Part of The Croft next to the Fish Sands. The middle section for tenants. On right coble build. Note doors & launch ramp. Demolished early 1900

Children on the beach in front of the Croft. There seems to be a mixture of children with some well dressed and others not. One child to the right of the group has a crutch.

Cambridge Buildings on left behind beach. Public House. Freemason's arms in centre was demolished in 1906 (also called Jane Hunter on the Sands)

Dovecote Yard in The Croft, OlD Hartlepool. Demolished in 1937.

Cambridge buildings on right. The public house on the beach is Freemason's Arms. (jane hunter and The Sands was nickname). The pub was opened 1851. It was closed 1898 and demolished 1906. The rounded building was a water tower (on 1914 map named as a sewage tank). The pub just left of Sandwell Gate was The Alma was built in 1830s and demolished in 1935 .

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Fishing Fleet on the Fish Sands.

From left Alma. Sandwell gate. Fish car gate. Flour Factory (top) with chimney (Blue Anchor Pub. Jane Hunter & "The Sands" (Freemanson's Arms or Fisherman's Arms)

Hills Court in the Croft at Old Hartlepool. Building now demolished and there are now gardens here.

John Street, The Croft.  Narrow cobbled street with houses on both sides, residents standing in doorways and children on the street. This is John St South which ran off Sussex St adjacent to the back of Duke St.

Peace Tea Party in Wells Yard (at the North end, looking South ).The lady sitting at the right end of the table is Eliza Hartley Sanderson formerly Phillips, nee Webster, who lived at 5 Wells Yard. The lady next to her is possibly Mary Isabella Corner nee Boagey, who lived at number 9. Eliza's daughter, Lily Phillips was married to Mary's son, George Thomas Corner and they also lived in Wells Yard. The table in the photograph was directly in front of the stairs, draped with the Union Jack Flag, next to the building angled across the alley at the North end.The photographer was standing in front of the stairs on the building behind him.  

A woman posing with a child at Pratts Passage, The Croft, Old Hartlepool.

Picture of woman in Sandwell Chare, The Croft,  taken through Sandwell gate. date not known

View of Sandwell Chare, the Croft, old Hartlepool, looking away from the Fish Sands.

Children walking up Sandwell Chare towards the Sandwell Gate, town wall. Note the lady leaning out of the window. The houses, in an area known as the Croft, have now all been demolished.

Unknown Street from The Croft.

The man strolling is David Bunton a ferryman post 1930. The Fish Sands can be seen along with The Croft and the Harbour of Refuge PH.

The Croft, Hartlepool. Situated on Hartlepool Headland next to the Fish Sands.

Children digging, probably for lugworms, on the Fish Sands below what was known as The Croft.

Houses in The Croft, next to The Fish Sands, Hartlepool.

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View looking West with Sandwell Gate, The Croft, on left & Sandwell Chare going off on right. Cobles stored by wall.

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