It’s official! We can go back inside the pubs of the town.
But what if you could do it in the pubs we knew from decades past? Would you choose the Bird’s Nest, Brus Arms, Woodcutter or Kirkham?
We have the Hartlepool Museum Service and Hartlepool Library Service to thank for some great photos.
We hope this brings back memories of pubs in the past as you venture back in to Hartlepool pubs of the present.
1. Big changes at the Brus Corner
A 1999 view from West View Road looking towards the Headland. The now demolished Brus Arms is pictured with Steetley on the skyline. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service Photo: Hartlepool Library Service
2. A Mainsforth Terrace scene
The Bird's Nest pub can be seen as well as Kildale Car Sales in this view of Mainsforth Terrace. Did you love to pay it a visit? Photo: Hartlepool Library Service Photo: Hartlepool Library Service
3. The Volunteer Arms
Taken in the 1970s, the view shows a large Chinese restaurant and the Volunteer Arms which later had numerous names including The Loft. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service Photo: Hartlepool Library Service
4. Promoting Pools in Lynn Street
An advert on the wall of the Ward Jackson in Lynn Street advertises two Hartlepool United matches as well as wresting at the Borough Hall. The pub on the corner of Lynn Street and Musgrave Street was demolished in 1978. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service