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Hartlepool in the 1970s.

Check out these 21 great pictures of Hartlepool in the Seventies

By Mark Payne

Hartlepool Specialist Reporter

Published 3rd May 2025, 16:39 GMT

We are going almost 50 years down memory lane in our latest nostalgic photo gallery to the Seventies.

These 21 photos from the Mail’s archives show just how different the town was compared to today when there was no internet or smartphones.

How many of the people and places shown do you remember?

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This picture from October 1976 shows tour guides waiting to welcome the public to the Hartlepool Energy Informtion Centre at the Nuclear Power Station. Pictured is: Lynda Eccles, Maureen Crebbin, Wendy Shirra, and Jackie Boyd.

5. Welcoming party

This picture from October 1976 shows tour guides waiting to welcome the public to the Hartlepool Energy Informtion Centre at the Nuclear Power Station. Pictured is: Lynda Eccles, Maureen Crebbin, Wendy Shirra, and Jackie Boyd. Photo: Hartlepool Mail

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Can any readers shed any light on this photo from 1977. The only details we have are that it shows The Motors Group.

6. The Motors Group

Can any readers shed any light on this photo from 1977. The only details we have are that it shows The Motors Group. Photo: Hartlepool Mail

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Hartlepool bus station circa 1970s.

7. On the buses

Hartlepool bus station circa 1970s. Photo: Hartlepool Mail

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Girls of Galleys Field School which closed in 1973.

8. Galleys Field School

Girls of Galleys Field School which closed in 1973. Photo: TC

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