Memories of Middlesbrough

09/06/2026

An amateur film by Maurice Brunton that shows a number of locations around Middlesbrough. A number of boys appear in the film some from a local Scout troop, others as schoolboys at a local school.

An amateur film by Maurice Brunton that shows a number of locations around Middlesbrough. A number of boys appear in the film some from a local Scout troop, ...

09/06/2026

A local topical newsreel of the opening of the Transporter Bridge across the river Tees at Middlesbrough on the 17 October 1911.

A local topical newsreel of the opening of the Transporter Bridge across the river Tees at Middlesbrough on the 17 October 1911.

03/06/2026

01/06/2026

The new Outwood Academy Riverside School in Middlehaven.
Scheduled to open in spring 2027.

29/05/2026

28/04/2026

The Victorian Society says the Transporter Bridge is of "national significance" and called for a "knight in shining armour" to save it after it was added to a list of endangered buildings 🗣️

25/04/2026

We would like to invite you to attend the next exhibition opening at The Heritage Gallery:

Welcome to Teesside
by Peter Benson
Thursday 30th April
Between 5pm & 7pm

The opening offers a great opportunity to meet Peter and ask any questions you may have about the work on display.
Drinks & nibbles will be provided by Iron Co Coffee House on behalf of Python Properties.

This exhibition of photographs taken by Peter from 1968 until 1999, documents a range of subjects and locations around Teesside.

The fifty black and white images on display resulted from Peter's interest in the demolition and clearance of the built environment between the Newport Bridge and the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough. This project started while he was a student at Cleveland College of Art and expanded to include Port Clarence, High Clarence, Haverton Hill, Seaton Carew and Hartlepool, all of which were to become parts of what is now Teesside.

We do hope you can make it to the opening and look forward to seeing you there!

25/04/2026

Peter Benson says he hopes his pictures of Teesside taken across 30 years capture a lost community.

09/03/2026

06/03/2026

🗣 Don't forget to join us today at Central Library for our special event when Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke and ACE Libraries Director Luke Burton will formally re-open the Centre Square building.

Tea/coffee available from 10.30am. The Mayor of Middlesbrough, Chris Cooke and ACE Libraries Director Luke Burton will cut the ribbon to mark the occasion at 11.30am.