At the travelling fair, Greatham Feast in 1964.  Left to right: Mrs Annie Louisa Ward, Janice Heywood, Nell Heywood, Mrs Eliza Heywood.

An early photograph of the Greatham Cerebos Annual Outing, date and location unknown. Faint letters can just be made out on the low roof, part of the bottom line seems to read " .. or boats let out on hire".

Greatham Children on the Post Office Garden Wall around 1930. These children were playing on the village green when a photographer from the Northern Daily Mail asked if they would like their photo taken.

The Greatham Cricket Team from the 1930s.

An early photograph of a Greatham Cricket team - date and names unknown.

A group of verry colourful characters taken outside the Village Post Office on the Green, sometime in the early 1900s.

Greatham Flower Show 1959 - front left to right - Robert Hutchinson, Thomas Dowsing, William Charles Heywood with son Anthony, unknown, unknown, Edward Lancaster, Ted Fewtrell.  Behind  the Heywoods, Mr Westmoreland with son Jeff.

Greatham Football Team in the 1930's - Back row - 2nd from left (wearing coat) James Arthur Dowsing, 4th from left Thomas Hutchinson. Front Row - 3rd from left Robert Hutchinson.

Greatham Leek Show, September 1974 - Ted Fewtrell on left, Charlie Heywood on right. Held in Greatham Community Centre.

Children in 'Standard IV' at Greatham School in the early 1900's - names unknown.

Children from 'Standards' II and III at Greatham School in the early 1900's. Mary Ellen Dowsing is 4th from right, 2nd row from back; the other pupils are unknown.

Greatham Social Club - left to right: William Charles Heywood, Harold Fleet, unknown, Robert Hutchinson, unknown.

Greatham Social Club Annual Show in September 1951 - Thomas Dowsing 3rd from right, in front of table.

The Heywood family in 1927: William Charles Heywood Snr. (Marine Engineer) with wife Eliza and sons William Charles and Ernest.

The Last Train to leave Hartlepool Fish Quay, August 1963. Engine Driver, Mr. William Charles Heywood and Hartlepool Fish Quay Agent, Mr. John Lancaster.  The train left at noon.

Mrs. Catherine Hutchinson with Ronnie Westmoreland and Ian Lancaster on Greatham Village Green  in the 1960s. The original 'Greenside' is in the background, but has since been demolished. 

A Greatham outing to the seaside at Seaton Carew sometime in the 1930s.

The Porter's Lodge, Greatham Hospital. c.1907.  Eliza Dowsing (wife of James Richardson Dowsing, the Porter), in the doorway with son William.  The Porter's Lodge (now demolished) was just inside the main gates to Greatham Hall.

A birthday party in the garden of Rose Cottage, Greatham in August 1963. Left to right: Susan Lancaster, Janice Heywood, Anthony Heywood, Ian Lancaster, unknown.

Young Anthony Heywood standing in his pram alongside a now long-gone roadsign, probably around 1953.

Thomas Dowsing, Royal Engineers, 1915.

Thomas Dowsing (seated), photographed in Belgium in 1918.

Thomas Dowsing on Greatham Cricket Field in the 1920s.

A tree planted to commemorate Queen Victoria's Jubilee, by brothers Thomas Hauxwell (on left) and John Hauxwell (on right), at Greatham Village.