Time's up: 17 retro pictures of Hartlepool pub The Hourglass as bungalows plan for the site is approved

Hartlepool Mail Editor

Published 6th Jun 2023, 12:16 GMT

Updated 23rd May 2025, 15:50 GMT

The site of a former Hartlepool pub is to be finally transformed into bungalows.

After the plan for the ex-Hourglass site, in Eaglesfield Road, was approved by Hartlepool Borough Council, we thought it was time to toast the boozer’s past with these nostalgic photos.

Thirsty for more pub memories? For a virtual pub crawl through 17 archive pictures of Hartlepool bars, click here.

Hourglass owner Colin Coombs in 2006. Photo: DP

Mr Coombs outside next to a pub sign. Photo: DP

Mr Coombs, front, with pub regulars in 2007. Photo: LH

Members of the pub's Tuesday Club in 2005. Photo: DP

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