Guided Tours
While the PictureStockton resource is a valuable learning tool, the development team felt that a certain amount of handholding could make your visit to these pages more interesting. To this end, we propose to introduce a number of 'guided tours', using a common theme or topic to connect groups of images together.
These guided tours will provide more than just photographs and text, they will eventually be complemented with additional video footage and narration. A truly rewarding experience.
Globe Theatre
The Globe started life as a cinema in the early 1900's. It was rebuilt in the mid-20's and in 1935 it was shaped into the building it is today. The present Globe Theatre was constructed by the Lewis brothers in 1935 and it opened as a variety theatre with a capacity of 2372.
RAF Tour in Thornaby
Historical look at Thornaby-on-Tees famous for its RAF connections. This guided tour was developed in partnership with Heritage Lottery Funding
Old Billingham Tour
The views selected here are mostly of 20th century origin, and a lot of them can still be seen today.
A Centenary in Retrospect - F Hills & Sons Limited
It is a commemorative book recording the first 100 years of F. Hills and Sons of Stockton.
Oxbridge Lane School in the 1950's
It has seen many changes over the years and is now Oxbridge Lane Primary School. These photographs, I am sure, will bring back lots of happy memories for lots of people.
Parkfield in the 1950's
Parkfield area of Stockton and show a very different picture to the area we know now.
Heavisides Photographs
Part Two - Rambles by the River Tees.
Places of worship
There are many fine religious buildings in our area serving a wide variety of worshippers. We thought it might be nice to present some of these from the images in our collections.
Norton Tour
Take a digital tour of Norton
The Best Years of Our Lives...
We've all been there - school that is and we all have our memories of the days that my mother would claim were 'the best years of our lives'
Hotels, Pubs and Taverns in the Borough
The public house is to many the heart of the community. This tour highlights some of the hostelries and ale-houses in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees..
Co-op tour
Do you remember your ‘divi’ number? If you do, I am sure you will enjoy this collection of photographs of Co-operative premises in and around the borough of Stockton-on-Tees.
Stockton Town Centre Trail
Welcome to our first 'guided tour'. This time we have concentrated on the area immediately surrounding Stockton High Street.
Alliance Street, Stockton-on-Tees
While not strictly a 'guided tour' we thought this was interesting enough to add. It records the house renovation program that became known as The Stockton Test when a block of houses in Alliance Street was renovated as a test to see what could be achieved nationally to improve the nation's housing stock.
Yarm Guided Tour
A tour of Yarm High Street and the surrounding area
The History Book
Staff at the Stockton Reference Library have recently unearthed an unusual record of the town and its past.
