23 pictures of Hartlepool's Middleton Grange Shopping Centre from the Noughties as it faces takeover bid

Hartlepool Specialist Reporter

Published 1st Dec 2023, 14:23 GMT

Updated 1st Dec 2023, 14:23 GMT

Hartlepool’s Middleton Grange Shopping Centre has seen countless customers come and go since it first opened its doors in 1970.

With news that the centre could be taken over by the newly-formed Hartlepool Development Corporation (HDC)“under ambitious regeneration plans”, we have taken a look back through our archives.

Here are 23 pictures from the early Noughties featuring celebrity chefs, recruitment events and shops that have since departed the centre.

What memories do they stir up for you?

The Heugh Battery Museum drummed up support for restoration work in 2006. Photo: DP

Performer Random Mike teaching circus skills to eight-year-old Harlea Murray in 2009. Photo: TC

Middleton Grange held an Army recruitment day in 2005. Photo: LH

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