the history of hartlepool
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1832- Cholera Kills Page 4
1835- New docks open Page 6
1854- Christ church is built Page 8
1883- Ward Jackson opens Page 10
1889- Promenade is built Page 12
1914- Bombardment of Hartlepool Page 14
1923- West Hartlepool memorial is built Page 16
1962- Last shipyard closes Page 18
1967- Hartlepool and West Hartlepool join Page 20
1969- Middleton grange opens Page 22
1987- HMS Trincomalee is brought to Hartlepool Page 24
1995- Hartlepool museum opens Page 26
Facts page Page 28
Statue of Ralph Ward Jackson
Two coastal defence batteries at Hartlepool
returned fire, firing 143 shells, damaging
three German ships: SMS Seydlitz, SMS
Maltke and SMS Blucher.
The first iron frame
building was in
Hartlepool.
Scottish
invaded
Hartlepool
German bombers used
steatly as a navigation point.
Between 1983 and 1999
the town lacked a cinema.
Residents of
Hartlepool are known
as monkey hangers.
Sir William Grey
was the first mayor
of West Hartlepool.
Reg Symthe the cartoonist,
lived in Hartelpool and the
Andy Capp cartoon is set