We’ve got photos from the 1940s onwards and they come to us courtesy of the excellent Hartlepool Museum Service and Hartlepool Library Service.
Do you remember scenes such as these?
Does it bring back your own memories of bus journeys in the past. Take a look at scenes from Seaton Carew, Church Square and other parts of the town and then get in touch with your own memories.
1. Seaton in the sun
A 1970s view of the crowds seated at the bus station at Seaton Carew with the roller coaster in the distance. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service
2. In the bus depot
Inside Blumer's bus depot at Sapper's Corner. Does anyone remember it? Photo: Hartlepool Library Service. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service
3. Taking shelter in the 1950s
A summer deluge in the early 1950s for these passengers under one of the shelters at the bus station. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service
4. Back to the 60s
A photo from the early 1960s at the bus station showing the Northern Daily Mail office in Clarence Road in the background. Photo: other 3rd party