Show on map I contrast to yesterdays heavily vandalised example, this pillbox within the grounds of a golf course is in remarkably good condition with no damage or graffiti
Inside all the metal shutters for the firing position are still intact.
Show on map This whole area is now in the middle of an extensive housing development, so I don’t think this one is going to be around much longer.
The Defence Of Britain database from the 1990s lists many in this area that are now gone under housing.
UPDATE :
I have received information that as of 26th July 2012, this pillbox has been demolished. Another one bites the dust.
Show on map Another part of the extensive network of wartime defences around Greatham.
As with the example next to the football field, all the loopholes are covered with modern bars, despite the door still being wide open.
Show on map This well preserved and relatively grafitti free pillbox is situtated right next to the football field in Greatham.
Strangely all the loop holes and firing positions have been covered with modern bars, but the door is wide open for you to walk inside, which doesn’t make much sense.
Show on map On either side of the Northern end of the demolished viaduct is a type 23 Pillbox.
The western one is on an accessible part of the walkway
The eastern example is in a private field, so no close-up.
Show on map This pillbox near the middle of the village is a variant on the Type-23 design
A doorway has been cut in the back, rather than it being accessed from above.
Pillboxes like this are often partially buried, so presumably the modification was to make access easier to this un-buried model.
Show on map The bridge was opened on 20th June 1887 by Alderman Joseph Richardson, named the Victoria Bridge after the Queen as that day was the 50th anniversary of her reign.
The other plaque records that the Stockton Bridge Act was passed on the 18th July 1881 and the bridge was a joint effort between the Stockton Corporation and the South Stockton Local Board
Despite the huge amount of local industry it was actually built by Whitaker Brothers of Leeds, something reflected in the lamps that were cast by John Butler at the Stanningley Ironworks near Leeds.
Another interesting observation is that parts of the bridge still carry damage from the Second World War bombing of Stockton.
Show on map I have previously posted this photograph of the ARP (Air Raid Precautions) shelter sign that can be found between Linthorpe Road and the Dundas arcade.
I never personally got around to asking for a look in their basement and ‘Past Times’ has since closed making that currently impossible.
Fortunately for us all, professional photographer Andrew Davies got these excellent shots and has kindly given me permission to share them here.
There was a report in the Gazette in 2007, but they never gained access to get any photos, as the report point out this original shelter was for 367 people and would have covered the basements of numerous shops, although after the war it seems logical that they would have been seperated again so the remaining area is not the full size.
Access was via a trapdoor behind the counter in the shop
At the time the space was not in use by the shop above.
On close inspection this sign mentions ‘Defence Regulation 23a’ this appears to tie in directly with an entry from Hansard from 23rd November 1939 which mentions that regulation being about the provision of air-raid shelters.
A few old boxes on a shelf, again no indication if they date from the basements use as a shelter or a later business.
Local Dorman Long steel in the fabric of the building.
A recently published book ‘Defence of the UK – Middlebrough’ suggests the rear building was a clothing factory owned by Dorman Stewart the rainwear makers. The book goes on to list numerous other converted basements used as shelters even larger than this one.
The ‘New Emporium’ and ‘Green Market’ each had room for 700, while the shelter under J. Newhouses shop another 400.
Images supplied courtesy of North East wedding photographer Andrew Davies , www.andrew-davies.com
Show on map The radar station was constructed in 1941 as part of the Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low early warning system. It was designated site M47 and the original radar was mounted on top of the semi-circular transmitter and receiving hut as shown in the illustration.
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The site was later upgraded to be part of the Chain Home Extra Low system and was redesignated K47, with a new Transmitter and Receiving block.
There are two smaller buildings, one of which housed a generator and the other a fuel store.
At the other end of the field near the old railway, the bases of several accommodation blocks can be see, but none of the structure remains.
Show on map This memorial is considerably more elaborate than most in the area.
The panel is carved by Sir William Reynold-StephensÂ
The memorial was unveiled by Major General Sir Percy Wilkinson on 14th November 1920, it was comissioned by Mr and Mrs Littleboy parents of Wilfred E Littleboy, who was killed at Ypres.