My Dad had his Chemist shop on Cannon Street From Newport rd down Millbank Ah the Constant grey skies and smell of the Gaswerks! Loved the Sound of the sparrows coughing!😮
Loved watching this iam from Stockton born in norton village never bring back these days everyone was happy in them days even though we had very little not like today Loved the memories
I was born on Cannon Street in 1958, the youngest of my 3 brothers was born in the same house in April 1969. We moved onto Cannon Park on the 4th January 1974 and it still wasn't demolished then
As folk who lived outside the boro about 9 miles away in a small market town, we were often warned if we were planning on going down boro for a night out , dont go near cannon street you wont be seen again if you do, it had a reputation for villainy and toughness ( wether warranted or not l still dont know to this day lol ) so of course we would have a look, early summer you got stared at straight away, kids on bikes would follow you, depending on how many of us there were usually about 6, say if just 2 sometimes some lads would come up and warn us we would get our heads kicked in lol, we never did tho, later we would meet some of the lasses in boro pubs and get to know em. Great place great days, they calked us wooly backs and we called em townys, mostly affectionately. 😂
Henry Daniels A very worthwhile project with many very touching moments. The same story is true of so many places throughout the world that greedy and mindless 'redevelopment' has destroyed. I came upon your videos as a writer. Part of the story I am working on at the moment is set in North Ormesby in the years following the Great War. Your work is very helpful and inspiring. What counts is not just facts, images and objects, but the complex of meanings they bring to the fore and continue to generate, and you have your finger on the button, alright. Well done, and thank you, all concerned.
How wonderful to see this amazing footage. I'm not associated with Cannon Street, I was raised in Grove Hill from 18960/1 until leaving the Boro in 1983, but as I've been viewing archive footage, here and on Facebook, in the last couple of weeks so many memories have come flooding back, most of them happy. It's a joy to see how so many former residents of this area of the Boro have come together to share their recollections. Long may it continue.
You wouldn't recognize the Boro now. Looks like Mogadishu now. Government uses it as a dumping ground for immigrants. We've been invaded thanks to treacherous politians..
@@dandixon7400 To be honest, Dan, I couldn't tell you. My Dad was John Robert and he had brothers named Arthur,(George), and David. There was also Joseph but he was lost at sea when the ship he was on was torpedoed in WW2. I think maybe my paternal grandparents were from over the border but I couldn't swear to it.🙂
My Grandmother was Mrs Leopard, she owned houses in Cannon Street and Calthorpe St. which she rented out. I can remember going to collect the rents with her on a Friday. My Great Grandfather ran the Royal Oak, on Dacre Street, in the 1800's
My grandad lived at number 5 canon street about 1905 and great grandad had an allotment I think it was just over the river and he let gipsies put their Van's on it. One of the gipsies was a horse trader who purchased ponies for the mines and the other gipsy had a pickles business. Grandad often went to Stockton railway station with the gipsies to collect the ponies then they would walk them along the wilderness road through the night and keep them in the allotment area until next morning . Next Mr ing was Sunday and the ponies had to be walked to Eston . The route they took was up Marton rd and they would have gone along the trunk rd which was a toll rd owned by the church and was closed on Sunday so they had to go further up and along ladgate lane. He told me the ponies were paid for following inspection with gold sovereigns. He said it was the first time he and got grandad had seen gold. I hope the details are correct I can only reflect on what grandad told me.
I knew Tom Cronin and his son John, also the Hall family Geordie and Fred, all came from Cannon Street, I was demolishing Gjeers Mills Blast furnaces in 1966, used to cycle up to Newbold's butchers on Newport road for pies every dinnertime for the lads on site, working for TW Wards demolition at the time some of cannon Street was getting demolished then
Absolutely brilliant video I was born at 14 Glebe Road I would love to see a old photo of the street as there's a park there now myself and my siblings were baptised at St Patrick's RC Church. My parents left middlesbrough in 1964 to live in newcastle if anyone has any photos or memories of Glebe Road I would be very grateful 😊
Just played this to my mam who's 80 and now lives in Redcar. Mam did live in Harford Street near Ayesome Park. She remembers so much of what your video shows. You've made an old woman very happy.
This is fantastic! My mother and her ancestors came from there and had a store on the corner of Cannon St. Thanks for doing this. My cousin is an oral historian who was hired to speak to the people who lived in London before Canary Wharf was built. Beverley Anne Batten Simpson.
@@richardpink9674 This has been the best afternoon ever spent on my commy. Do u av any footage of Acklam around 1946 onward? I have a photo of our Street party celebrating the end of WW2 1945 let me knoe and I will send u the photo , Well done
We lived in King George St. by the Newport Bridge. We were as kids, safe as houses. Lovely People, hearts of gold. Pitchers and Gollogly’s we lived at Nr 8 and my great Nana lived at Nr17. 1959 we moved to Guisborough.
my grandma was from cannon street evling walton i loved the stories she told me my mum was called silvia and my uncels where call malcom ronnie allan iam 52 now and wish i could have seen cannon street my self
Grandad remembers lads having shilling fights outside the pub, if things got out of hand the police couldn't do much so the priest would turn up and he could sort it out. That was around 1904 he said he would watch from the bedroom window.
We lived on Lowe Street and my mam use to put me outside in my pram and my brother swopped me for a davey crocket hat my mam was running around the streets trying to find me then the boys mother brought me back
“It was poor but not a rough area” well I’ve heard plenty of stories of the Cannon street riots around early 60s if I’m not mistaken. People of the area rioted, forcing mobs to get anyone of colour and immigrants. All true and all in the archives. Bunch of people who didn’t like change, but change got them, wiping the area away. I love the history and old architecture of this town but history like that is ugly, and it’s not only this town with it’s dark history.
I have family from here some of the hardest lads you would meet,im now a best selling Author bringing out best selling books on the hardest men to walk on teesside guys xx
I was born in 68, not from that part of Boro but everyone from Middlesbrough knows about Cannon Park. Great film, gave me goosies watching it 👌 😢👍
Present day it’s like Islamabad ….. bring back the old days of respect
My Dad had his Chemist shop on Cannon Street From Newport rd down Millbank
Ah the Constant grey skies and smell of the Gaswerks!
Loved the Sound of the sparrows coughing!😮
Loved watching this iam from Stockton born in norton village never bring back these days everyone was happy in them days even though we had very little not like today Loved the memories
I was born on Cannon Street in 1958, the youngest of my 3 brothers was born in the same house in April 1969. We moved onto Cannon Park on the 4th January 1974 and it still wasn't demolished then
As folk who lived outside the boro about 9 miles away in a small market town, we were often warned if we were planning on going down boro for a night out , dont go near cannon street you wont be seen again if you do, it had a reputation for villainy and toughness ( wether warranted or not l still dont know to this day lol ) so of course we would have a look, early summer you got stared at straight away, kids on bikes would follow you, depending on how many of us there were usually about 6, say if just 2 sometimes some lads would come up and warn us we would get our heads kicked in lol, we never did tho, later we would meet some of the lasses in boro pubs and get to know em. Great place great days, they calked us wooly backs and we called em townys, mostly affectionately. 😂
My grand parents were from Cannon street, and the stories they told were great!
Henry Daniels
A very worthwhile project with many very touching moments. The same story is true of so many places throughout the world that greedy and mindless 'redevelopment' has destroyed. I came upon your videos as a writer. Part of the story I am working on at the moment is set in North Ormesby in the years following the Great War. Your work is very helpful and inspiring. What counts is not just facts, images and objects, but the complex of meanings they bring to the fore and continue to generate, and you have your finger on the button, alright. Well done, and thank you, all concerned.
Tomorrow I will go to Johnny Bragg's funeral. ( In Chester)
He was brought up in Cannon Street. Would have loved this.
How wonderful to see this amazing footage. I'm not associated with Cannon Street, I was raised in Grove Hill from 18960/1 until leaving the Boro in 1983, but as I've been viewing archive footage, here and on Facebook, in the last couple of weeks so many memories have come flooding back, most of them happy. It's a joy to see how so many former residents of this area of the Boro have come together to share their recollections. Long may it continue.
You wouldn't recognize the Boro now. Looks like Mogadishu now. Government uses it as a dumping ground for immigrants. We've been invaded thanks to treacherous politians..
Are you related to the dixons from over the border
@@dandixon7400 To be honest, Dan, I couldn't tell you. My Dad was John Robert and he had brothers named Arthur,(George), and David. There was also Joseph but he was lost at sea when the ship he was on was torpedoed in WW2. I think maybe my paternal grandparents were from over the border but I couldn't swear to it.🙂
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Hi Mate I lived in grove hill from 1961 to 1992. Went to Beechwood school. Did you.?
My Grandmother was Mrs Leopard, she owned houses in Cannon Street and Calthorpe St. which she rented out. I can remember going to collect the rents with her on a Friday. My Great Grandfather ran the Royal Oak, on Dacre Street, in the 1800's
My grandad lived at number 5 canon street about 1905 and great grandad had an allotment I think it was just over the river and he let gipsies put their Van's on it. One of the gipsies was a horse trader who purchased ponies for the mines and the other gipsy had a pickles business. Grandad often went to Stockton railway station with the gipsies to collect the ponies then they would walk them along the wilderness road through the night and keep them in the allotment area until next morning . Next Mr ing was Sunday and the ponies had to be walked to Eston . The route they took was up Marton rd and they would have gone along the trunk rd which was a toll rd owned by the church and was closed on Sunday so they had to go further up and along ladgate lane. He told me the ponies were paid for following inspection with gold sovereigns. He said it was the first time he and got grandad had seen gold. I hope the details are correct I can only reflect on what grandad told me.
So good to see this, I lived on Milbank street.
Jack knaggs was a family friend and was what i would call an old school working class gentleman . Im honoured to have known him .
Loved watching this... my grandparents were the Dents and they lived in Walker Street...
Thank you, Richard, My Grandads dad Herbert Hardy was said to have been the cobbler on CS. ps Scarlet is an amazing lady!
My relative Patrick Hand had a shop on Cannon Street in the 1920s, but he always referred to his occupation as shoemaker!
@@richardpink9674 My great grandad was Herbert Hardy. Would be nice if someone could confirm he was at some point the cobbler
@@leegarvey1 If you look on the Facebook page Anne Corley posted about Hardy's cobblers a year ago. There are quite a few comments on it.
My ancestors, the Tollidays lived in Cannon Street for some time in the early 20th century.
My farther had a pal called Harry Toliday
@@martinlove7073 oh wow I think he was my great grandmother's cousin
My ancestors moved from norfolk 1880s, lived in cannon St for about 25 years worked in the iron foundries, Elmers and Kents,
My ancestors too came from Norfolk to cannon Street, working in the iron works - the Tolliday family.
I knew Tom Cronin and his son John, also the Hall family Geordie and Fred, all came from Cannon Street, I was demolishing Gjeers Mills Blast furnaces in 1966, used to cycle up to Newbold's butchers on Newport road for pies every dinnertime for the lads on site, working for TW Wards demolition at the time some of cannon Street was getting demolished then
Absolutely brilliant video I was born at 14 Glebe Road I would love to see a old photo of the street as there's a park there now myself and my siblings were baptised at St Patrick's RC Church. My parents left middlesbrough in 1964 to live in newcastle if anyone has any photos or memories of Glebe Road I would be very grateful 😊
Brought back some amazing memories
Thank you for doing this
Just played this to my mam who's 80 and now lives in Redcar. Mam did live in Harford Street near Ayesome Park. She remembers so much of what your video shows. You've made an old woman very happy.
Great video! Such a shame how Middlesbrough has turned out now now it’s a disgrace.
Enjoyed that was born in Turner Street in 1960, we moved in 1965 when it was getting demolished.
Love the boro my home since 1977
This is fantastic! My mother and her ancestors came from there and had a store on the corner of Cannon St. Thanks for doing this. My cousin is an oral historian who was hired to speak to the people who lived in London before Canary Wharf was built. Beverley Anne Batten Simpson.
Have you seen the Cannon Street Revisited Facebook page? facebook.com/groups/978174935573975/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
@@richardpink9674 This has been the best afternoon ever spent on my commy. Do u av any footage of Acklam around 1946 onward? I have a photo of our Street party celebrating the end of WW2 1945 let me knoe and I will send u the photo , Well done
@@pancakechap4988 Have you looked on the Memories of Middlesbrough Facebook page?
My Raymond Atkinson was raised in Cannon Park. He loved the place ❤
Our dad was from Cannon Street👍
Why the intrusive loud background music? WHY? No need for it at all.
We lived in King George St. by the Newport Bridge. We were as kids, safe as houses. Lovely People, hearts of gold. Pitchers and Gollogly’s we lived at Nr 8 and my great Nana lived at Nr17. 1959 we moved to Guisborough.
My parent's grew up around Canon Street, such a shame that the town centre has become a ghost town now.
my grandma was from cannon street evling walton i loved the stories she told me my mum was called silvia and my uncels where call malcom ronnie allan iam 52 now and wish i could have seen cannon street my self
It’s like Baghdad now, the town was always rough, but never like this.
Fallen is an understatement..
This is exactly what CZcams was invented for.
My grandad was from Cannon Street Fred Coleman god bless him x
Grandad remembers lads having shilling fights outside the pub, if things got out of hand the police couldn't do much so the priest would turn up and he could sort it out. That was around 1904 he said he would watch from the bedroom window.
The one thing missing today , community spirit 😢
We lived on Lowe Street and my mam use to put me outside in my pram and my brother swopped me for a davey crocket hat my mam was running around the streets trying to find me then the boys mother brought me back
“It was poor but not a rough area” well I’ve heard plenty of stories of the Cannon street riots around early 60s if I’m not mistaken. People of the area rioted, forcing mobs to get anyone of colour and immigrants. All true and all in the archives. Bunch of people who didn’t like change, but change got them, wiping the area away.
I love the history and old architecture of this town but history like that is ugly, and it’s not only this town with it’s dark history.
Does anybody know what year the demolition was completed....what was bad was there just replaced the area with business units
My nana and grandad lived in lawson street
A grim slum, let's avoid ever building such a place.
I have family from here some of the hardest lads you would meet,im now a best selling Author bringing out best selling books on the hardest men to walk on teesside guys xx