Due out in 2018
To preorder a signed copy use out contacts page
Due out in 2018
If you want a signed copy use the contacts page to pre-order
The Destiny of Sir William Gray's Ships
“The Destiny of Sir William Gray Ships”
Shipbuilding was an important part of the heritage of Hartlepool beginning in the 1860’s until its demise on 29th June 1961 when the “Blanchland”, left the slipway at Sir William Gray’s yard, known locally as the Central Marine Engineering Works.
After 100 years of proud shipbuilding the yards disappeared and in the next century who will remember any of the 1,123 ships made by the men of Hartlepool at Gray’s Shipyard?
Who will know the fate of Gray’s ships?
How many finished life at the bottom of the Atlantic a victim of a U-boat?
How many were scrapped in India or some other
foreign land and perhaps most import of all ….. How many have been preserved?
The answer maybe to record as much information for future generations to ponder.
“The Destiny of Sir William Gray Ships 1860-1919” is to be published on 17th April, Easter Sunday, 2017.
The author will be on board the “Wingfield Castle”, one of Gray’s surviving ships ,to sign copies of the book.
THIS BOOK - ALL THREE VOLUMES -
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- NO PLANS TO REPRINT
HARTLEPOOL ON WHEELS
According to “Hartlepool Now and Then” website , owned by the local council , one of the first garages to appear in the town was Robert Robinson, a motor dealer who plied his trade in York Road in 1888.
It is claimed that he was the first dealer in WestHartlepool to sell a car but the history of “Hartlepool on Wheels” starts a lot earlier than the 1800’s.
Horse drawn vehicles had been used in the town and surrounding villages since the dawn of time.
In 1963, behind English Martyrs School, remains of a Roman village were found and when compared with evidence from other sites in the area it appears as though the Romans were using a wheel to grind cornand horse driven vehicles to transport goods to and from eastern seaboard ports.
Images from the period of horse drawn vehicles are the copyright of Hartlepool Council Museum and
Library Service and therefore it is not possible to have them illustrated in this publication.
It is however possible, thanks to the generosity of local people who have allowed their photographs to be used, that we can record for future generations how Hartlepool embraced the wheel in farming, shipbuilding as well as the development of car ownership for the masses and the humble bus.
8 copies of Sir William Gray's combined books remain for sale £9.99p use contact page if you want one.
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