Show on map The Pavilion was a cinema that operated from 1914 to 1960. The carved name and the words “Drama” and “Comedy” can still be seen on the building.
In the 1970s it was the Rock Garden venue and more recently the Arena nightclub.
Show on map Samuel Sadler (1842–29 September 1911) was an industrialist mainly concerned with the chemical industry, he served on Middlesbrough Council from 1873 to 1911 and was mayor on three occasions 1877, 1896 and 1910. Sadler was the first Conservative Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough from 1900 – 1906.
Sadler was known locally as ‘the Colonel’ due to him being the Honorary Colonel of the Volunteer Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry.
This monument by Edouard Lanteri was erected by public subscription and unveiled on 21st June 1915
Show on map There is much conflicting information on this site, so any local knowledge would help.
The Evening Gazette claims the building originally opened in 1911 as the Grand Electric Theatre , becoming known as the Pavilion Picture Palace in 1915 (or maybe 1914). It closed as a cinema in 1963 (or maybe 1960). It was known as the Playbarn in the 1970s and is now once again a community centre called the Pavilion.
However the Theatre Trust say its dates from 1906, became a cinema in 1916, closed in the mid-1950s and became a bingo hall.
The community centre was refurbished in 2006 which is when the current outside decoration probably dates from.
UPDATE : Demolished 23rd August 2013
Show on map Three 70ft furnaces of the Acklam Ironworks were blown in by Stevenson, Jacques & Company in December 1865, they were places on wooden piles driven into a marsh, in an area which become known as the Ironmasters district of Middlesbrough. At this point they are using ironstone from the Brotton ironstone mine as the companys own mine at Boosbeck had not started.
A fourth furnace was added in 1868.
They passed into the ownership of the Acklam Iron Company in 1888 and in turn to North Eastern Steel Company in 1896, which then become part of Dorman Long around 1904.
A 1924 Dorman Long publication shows a photo of the furnaces.
Show on map Thomas Rowland Smitheman was born without arms and legs in 1878 and was raised to adulthood by his mother in the days before the welfare state and NHS.
He was said to be man of exceptional mental and moral character and numbered his friends in the thousands.
From 1897 onwards the readers of the North-Eastern Daily Gazette and North-Eastern Weekly Gazette subscribed a total of nearly £400 to erect a shop and cottage for Thomas and his mother, in a campaign where he was known as ‘A Hero In Humble Life’ (this equates to something in the order of £40,000 today)
The official opening event on Saturday 25th February 1899 is covered in the Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough with two illustations one of Thomas and one of the shop
The shop still stands with the plaque on the side at 5 Beaumont Road in North Ormesby
Records suggest Thomas died aged 69 in March 1946
Show on map The Assembly Rooms are a rather fine building on Linthorpe Road, now absorbed into various shops and pubs.
Information on them is a little thin on the ground although they seem to have been designed by Robert Ridley Kitching
Show on map This statue of a stag was originally known as the ‘Golden Hind’ but is currently white and was black during World War 2.
The house was originally a residence called ‘Simpson House’ in the 1860s but became a shop in the 1890s. By 1904 it was Winterschladens wine and spirit merchants and the stag may date from this period
Show on map Judging from the style this must be a Steve Iredale chainsaw sculpture as there are others in the same cemetary.
The owl also resembles those in Errington Woods and Guisbrough Forest
Show on map Robert Watson Boyd was a major sporting celebrity of his time, although he is now virtually forgotten. Boyd was born at Gateshead on the 20th September 1854 and was at one-time Champion Sculler of England.
His career included many high profile races on the Tees, Tyne and Thames against other stars like Ned Hanlan
The Gazette covered his ‘Race of the Tees’ on 3rd July 1882 against Australian Elias C Laycock for £400 (this is something like £40,000 in todays money) it drew thousands of spectators with excursion trains running to Middlesborough from Sheffield, Whitby and Newcastle. Sadly he lost and this was his last public appearence.
Later in life he became landlord of the Shakespeare Pub on Linthorpe Road, but died young on 1st July 1887.
Show on map John Forbes was a baker originally from Aberdeen who had the Forbes Buildings on Linthorpe Road built.
He was mayor of Middlesbrough in 1904 and died on March 9th 1934 aged 82.
His first wife died aged just 32 in 1885, a daughter and three sons also all died before him, one son Albert Edward Forbes from war wounds in 1920.
Forbes was heaving involved in local sport being listed as :-
Vice-president of Middlesbrough Amateur Swimming Club
Vice-president of Middlesbrough Magpies Cycling Club
Vice-president of Cleveland Roads Cycling Club
Vice-president of North Ormesby & Middlesbrough Cycling Club
Vice-president of Middlesbrough Amateur Gymnastic Club