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The Stokesley Scene Collection

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THE RIDDLE OF BREWERY TERRACE AND STONE HALL CLOSE

The names of the above places in Stokesley, reflect two very important buildings which should not be forgotten, and, fortunately, pictures of both these buildings survive. Stone Hall faced the High Street. This three storey stone building was the oldest house in Stokesley, being of late Jacobean style, rather than Georgian like most of the rest of remaining old Stokesley. A decision was made to save Stone Hall, but while renovation work was taking place, Stone Hall actually collapsed. The site was cleared and new flats were built in the same shape as the old building. As for the old Brewery, I had the privilege of growing up next to it. I was four years old when my family moved into Brewery House. The Brewery was a huge structure built in fine Geogian, neo-classical elegance, just next to our house. The back of the Brewery opened out onto North Road.

The old Cleveland Brewery, Stokesley - 3-4-1978

Stone Hall

Brewery Terrace and Brewery House - The Old Manse today in 2008

The old Brewery was, of course, originally the Methodist Chapel. In the late nineteenth Century, the Methodists built a new chapel on the High Street, with a new manse behind it. Through indirect means – not to the pleasure of the Methodists – the old chapel became a brewery. Since I have lived in Brewery house for forty years, the original Stokesley Scene article of thirty years ago, is of great interest to me. Brewery House – the old Manse in the days when the Brewery was the Methodist Chapel – has survived, as have the six cottages adjoining it. So Brewery Terrace still exists, but the old Brewery has gone – all traces of it – and has been replaced by new flats. Brewery Terrace and Stone Hall Close face each other, separated by a low three foot wall. Stone Hall Close is a row of bungalows designed for elderly people. The low wall was originally a high structure surrounding the garden of Stone Hall.

Decades have now gone by since the old Brewery and Stone Hall disappeared. Brewery Terrace and Stone Hall Close straddle North Road and the High Street. Pedestrians can cut through, but not vehicles. Today Brewery Terrace and Stone Hall Close are quiet and pleasant places to live in, and, until now, have kept their secrets from the uninitiated, the riddle of their names which are, indeed, memorials to two fine buildings of the past.

Toby BrehmWhere Stone Hall once stood


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NOWHERE TO SIT?An editor’s note

Putting together the Stokesley Scene Collection re-minded the editors of a forgotten 30 year old promise. Our teenage selves had mentioned that a seat would be provided to the town - somewhere to sit and read our magazine perhaps. We are not sure what distracted us from making good on this. Was it the anticipation of our upcoming ‘O’ level and CSE exams? Or, more

likely, was it the competing distractions of punk rock, football, the youth club and maybe the discovery of girls?

A promise is a promise and we are holding the neces-sary discussions to finally make good.

RIKKI’S DREAM JOURNEY - A NEW STAGE MUSICALby Peter Canwell.

Since Christmas 1974 when Rikki’s Dream Journey was introduced as a successful musical show comprised of 150 slides synchronised with narration and 12 original carols, I have always believed that the basic story possessed all the essential ingredients of a full stage musical.

During my summer holidays I had the opportunity to re-examine the original story, and decided that Rikki’s Dream Journey needed a face lift. This operation was achieved by retaining the main theme of Rikki’s fan-tasy journey and adding a subplot centred around two new characters, namely the tramp and the pawnbroker. New material and new songs have been introduced, providing a more visual and dramatic presentation inter-spersed with a fair proportion of comedy situations.

Adults and children thoroughly enjoyed their roles, both during rehearsals (the first dress rehearsal was on Sunday 19th November) and in performance before an audience.

All my staff have been involved in some way or other with the production. I would like to thank the children, the parents, and the staff.

ANY DREAM WILL DORemembering the musicals of Peter Canwell

On TV West End musicals feature prominently in the Saturday night schedules. Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber has sat through auditions for Joseph and the Sound of Music. More recently we have been subjected to what one commentator described as comedian Graham Norton looking for Nancies. It is a reference to the musical Oliver.

At Stokesley County Primary School during the 1970s, musicals were very much part of school life. The headmaster, Peter Canwell built a reputation as a composer during this time. All of his work was performed first within the school.

Searching around for someone to ask I finally decided to speak to my mum, Elizabeth Sandelands. Mum was, after all, a teacher at the primary from 1973 – 1982 when she moved on to become head teacher at Carlton and Faceby.

Mum remembers well helping out on the first production of Carrots, which was perhaps Mr Canwell’s best known work. It went on to be professionally produced at the Forum Theatre in Billingham and the music is still in print for those who wish to perform the show.

Carrots was based upon the origins of Dr Barnardo’s in 19th century London, then as now concentrating on helping vulnerable children.

Christmas was the main time for new productions, with Mrs Baxter rehearsing the choir on the new songs and material. Another hit was Rikki’s Dream Journey which was originally produced as an audio visual piece of work – a slide show accompanying live songs from the choir. It was later produced on stage. Rikki’s Dream Journey was a take on the nativity story.

Elizabeth Sandelands discussing the book with Peter Hallworth at the Local History Study group Exhibition, April 2008


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In the audio visual version I was honoured to be cast as a 10 year old Joseph with Linda Flintoff as Mary. Filming was on location, with Faceby doubling as both Bethlehem and Nazareth. Toby Brehm, later also a Stokesley Scene editor, was the innkeeper, a role he performed with aplomb.

All was going well until the donkey bolted, with Mary on its back. Luckily Mr Rusk, our teacher, was able to

leap into action and chase after it. I’d blotted my copy book by letting go of the leading rein. Ungraciously, at least according to my mum, I’m reported to have explained “I didn’t want the part in any case”.

These are humble beginnings from which Mr Canwell was able to build up a considerable body of work and reputation.

Eric Sandelands

STOKESLEY AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETYHello again after issue No.1.

In that issue I informed you about our play. ‘Uproar in the House’, which I produced in April this year. Since then, on Nov. 16-18th 1978. Jim Mole staged a unique production of ‘Habeas Corpus’. Both pro-ductions were very well received. On behalf of our society I would like to thank all who patronised these plays, from Stokesley and further afield. I am now in the process of choosing a play for our Spring production. So watch our notice board on the Town Hall for further information. The Society welcomes new members, so contact the secretary. You may ask yourself, what is there in it for me? We offer you the chance to participate. If you have the urge to ‘tread the boards’, you will find it a challenge. Once you have done it, you’ll get a feeling of achievement. After weeks of rehearsing,

finally comes the first night; butterflies and the lot - but then it gets you, and on the last night you wish it was running for a week. If you are interested in staging you will find it an eye opener to see how a set is born. Our stage crews have never been stumped although we have yet to ask for a revolving stage. Make-up, lighting, sound effects, props and prompts, are all jobs included in our productions. We also hold club nights, dances and outings. But of course the larger the membership, the more scope we will have to achieve our aim which is to give our patrons a good nights entertainment. Please note; because of the response to our last two plays we propose to run our Spring production for four nights. Watch for no-tices!Cllr. A. Binns.


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Cleveland and Teeside League Cup Winners 1956Back Row: B Grainge, B Hugill, R Smith, D Smith, P Auty, M MortonFront Row: L Armstrong, A Weighell, H Harper (Capt.), F Hallworth, J Yarham

Fred’s twelve year old grandson Steven playing for Rileys in the Lincoln and District Snooker League. During 2008 Steven will also be training at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield.

Steven Hallworth with Mark Selby, ranked number 4 professional snooker player in the world

Lincoln’s top snooker players in 2008 are from left to right: Steve Barnes, Martin Key, Craig Brown, Dave Jobling, Callum Baptist, Steven Hallworth,

Nathaniel Dyas, Matt Lee, Jamie Barker

In 1956 & 1967 they were the Cleveland and Tees-side Cricket winners.

This year Steven is Lincoln’s under 17 Champion and all the league winners celebrated their achievements by playing exhibition matches against Mark Selby the current world’s number 4 nicknamed the Jester from Leicester, at the Terry O’Toole theatre in Lincoln.


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STOKESLEY SPORTSStokesley’s new sports shop has just opened this month, and it is situated in Bridge Road.

HEAD’S LATEST SUCCESSMr P Canwell, headmaster of the Primary School has once again had a musical success, this time his music is to be the theme tune for the new BBC television series. This came about through a lucky break which he had whilst visiting EMI. Mr Canwell happened to be playing a piano in one room, while in the next room was Kay Dwyer, head of EMIs music department, she was so impressed by his work that she signed Mr Canwell up. Mr Canwell said, ‘I am delighted with this achievement.’

GENTLEMAN GEORGEFew towns can boast an ex England football captain as a resident, but Stokesley’s fine buildings and open spaces attracted George Hardwick to move here five years ago. He started his career at Lingdale School, when he played for the school team, at eight years of age playing with fourteen year olds. At thirteen he signed for Middlesborough on an amateur basis and played for Southbank East End Juniors. After leaving school at 15 he worked in the Engineers Office at Dorman Long as an apprentice draughtsman, but football began to play an increasingly more important role in his life after he won a North Riding Junior and Senior medal in the same year. At seventeen he signed as a professional for Middlesborough earning £4 for a first team game, with £2 for a win; or £3 for a second team game and 10/- for a win. His first kick in 1st Division football produced an own goal, but he soon gained a permanent first team place.

The war came when George was eighteen, so his football career continued in the RAF, where he played with Stanley Matthews, Bill Shankly and Eddy Hapgood. In the 1940-41 season he played his first international against Wales at Right Full-back. At this stage he was playing with many older players, so his game improved considerably. He became Captain in 1945 and held the position until the 1949-50 season, when a knee injury at Hampden Park put him out of the game for nine months. He was capped 36 times including the famous war time internationals.

In 1950 he opted for a career as player-manager at Oldham Athletic, then bottom of the Third Division, but promoted in 2 seasons. After 6 and a half years at the club he went to Germany as a Colonel in the US Army, chosen because of his coaching experience. This was part of the plan by the US Senate to introduce soccer among the troops, thus making liaison easier with the football crazy Germans. In twelve months he established 360 teams, ran coaching courses and referee schools. He was responsible only to Gen. Bruce Clark and had his own private helicopter, and broadcast many radio programmes on US Forces Radio in Munich and Frankfurt.

After three years he became team manager of Holland, and established a Youth Team and an under 25 team. However, with his two sons growing up he considered it unfair to continue their education at the Embassy School in The Hague and in RAF Eindhoven, so in 1962, at the age of 41, he returned to England to manage First Division Sunderland. Television work soon began to occupy his life when he began to work for Granada and the BBC. From 1966-68 he presented and commentated the Shoot programme for Tyne-Tees, but had to leave because he was unable to join the NUJ.

In 1963 he became a Director of Engineering, and has remained in Engineering ever since. He is now a Sales Director for two companies, a job requiring much travel.

Although he is primarily a footballer, he has played every ball game except lacrosse and has captained every team he has played in, having a natural flare for pushing people. He played cricket in the North Yorkshire and South Durham and Central Lancashire League, and has played baseball and American Football in Germany. ‘There is nothing to beat a life in sport,’ says George.


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FOOTBALLING LEGEND GEORGE HARDWICK.

When Andrew and I interviewed George back in 1979 it was a privilege to have met such a distinguished and talented football player and manager. A world class left back, George had captained Middlesbrough, England and a Great Britain team put together just after the Second World War. As a coach/ football manager he managed Oldham Athletic, PSV Eindhoven, the Dutch national team, Sunderland and Gateshead. His passion and enthusiasm for sport came across to me in abundance. He helped inspire me into leading a healthy lifestyle through sporting activities, which these values still remain with me today.

George Hardwick

George Hardwick captaining England versus Scotland in 1949

The younger generation of today can hardly believe the wages they were paid playing professional football for Middlesbrough. How the game has changed with more and more foreign players arriving and earning very high incomes. For George Hardwick and his generation being a professional footballer provided a glorious career, but it didn’t provide a meal ticket once what is a short career is over. Life had to go on once the playing days were over.

Sadly George died on the 19 April 2004 aged 84 after a long illness and cared

for by his devoted wife Jennifer throughout his illness.

Today his legacy lives on in the form of the George Hardwick Foundation which is dedicated to helping carers, former carers and patients. The Patron is his wife Jennifer and they have three main sites at Stockton, Middlesbrough and The University Hospital of North Tees.

In May 2008, as part of the research for this book, Jennifer and Ingrid Brough-Williams, Fundraiser and Marketing Executive for The George Hardwick Foundation, very kindly showed me around the three centres. I was very impressed with the work and services they are delivering and offering to their clients, with great professionalism and care in a welcoming and relaxing environment.


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The Foundation is there to help carers, former carers and patients in many ways in areas such as:

Benefits and financial advice. Getting the most from health and social care services.Respite care.Information on particular illnesses and disabilities and updating you with regular news on all aspects of caring.

The foundation provides a whole range of personal support services and can offer you:

One to one support.Group support.Coping with bereavement and loss. Qualified and trained counsellors are also on hand to speak to carers confidentially about any concerns that they may have.

Being a carer can often be stressful and tiring as the carer’s life is devoted to the service of another. It is therefore good to know that other services are available through the George Hardwick Foundation. They are also able to offer services in personal development and relaxation therapies. Some of the popular courses include computing, creative writing and health and social care degree courses. Complementary therapies include: Reiki which literally means “Universal Life Force Energy”, aromatherapy, reflexology, Bach flowers, holistic healing and Swedish massage.

If you are also interested in becoming one of the many volunteers at The George Hardwick Foundation then

the organisation is always looking for help in the following roles:Reception DutiesComplementary TherapiesFundraising and Event Management.

For further information you can log on to www.georgehardwickfoundation.org or contact Stockton Carers Centre and Head Office, 23-27b Bishopton Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1PS. Telephone 01642 739955.

Known as ‘Gentleman George’ you can now visit his statue which stands outside the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough or you may wish to read Gentleman George the autobiography of George Hardwick Captain of Middlesbrough, Oldham, England and Great Britain.

“Our thoughts are with you George”

Peter HallworthAcknowledgement and thanks to Jennifer Hardwick for releasing the photographs of George.Acknowledgement to Middlesbrough F.C.

George Hardwick Foundation: (l to r) Jennifer Hardwick, Ingrid Brough-Williams, Mary Miller, Pat Cotton

George’s Statue at the Riverside.

The entrance to the Riverside Stadium with statues of George Hardwick and Wilf Mannion in the foreground.

Back row, l to r: Geoff Christison, Chris Bianchi, Andy McMann, Kurt Bramfitt, Matthew Thornton - Front row: Lesley Stephenson, Denise Jenkins, Betty McWilliams, Margaret Charlton, Debbie Wilson


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Key to coding: Art - Ar, Biology – B, Chemistry – C, Craft Design and Practice – CD, Domestic Science – DS, Dress – DR, English Literature – EL, French – F, General Studies – Y, Geography – GEO, German – G, History – H, Mathematics – M, Music – MU, Further Maths – FM, Geo and Eng. Drawing – GED, Latin – L, Physics – P

*Grade A Pass + Award on Special Paper

Michael Appleton Y*, H, F, M; Nidel W Aston M, P, C; Paul Atkinson Y, M*, FM, P, C; Geoffrey Botham GED; John Burnip Y, M, P, C; Timothy P Cherrett M, P; Michael Fife Y, M, P, C; Michael Gough B; Ian Groves Y*, M*, P*+, C*, B*+; Mark Holmes Y, M, P, C; Stuart Hyde Y, EL, H, GEO; Andrew Huddlestone Y*, GEO, P; Simon Knott P; Paul Monson Y, M, P, C; C Paul Mosley M, P, C; Gary M Ogg Y, H, GEO*; Richard B Petch M, P, C; Roger DO Purcell EL, H, GEO; Trevor C Sanderson H, GEO, M; Clive L Simpson Y, M, P, C; Peter Smith Y*, M, P, C, B;David Starkey Y*, M, P*, C, B*; Martin D Thomas Y*, M*+, FM, P*+, C*; Peter Thorpe P, GED; Carl A Vaughan Y*, H*, GEO; Neil R Weddell GEO, M, P; John N Woodley H.GEO;Helen Atkin EL, MU; Jacqueline Auty EL, H; Carole Bell Y, EL, GEO, F; Judith Bell M, C, B*; Catherine Jane Bloom EL*, F, G; Gail Bruce GEO, CD; Louise Capstick EL*, GEO, F; Susan Chrisholm EL; Lynda Clay EL; Geraldine D Coulson EL*, H*+, Ar*, L, F; Nicola C Davies EL, H*, MU; Christine Gibson Y*, EL, F; Elizabeth M Hall Y, EL, H, B, Ar; Wendy Hugill EL, DS; Lesley Johnson Y, EL, GEO*, F; Lynn Jopling GEO; Barbara Leng Y, EL, F, M; Nicola Marchant EL, MU; Suzanne McLoughlin EL; Helen Mead EL, GEO; Elaine Mullen EL; Ruth Nichols Y, EL, H; Jennifer Redpath H.GEO, DS; Susan Rodgerson EL*, F, G; Barbara Steel M; Judith P Valentine Y*, EL*, H*, F, M; Julie Walker Y, GEO; Helen A Wills EL, H, GEO; Jill Woodhouse M, P.

O-LEVEL/CSE RESULTSFor the third successive year, the public examination result are particularly pleasing. 221 fifth form candidates achieved a total of 597 passes at O-level grades A, B, C (or equivalent) and a further 865 passes at O-level grades D or E and CSE grades two or five. The overall percentage pass was 73% at O-level grade C and above and 94% at CSE. There were 101 grade A passes at O-level and 41 candidates achieved 7 or more passes at grade C or higher. 26% of the total intake achieved five O-level passes (or equivalent) or more, compared with the national average of approximately 20%. Special congratulations go to Gaynor Davies, Antoinette Starkey, Anthony Robinson and Robert Pears, each of whom achieved 6 grade A passes, and to Adrian Broad, Andrew Cook and Stephen Harker who achieved 5 grade A passes.

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