still fighting in the Championship but would need serious money if they won promotion. Well Britain's Richest Man made his money out of the collapse of ICI, he could pay??
NB: Middlesbrough's nickname in the late 19th and early 20 century was "Ironopolis".
MIDDLESBROUGH, STOCKTON, BILLINGHAM, DARLINGTON, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE, YORK & YARM - OUR UNUSUAL NEIGHBOURS AND LOCAL HISTORY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
Most people living in the North of England think they know their neighbours and local history but how would you know your neighbour worked for MI6? Most who knew the Fairclough family didn’t have a clue that from the seventies Bill Fairclough was a secret agent (MI6 codename JJ) working for various intelligence agencies. What’s more they had no idea he was following in his parents’ footsteps.
Bill's parents met during the Second World War when his father, ostensibly working for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), worked secretly on creating bombs to wipe out the Nazi's industrial hinterland. In 1941 in Yarm Richard married Margaret Hawxwell, a local lass from Middlesbrough. After the war in Europe ended in May 1945, Dr Richard Alan Fairclough continued to work for British Intelligence (MI1).
Not long after retiring from ICI in the seventies, Richard Fairclough opened and ran an antiquarian book shop business in Yarm until his death in 1987. The book shop was a bit of an enigma as it was also a haunt for spooks.
When not gated at St Peter’s School, York Bill Fairclough spent most of his childhood and early teens in the North East of England. As a child in the fifties he was educated at Red House School in Norton. He lived in Billingham and then in a vast white house (once the home of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley) in Norton Green overlooking the duck pond. In Bill’s teens, the Faircloughs lived in Middleton St George and later in Yarm. He also lived in flats he rented near nightclubs he helped run during the late sixties and early seventies in Portrack, Stockton-on-Tees and Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne. Conveniently for him they were near the offices of the firm of Chartered Accountants (now PwC) he worked for in Middlesbrough and Newcastle upon Tyne.
So if you lived, worked or visited any of these places you may well have unwittingly encountered this “spooky” family, been their neighbours or inhabited the houses they lived in. A quick web-search will even disclose some of the addresses where they lived. Mind you, if you live in any of them now, best sweep them for bugs!
Details of where the Faircloughs lived and worked are given in most of Bill Fairclough’s bios on the web such as can be found at everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/bill-fairclough. If you were as fascinated as we were, you can also read the raw fact based thriller Beyond Enkription, the first stand-alone novel to be released in The Burlington Files series (theburlingtonfiles.org/#/reviews). It’s a memorable and distinctively different noir espionage thriller based on his and his family’s experiences in 1974.
no cars driving by the town hall in 1889 the year it was built you would of seen the electric trams in those days im a boro lad born n bred love my town but the council have knocked down a lot of old buildings like the old exchange,the big wesley, and many more how dare they!!! they have ruined the town we are a victorian town.
When you look at some of the old buildings you realise we were a wealthy country once…
wise words boro bengal, thanks for that
It's wonder Middlesbrough Town Hall is still there. Lot of old buildings got knocked down, which is why the Town Centre is a mixed bag, but it's nowhere near as bad as people make out to be. But Middlesbrough moves very slow. Most people who live there, more negative than positive. Middlehaven has turned into a farce and it wouldn't surprise me if the Casino falls through. The Town Centre needs more buildings for companies to create jobs. Big changes will see it become a city.
borobengal: Born n brought up in Boro till '80 and I remember in the 70s the rumours going around that the Council C***s were considering pulling down not only the Town Hall but The Empire Theatre and..wait for it.... the Transporter Bridge as it was so little used and cost too much to maintain. Translated inta propa inglish... it meant that the Council Cronies couldn't exploit it so they'd be happy to collect scrap money on it. Typical.... Vets from the Boer War helped build that and my Grandad was one.
Very well said.
They knocked down most of the flats to, in the 2000s .but in the 90s and 80s there where “eye saws” as they said.
i love middlesbrough and im very proud of the fact i was born and grew up there i lived in hemlington and i had the best childhood any kid could wish for. we didnt have much when it came to money but the people are what make it and ive never met nicer easy going people who dont take them selfs too serious anywhere else in the uk. middlesbrough gets a bad rep but it dont bother me when its people who are not from here saying it but too many younger ones are always online slagging the place off they are not proud anymore and its a shame i know its not just middlesbrough most towns and citys are expriencing the same thing everybody is out for themselfs and if thier ok thats all that matters. whether your white, black, yellow,blue green we should all look out for each other. for example the reason the min wage is low is because companys can get away with it and thats because no one is willing to make a stand anymore. anyway rant over i was only going to say im proud of my roots lol.
fredinabun ; thought provoking fred, hope ya enjoyed this, you right to be proud . Cheers. Best wishes. JT (Director)
fredinabun: Well said... good on ye. Right behind ya.
jt24uk Thank you and thank you for your video.
Hemlington 😬 that’s went down hill now too.
lol i took the date of the picture from the person who supplkied it without question. Good point mate. Its a real problem with old photos, none of them ever have a date printed on them so its all guess work. I migh have to re edit it and give you the credit. thanks
wise words boro bengal, thanks for that
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would there really be a motorcar driving past the town hall in 1889 ???
leedshunk: No... you're right .. it's more 1920s. Well spotted sir!
Doubt it
Still looks and is depressing Bleak town. The rec means recreation field was just fields grass
Good riddance . Nothing nice to say , say nowt