9 memories of Hartlepool pubs as we head back INSIDE for a drink - which would you like to go back to?
What if the lockdown was easing in years gone by? Would one of these Hartlepool pubs have been your preference for a first drink?
By Chris Cordner
Published 17th May 2021, 13:31 BST
Updated 17th May 2021, 18:43 BST
It’s official! We can go back inside the pubs of the town.
But what if you could do it in the pubs we knew from decades past? Would you choose the Bird’s Nest, Brus Arms, Woodcutter or Kirkham?
We have the Hartlepool Museum Service and Hartlepool Library Service to thank for some great photos.
We hope this brings back memories of pubs in the past as you venture back in to Hartlepool pubs of the present.
We have the Hartlepool Museum Service and Hartlepool Library Service to thank for some great photos.
5. A big night at the Woodcutter
The Woodcutter opened in 1961 in Kingsley Avenue and had its own off licence on the side of the building. Does this bring back memories? Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service
The photo may have been taken in the 1940s but the North Eastern stayed on the scene until its demolition in 1994. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service Photo: Hartlepool Library Service
The Sir Colin Campbell was on the corner of Durham Street and Brunswick Street Hartlepool and was named after the first iron vessel launched in Hartlepool in 1855 by Thomas Richardson. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service
The Kirkham in South Crescent was once a popular sea front pub before becoming a private residence. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service Photo: Hartlepool Library Service