The Grand Hotel has had scores of uses over the decades, from parties and proms to music performances and fairs.The Grand Hotel has had scores of uses over the decades, from parties and proms to music performances and fairs.
The Grand Hotel has had scores of uses over the decades, from parties and proms to music performances and fairs.

21 photos of times gone by at the Grand Hotel in Hartlepool

Hartlepool’s Grand Hotel has hosted scores of events and thousands of people across the decades.
By Madeleine Raine
Published 9th Apr 2024, 13:57 BST

From prom evenings and private parties to music events and business meetings, the Grand Hotel has seen it all.

Here is just a snippet of some of these times gone by from the Hartlepool Mail’s archives.

Catcote Academy holds its 2016 prom at the Grand Hotel.

1. It's prom time

Catcote Academy holds its 2016 prom at the Grand Hotel. Photo: Other, third party

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Members of the Roaring Mouse drama group, David Lodge and Kimberley Johnson (rear) and Charlene Marshall and David Miller, host a fundraising ball at the Grand Hotel on November 9, 2012.

2. They shall go to the ball

Members of the Roaring Mouse drama group, David Lodge and Kimberley Johnson (rear) and Charlene Marshall and David Miller, host a fundraising ball at the Grand Hotel on November 9, 2012. Photo: TY

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Grand Hotel staff do an assault court in aid of the Hartlepool and District Hospice.

3. Grand Hotel staff

Grand Hotel staff do an assault court in aid of the Hartlepool and District Hospice. Photo: LH

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Staff prepare to serve Sir William Gray and his shipyard foremen during a dinner at the Grand Hotel in 1953.

4. Dinner party

Staff prepare to serve Sir William Gray and his shipyard foremen during a dinner at the Grand Hotel in 1953. Photo: Other, third party

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