Did you have a go on the rocking horse, the slide or the American swings?
Did you look for fish among the lilies in the Peter Pond? We have reminders of all this and more in our selection of nine nostalgic photos.
Our thanks go to the excellent Hartlepool Museum Service and Hartlepool Library Service for another great selection of archive scenes.
Take a look through and see if these pictures bring back fond memories.
Our thanks go to the excellent Hartlepool Museum Service and Hartlepool Library Service for another great selection of archive scenes.
5. The American swing
The busy playground with the 'American swings' on the left and which needed two people to get them going. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service.
Photo: other 3rd party
6. The rockery in the 1970s
The rockery in the Burn Valley Gardens can be seen in this 1975 picture. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service.
Photo: other 3rd party
7. A snowy scene
A photo from 1953 or 1954 which showed Rosebank, which housed part of Rosebank High School, in the background. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service.
Photo: other 3rd party
8. The beck
Burn Valley Gardens. A picture showing the beck. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service.
Photo: other 3rd party