District Notes
HARTLEPOOL

1939-1945 Military and Civilian Miscellaneous information

Extracted from the Northern Daily Mail by the late S.F. Reed 31/05/2009

There were two daily editions 1939-45, so please check the content as extra information is nearly always there.

Please note that the date following the name is the date on which the newspaper was published.

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Air Raid Signals; 11/06/1940; page 4 column 1.

Air Raid Shelters & Evacuation; 20/06/1940; page 4.

Albert Street; 05/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2.

Albion Street; 26/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 3.

Alexandra Street; 27/08/1945 V-J Party; page 2 column 6.

Alliance Street; 05/09/1945 V-J Party; page 2.

2 Alston Street; 29/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5.

Army Cadets; ‘A’ Coy,; 04/06/1942; photograph; no names; page 4.

Ashgrove Avenue; 12/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 5; 27/09; names; page 2 column 6.

Atomic Bomb; 13/08/1945; Billingham’s I.C.I.’s part; page 5 column 4.

Belk Street; 03/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 5.

Bengal Street; 22/05/1945; Victory Celebrations; page 5 column 2; (Photo).

Benson Street; 04/06/1945; Victory Party; page 1 column 3; (Photo).

Bentley Street; 03/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 5.

Blackhall; 28/08/1942; 8 killed; 4 houses wrecked.

Blanford Street; 18/08/1945; photo of children; no names; page 4 column 3.

Bombed Out; 20/11/1940; help in West Hartlepool; page2.

Bombed House; 28/04/1941; Are you covered?; page 2.

Brenda Road; 29/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5.

Bright Street; 22/05/1945; Victory Celebrations; page 5 column 2; (Photo).

Brinkburn Road; 20/09/1945; V-J Party; some names mentioned; page 3 column 4.

Burbank Street; 20/09/1945; V-J Party; some names mentioned; page 3 column 4.

Burbank Old Ladies; 20/09/1945; V-J Party; page 3 column 4.

Call Up Effected Women; 24/02/1942; of Britain; details; page 3.

Caledonian Road; 29/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 6;

Campion Street; 05/06/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5; see 6/06; page 7 column 3; (Photo).

Caroline Street; 29/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5.

Carr Street; 17/05/1945; Victory Street Celebration; page 2 column 2.

Carr Street; 30/08/1945 V-J Celebrations Photograph; Page 4 column 2 (Photo). Challoner Road; 18/09/1945; V-J celebrations for older residents; page 2 column 2; (Photo).

Challoner Square; 29/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5; V-J Celebrations 3/09; page 2 column 5.

Charterhouse Street; 24/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 6.

Charlotte Street; 31/08/1945; V-J Celebrations; (Photo).

Chatham Square; 10/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 5.

Christopher Street; 31/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 4 column 3.

Civilian Victims Of Enemy; 18/12/1940; action allowances; page 1 column 7.

Cleveland Street; 27/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 5.

Coleridge Avenue; 12/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 5.

Collingwood Road; 18/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 6; 22/09; page 5 column 1; (Photo).

Cornwall Street; 22/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 3; Mrs Gibson cuts cake.

Cornwall Street; 30/08/1945; V-J Party; photograph; page 2 column 2; (Photo).

Cowpen Bewley; 06/07/1942; A.A. Site; 1 fatal; 2 severely wounded; 9 slightly injured.

Cumberland Street; 11/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 6.

Dene Street; 05/09/1945; V-J Party; page 4 column 3; (Photo).

Dent Street; 15/05/1945; Victory Celebration; page 2 column 2.

Derwent Street; 14/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 1 column 3; (Photo).

Dalton Street; 18/05/1945; Victory Party; page 2 column 2.

Dorset Street; 05/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2.

2 Easington Road; 30/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 5.

Edward Street; 05/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2.

Elco Street; 25/05/1945; Victory Party; page 2 column 4; V-J Party 6/8/09; page 2 column 6; (Photo).

Ellison Street; 05/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2.

Essex Street; 18/05/1945; Victory Party; page 2 column 5.

Evacuation Of Hartlepool; 05/07/1940; children; page 2 column 6.

Evacuees Forgotten By Parents; 23/01/1941; West Hartlepool; poorly clothed and shod; page 4.

Evacuees Return to West Hartlepool; 04/06/1945; page 2 column 4.

Fawcett Street; 13/09/1945; V-J Party; Mrs T. Gallimore; page 2 column 5.

Fernwood Avenue; 08/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 2; & 10/09; page 2 column 3; (Photo).

Free Beer Night Revels; 15/08/1945; end of War Hartlepools; page 1 column 1.

Gainford Street; 23/08/1945; V-J Tea Party; page 2 column 4.

Gas Attack Lessons In West Hartlepool; 09/08/1941; page 3 column 5/6; see 11/08/1941; page 2; (Photo).

Gas Mask Tests At West Hartlepool; 08/02/1941; page 3.

Glentower Grove; 13/09/1945; V-J Party; Gordon Norman cuts cake; page 2 column 2; (Photo).

Golden Flatts, Seaton Lane; 14/06/1945; Victory Party; page 7 column 2 (Photo).

Graythorpe; 07/09/1945; V-J Party; page 1 column 2.

Harrow Street; 12/09/1945; V-J Party page 2 column 5.

Hartley Street; 29/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5.

Heathfield Drive; 23/05/1945; Victory Celebrations; page 5 column 2; (Photo).

Heathfield Drive; 13/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 5.

Helmsley Street; 15/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 1 column 3; (Photo).

Hope Street; 17/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 2.

Howard Street; 26/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 2.

Jesmond Square; 03/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 5.

Leamington Parade; 16/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 1 column 3.

Looking Back On Old Year; 01/01/1942.

Lynnfield School; 18/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 6.

Marine Drive; 28/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 3.

Marlborough Street; 05/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2.

Marsden Gardens; 29/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 6.

Melrose Street; 03/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 5.

Middleton Road; 23/05/1945; Victory Party; page 2 column 6.

Milbank Road; 05/06/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5.

Mitchell Street; 10/09/1945; V-J Party; Mr Andy Hare home from Norway; cuts cake; page 2 column 5.

Montague Street; 02/06/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 2.

Moore Street; 20/09/1945; V-J Party; page 3; see 21/09; page 2 column 3; (Photo).

Mozart Street; 05/06/1945; Victory Tea; page 2 column 5.

Oban Avenue; 13/09/1945; V-J Party; Page 2 column 5.

Ocean View, Blackhall; 10/09/1945; V-J Party; Crutchly Cuts Cake; page 1 column 2.

Owton Manor Lane; 14/06/1945; Victory Party; page 7 column 2; (Photo).

Oxford Road; 16/05/1945; Victory Night celebrations; page 4 column 6.

Oxford Road; 13/09/1945; V-J Party; cake cut by A. Orde; R.A.F.; page 2 column 5.

Parton Street; 03/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 5.

Peebles Avenue; 29/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 6.

Penrith Street; 28/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 3.

Plevna Street; 29/05/1945; Victory Tea; page 1 column 3; (Photo).

Prissick Street; 30/08/1945V-J Party; Page 2 column 5; Questions On Prisoners of War; 15/02/1944; page 5.

Raby Gardens; 29/05/1945; Victory Party; page 2 column 2; (Photo).

Raby Gardens; 10/09/1945 V-J Party cake cut by Tom Maddison Page 2 column 5.

Rangers 5th Coy.; West Hartlepool; 12/04/1945; St Adians; photo no names; page 4.

Rokerby Street; 31/08/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 4 column 5.

Ropner’s Navy & Casualties; 27/08/1945; and Awards; page 2 column 4.

Seamer Street; 26/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 3; cakes cut by Musgrove J. Pte., Bromley C. A/B & Kilraine J Pte.

Sheriff Street; 04/06/1945; Victory Party; page 7 column 2; (Photo).

Sketch Of Redevelopment; 06/12/1945; of Hartlepool; by Mr C.W.C. Neenham; (Photo).

Spring Garden Road; 24/09/1945; V-J Party; some names; page 2 column 5.

Stainton Street; 08/09/1945; V-J Party page 1 column 2.

Stanmore Grove; 13/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 2.

Streatham Street; 31/08/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 4 column 5.

Sunderland Street; 22/05/1945; Victory Celebrations; page 2 column 6.

Sunderland Street; 10/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column.

Tower Street;19/09/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 4; see 20/09; page 1 column 1; (Photo).

Trimdon Street; 23/05/1945; Victory Party; page 2 column 6.

Watson Street; 21/05/1945; Victory Celebrations; page 1 column 1; (Photo).

Watson Street; 27/08/1945; V-J Party; page 2 column 5.

Weldeck Road; 18/09/1945; V-J Party; ex prisoner of war; Mr Priest cuts cake; page 2 column 6.

Westbourne Road 155; 25/07/1942; cannon shells hit roof.

Westmoreland Street; 03/09/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 5; & 14/09; page 2 column 6.

Willowpool S/S; 11/12/1939; dramatic account of her sinking; West Hartlepool; crew on board.

Wilson Street; 29/08/1945; V-J Party; Photo.; page 4 column 4; (Photo).

Women Learn To Use Rifles; 28/10/1941; page 2 column 4; see 29/10; page 3; (Photo).

Wordsworth Avenue; 31/08/1945; V-J Celebrations; page 2 column 2; (Photo); & page 4 column 5.