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Hartlepool | |
Hartlepool Town Wall: dating from the late 14th century, the limestone wall once enclosed the whole of the medieval town. The ancient houses overlook the entrance to Victoria Docks, which can be seen in the background. |
Hartlepool shown within County Durham
Population | 92,000 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | NZ508331 |
– London | 258 miles (415 km) |
Unitary authority | Hartlepool |
Ceremonial county | County Durham |
Region | North East |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HARTLEPOOL |
Postcode district | TS24 – TS27 |
Dialling code | 01429 |
Police | Cleveland |
Fire | Cleveland |
Ambulance | North East |
EU Parliament | North East England |
UK Parliament | Hartlepool |
Coordinates: 54°41′N 1°13′W / 54.69°N 1.21°W
Hartlepool (/ˈhɑrtlɪpuːl/ or /ˈhɑrtlpuːl/) is a town on the North Sea coast of North East England, 7.5 miles (12 km) north of Middlesbrough and 17 miles (27 km) south of Sunderland. Historically a part of County Durham and later Cleveland, the town is now a unitary authority: the Borough of Hartlepool, which includes outlying suburban villages including Seaton Carew, Greatham and Elwick. Ceremonially the town remains a part of County Durham, but has strong cultural and economic links to the Teesside or Tees Valley area, with which it shares a number of provisions including the TS postcode, Cleveland Fire Brigade, and Cleveland Police.
It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from the north was established from the South Durham coal fields to the historic town. An additional link from the south, in 1835, together with a new port, resulted in further expansion, with the establishing of the new town of West Hartlepool.[2] Industrialisation and the formation of a shipbuilding industry during the later part of the 19th century caused Hartlepool to be a target for the German Navy at the beginning of the First World War. A bombardment of 1150 shells on 16 December 1914 resulted in the death of 117 people. A severe decline in heavy industries and shipbuilding following the Second World War caused periods of high unemployment until the 1990s when major investment projects and the redevelopment of the docks area into a marina have seen a rise in the town's prospects.
Origins of name[edit]
The place name derives from Old English *heort-ieg "hart island", referring to stags seen, and pol, "pool".[3] Records of the place-name from early sources confirm this:
- 649: Heretu, or Hereteu
- 1017: Herterpol, or Hertelpolle
- 1182: Hierdepol
'Hart' is the Old English name for a stag or deer (which appears on the town's crest) and 'le pool' meant 'by the sea', implying that people moved here to hunt where there were deer by the sea and those people eventually settled there. The submerged early postglacial forest below the current high water mark provides proof that there was, indeed, a prehistoric forest by the sea.
Nearby towns and cities include: Billingham (8 miles): Darlington (25); Durham (17); Middlesbrough (12); Peterlee (8); Seaham (17); Sedgefield (13); Stockton-on-Tees (10) and Sunderland (21). The monument at Eston Nab can be seen, beyond the far side of the Tees Bay, to the south.
Early history[edit]
After the Romans left England, the east coast began to be raided by Anglo-Saxons. They then settled in the area, creating what is today Northumbria.[4] Hartlepool began as an Anglian settlement,[3] but was founded as a village in the 7th century AD, springing up around Hartlepool Abbey, founded in CE 640 on a headland overlooking a natural harbour. Founded by St Aidan, the monastery became famous under St Hilda, who served as its abbess from 649–657. But it fell into decline and was probably destroyed by the Vikings in the 9th century.[3] In March 2000, the archaeological investigation television programme Time Team located a lost Anglo-Saxon monastery in the grounds of St Hilda's Church.[5]
After the Norman conquest of 1066, the De Brus family gained ownership of the lands surrounding Hartlepool. William the Conqueror built Durham Castle and brought stability to the area, and the villages were first mentioned in records in 1153 when Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale became Lord of Hartness. The town's first charter was received before 1185, for which it gained its first mayor, an annual two-week fair and a weekly market.[3][4] By the later Middle Ages, Hartlepool had grown into an important (though still small) market town. A major part of the reason for growth was that its harbour was improved to serve as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. The main trade developed as fishing, making Hartlepool one of the major ports on the east coast of the UK. In 1306, Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland, and became the last Lord of Hartness. Angered, King Edward I confiscated the title to Hartlepool, and began to improve the town's defences.[4] But in 1315, before they were completed, the Scots under Sir James Douglas attacked and sacked the town.[3][6] The town recovered, with a pier being built in the late 15th century. Occupied by Scots who supported the roundheads during the English Civil War, they were replaced by English troops after 18 months.[3]
Hartlepool established gun emplacements and defences in 1795 to repel a possible French invasion. The later Crimean War revived the idea of protection from seaborne attack, and two batteries were built close together: the lighthouse battery in 1855 and the Heugh Battery in 1859.[4] The town had medicinal springs, particularly the chalybeate spa near the Westgate. Thomas Gray the famous poet ('Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard') visited in July 1765 to take the waters, and wrote to his friend Dr Wharton:
" | I have been for two days to taste the water, and do assure you that nothing could be salter and bitterer and nastier and better for you... I am delighted with the place; there are the finest walks and rocks and caverns. | " |
A few weeks later, he wrote in greater detail:
" | The rocks, the sea and the weather there more than made up to me the want of bread and the want of water, two capital defects, but of which I learned from the inhabitants not to be sensible. They live on the refuse of their own fish-market, with a few potatoes, and a reasonable quantity of Geneva [gin] six days in the week, and I have nowhere seen a taller, more robust or healthy race: every house full of ruddy broad-faced children. Nobody dies but of drowning or old-age: nobody poor but from drunkenness or mere laziness. | " |
19th century[edit]
By the early nineteenth century, Hartlepool was still a small town of around 900 people, with a declining port. In 1823 the council and Board of Trade decided that the town needed new industry, so the decision was made to propose a new railway to make Hartlepool a coal port, shipping out minerals from the Durham coalfield. It was in this endeavour that Isambard Kingdom Brunel visited the town in December 1831, and wrote: "A curiously isolated old fishing town – a remarkably fine race of men. Went to the top of the church tower for a view."
But the plan was faced by local competition from new docks. 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the north, the Marquis of Londonderry had approved the creation of the new Seaham Harbour (opened 31 July 1831), while to the south the Clarence Railway connected Stockton-on-Tees and Billingham to a new port at Port Clarence (opened 1833). Further south again, in 1831 the Stockton and Darlington Railway had extended into the new port of Middlesbrough.
The council agreed the formation of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company (HD&RCo) to extend the existing port by developing new docks, and link to both local collieries and the developing railway network in the south. In 1833, it was agreed that Christopher Tennant of Yarm establish the HD&RCo, having previously opened the Clarence Railway (CR). Tennant's plan was that the HD&RCo would fund the creation of a new railway, the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, which would take over the loss-making CR and extended it north to the new dock, thereby linking to the Durham coalfield.
After Tennant died, in 1839, the running of the HD&RCo was taken over by Stockton-on-Tees solicitor, Ralph Ward Jackson. But Jackson became frustrated at the planning restrictions placed on the old Hartlepool dock and surrounding area for access, so bought land which was mainly sand dunes to the south-west, and established West Hartlepool. Because Jackson was so successful at shipping coal from West Hartlepool through his West Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company and, as technology developed, ships grew in size and scale, the new town would eventually dwarf the old town.
The 8 acres (0.032 km2) West Hartlepool Harbour and Dock opened on 1 June 1847. On 1 June 1852 the 14 acres (0.057 km2) Jackson Dock opened on the same day that a railway opened connecting West Hartlepool to Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool. This allowed the shipping of coal and wool products eastwards, and the shipping of fresh fish and raw fleeces westwards, enabling another growth spurt in the town. This in turn resulted in the opening of the Swainson Dock on 3 June 1856, named after Ward Jackson's father-in-law. In 1878 the William Gray & Co shipyard in West Hartlepool achieved the distinction of launching the largest tonnage of any shipyard in the world, a feat to be repeated on a number of occasions.[7] By 1881, old Hartlepool's population had grown from 993 to 12,361, but West Hartlepool had a population of 28,000.
Ward Jackson helped to plan the layout of West Hartlepool and was responsible for the first public buildings. He was also involved in the education and the welfare of the inhabitants. In the end, he was a victim of his own ambition to promote the town: accusations of shady financial dealings, and years of legal battles, left him in near-poverty. He spent the last few years of his life in London, far away from the town he had created.
In 1891 the two towns had a combined population of 64,000. By 1900 the two Hartlepools were, together, one of the three busiest ports in England.[8]
20th century[edit]
The modern town represents a joining together of "Old Hartlepool", locally known as the "Headland", and West Hartlepool. As already mentioned, what was West Hartlepool became the larger town and both were formally unified in 1967. Today the term "West Hartlepool" is rarely heard outside the context of sport, but one of the town's Rugby Union teams still proudly retain the name (See Sports below).
The name of the town's professional football club reflected both boroughs; when it was formed in 1908, following the success of West Hartlepool in winning the FA Amateur Cup in 1905, it was called "Hartlepools United" in the hope of attracting support from both towns. When the boroughs combined in 1967 the club renamed itself "Hartlepool" before re-renaming itself Hartlepool United in the 1970s. Many fans of the club still refer to the team as "Pools".
First World War[edit]
The area became heavily industrialised with an ironworks (established 1838) and shipyards in the docks (established in the 1870s). By 1913, no fewer than 43 ship-owning companies were located in the town, with responsibility for 236 ships. This made it a key target for Germany in the First World War. One of the first German offensives against Britain was the Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on the morning of 16 December 1914, when units of the Imperial German Navy bombarded Hartlepool, West Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough. Hartlepool was hit with a total of 1150 shells, killing 117 people.
Two coastal defence batteries at Hartlepool returned fire, launching 143 shells, and damaging three German ships: SMS Seydlitz, SMS Moltke and SMS Blücher. The Hartlepool engagement lasted roughly 50 minutes, and the coastal artillery defence was supported by the Royal Navy in the form of four destroyers, two light cruisers and a submarine, none of which had any significant impact on the German attackers. Private Theophilus Jones of the 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, who fell as a result of this bombardment, is sometimes described as the first military casualty on British soil by enemy fire.[9] This event (the death of the first soldiers on British soil) is commemorated by the 1921 Redheugh Gardens War Memorial together with a plaque unveiled on the same day (seven years and one day after the East Coast Raid) at the spot on the Headland (the memorial by Philip Bennison[10] illustrates four soldiers on one of four cartouches and the plaque, donated by a member of the public, refers to the 'first soldier' but gives no name). A living history group, the Hartlepool Military Heritage Memorial Society, portray men of that unit for educational and memorial purposes.
An attempt by the German High Command to repeat the attack a month later led to the Battle of Dogger Bank on 24 January 1915 at which the Blücher was sunk. Hartlepudlians voluntarily subscribed more money per head to the war effort than any other town in Britain.[11]
Second World War[edit]
Hartlepool suffered badly in the Great Depression of the 1930s and endured high unemployment until the start of the Second World War, during which its shipbuilding and steel-making industries enjoyed a renaissance. Most of its output for the war effort were "Empire Ships". German bombers raided the town 43 times. During World War II, RAF Greatham (also known as RAF West Hartlepool) was located on the current South British Steel Works.
Post war decline[edit]
After the war, both industries went into a severe decline. Blanchland, the last ship to be constructed in Hartlepool, left the slips in 1961. In 1967 Betty James wrote how "if I had the luck to live anywhere in the North East [of England]...I would live near Hartlepool. If I had the luck".[12] There was a boost to the retail sector in 1969 when Middleton Grange Shopping Centre was opened by Princess Anne, with over 130 new shops including Marks & Spencer and Woolworths.
Before the shopping centre was opened, the old town centre was located around Lynn Street, but most of the shops and the market had moved to a new shopping centre by 1974. Most of Lynn Street had by then been demolished to make way for a new housing estate. Only the north end of the street remains, now called Lynn Street North. This is where the Hartlepool Borough Council depot was based (alongside the Focus DIY store) until it moved to the marina in August 2006. In 1977 British Steel announced the closure of its Hartlepool steelworks with the loss of 1500 jobs.[13] By the 1980s the area was affected by unemployment figures of over 30 per cent, the highest in the country.[14] 630 jobs at British Steel were lost in 1983 and a total of 10,000 jobs were lost during the Margaret Thatcher premiership.[14][15] Between 1983 and 1999 the town lacked a cinema.[8] A series of major investment projects in the 1990s revived the town centre with a new marina, rehabilitation of derelict land, the indoor conversion to modernise Middleton Grange Shopping Centre from the 1960s brutalist architecture, the Historic Quay regeneration, and the construction of much new housing.
After boundary changes introduced in 2012, Hartlepool is now divided into eleven electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors who make up the 33 councillors of the Borough Council.
Burn Valley | De Brus | Fens & Rossmere | Foggy Furze |
Hart | Headland & Harbour | Jesmond | Manor House |
Rural West | Seaton | Victoria |
Members of Parliament[edit]
Hartlepool is represented in the House of Commons by one Member of Parliament. The current MP for the Hartlepool constituency is Iain Wright of the Labour Party. He was first elected in a by-election on 30 September 2004 with a much-reduced majority following an 18% swing to the Liberal Democrats. He retained the seat with a greatly increased majority in the 2005 general election, and was re-elected in the 2010 general election, which saw a substantial drop in the Liberal Democratic and smaller drop in the Labour votes, but left Wright with half-again the votes accorded the second-place (Tory) candidate.
Former members of parliament for Hartlepool since 1945 have been:
Colour key |
Name | Term of office | Political Party | Offices Held | |
David Thomas Jones | 1945–1959 | Labour | ||
John Simon Kerans | 1959–1964 | Conservative | ||
Edward Leadbitter | 1964–1992 | Labour | ||
Peter Mandelson | 1992–2004 | Labour | Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (11 October 1999 – 24 January 2001), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (27 July 1998 – 23 December 1998), Minister without Portfolio (2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998) |
Iain Wright | 2004-incumbent | Labour | Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for 14–19 Reform and Apprenticeships (9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010) |
Mandelson resigned to take up a role in the European Commission. On 13 October 2008 he was created Baron Mandelson of Foy and Hartlepool following his appointment as Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in the British Government.
Emergency services[edit]
Hartlepool falls within the jurisdiction of Cleveland Police. Before 1974, it was under the jurisdiction of the Durham Constabulary.
Fire department[edit]
Hartlepool is covered by the Cleveland Fire Brigade which has two stations in Hartlepool: a full-time station at Stranton and a retained station on the Headland.
Emergency medical service[edit]
See also List of schools in Hartlepool.
Hartlepool has five secondary schools:[16]
- Dyke House Sports and Technology College
- English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College
- High Tunstall College of Science
- Manor Community Academy
- St Hild's Church of England School
The town had planned to receive funding from central government to improve school buildings and facilities as a part of the Building Schools for the Future programme, but this was cancelled because of government spending cuts.[17]
There is currently another secondary school being built on the site of Manor Community Academy, which will become the new school. It is scheduled to be completed mid-April 2016.
Hartlepool College of Further Education is an educational establishment located in the centre of the town, and existed in various forms for well over a century. The recently demolished campus was built in the 1960s. The new £52million custom-designed building was approved in principle July 2008, and construction was complete for September 2011.[18]
Hartlepool also has its own specialist sixth form college, Hartlepool Sixth Form College. A former grammar and comprehensive school, the college provides a number of AS and A2 Level courses for students across the town. The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College also offers AS, A2 and other BTEC qualification to 16–18-year olds from Hartlepool and beyond.
A campus of Cleveland College of Art & Design, the only remaining specialist art and design college in the North East that teaches Higher Education, is located in Hartlepool, alongside the Art Gallery in Church Square. The College has a further site in Middlesbrough that facilitates Further Education.
Hartlepool's economy has historically been linked with the maritime industry, something which is still at the heart of local business. Hartlepool Dock is owned and run by PD Ports.[19] Engineering related jobs employ around 1700 people, with companies such as Heerema employing around 400 people.[19] Tata Steel Europe employ around 350 people in the manufacture of steel tubes, predominantly for the oil industry.[19] Within the greater docks development, Able UK are a leading maritime recycler, which in the Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre (TERRC), owns and operates the largest purpose-designed facility for recycling redundant marine structures.[20] TERRC dismantled 13 former US Naval Ghost fleet vessels in 2003,[21][22] and in February 2009, decommissioned the French Navy aircraft carrier Clemenceau.[21] Able UK run the largest dry dock in Europe just outside the town.[19]
Hartlepool nuclear power station is an advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) type nuclear power plant opened near Hartlepool in the 1980s. It is the single largest employer in the town, employing 1 per cent of the town's working age people.[19] If it is agreed to build a new plant on the site, it is forecast that 12,000 construction jobs, 5,000 operational jobs, and 1,000 manufacturing jobs would be created.[19]
The chemicals industry is important to the local economy. Companies include Huntsman Corporation, who produce titanium dioxide for use in paints, Omya, Baker Hughes and Frutarom.[19]
Tourism was worth £48 million to the town in 2009; this figure excludes the impact of the Tall Ships 2010.[23] Hartlepool's historic links to the maritime industry are centred on the Maritime Experience, and the supporting exhibits PS Wingfield Castle and HMS Trincomalee.
Camerons Brewery was founded in 1852 and currently employs around 85 people.[24] It is one of the largest breweries in the UK. Following a series of take-overs, it came under the control of the Castle Eden Brewery in 2001 who merged the two breweries, closing down the Castle Eden plant.[25] It brews a range of cask and bottled beers, most famously Strongarm, a 4% abv bitter. The brewery is heavily engaged in contract brewing such beers as Kronenbourg 1664, John Smith's and Foster's.[26]
Orchid Drinks of Hartlepool were formed in 1992 after a management buy out of the soft drinks arm of Camerons.[27] They manufactured Purdey's and Amé. Following a £67 million takeover by Britvic, the site was closed down in 2009.
Middleton Grange Shopping Centre is the main shopping location. 2800 people are employed in retail.[19] The ten major retail companies in the town are Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, B&Q, Next, Argos, Marks & Spencer, Aldi, Boots and Matalan.[19] Aside from the local sports clubs, other local entertainment venues include a VUE Cinema and Mecca Bingo.
Companies that have moved operations to the town for the offshore wind farm include Siemens and Van Oord.[28]
Territorial Army[edit]
Situated in the New Armoury Centre, Easington Road are the following units.
Hartlepool is served by two primary routes which are the A179 road and the A689 road, both linking the town to the A19 road. The A179 road is the main road to the north-west which leads to the A19 road, Durham, Sunderland and Tyneside. The A689 road is the main road to the south-west towards the A19 & Billingham, Stockton, Middlesbrough and York. The A178 road leads south to Seaton Carew, Graythorp, Seal Sands, Port Clarence and Middlesbrough via the Transporter bridge. The A1086 road leads north to Crimdon, Blackhall, Horden, Peterlee and Easington.
Hartlepool is served by Hartlepool and Seaton Carew railway stations, both of which lie on the Durham Coast Line with hourly services to Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough, which are operated by Northern Rail. A service to London from Sunderland, operated by Grand Central that uses Class 43 and Class 180 trains capable of 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) operates from the former of the two stations. The service marks the first time since the 1980s[29] that Hartlepool has had a direct rail link with London which takes around three and a half hours.[30]
Local bus services are provided around the town mainly by Stagecoach.
The Stagecoach Group operate service 36 from Hartlepool to Billingham, Stockton and Middlesbrough. Other services are provided by Arriva and Go North East from Hartlepool to Peterlee, Durham, Seaham, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton-le-Spring and Sunderland.
Hartlepool has been a major seaport virtually since it was founded, and has a long fishing heritage. During the industrial revolution massive new docks were created on the southern side of the channel running below the Headland, which gave rise to the town of West Hartlepool.
Now owned by PD Ports, the docks are still in use today and still capable of handling large vessels. However, a large portion of the former dockland was converted into marina, capable of berthing 500 vessels. Hartlepool Marina is home to a wide variety of pleasure and working craft, with passage to and from the sea through a lock.
Hartlepool also has a permanent RNLI lifeboat station.
Hartlepool has an oceanic climate typical of Great Britain. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb"(Marine West Coast Climate).[31]
Climate data for Hartlepool | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 6 (43) |
7 (44) |
9 (48) |
11 (52) |
14 (58) |
17 (63) |
20 (68) |
19 (67) |
17 (62) |
13 (55) |
9 (48) |
7 (45) |
12 (54) |
Average low °C (°F) | 1 (34) |
1 (34) |
2 (36) |
3 (37) |
6 (43) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
11 (52) |
9 (48) |
6 (43) |
3 (37) |
2 (36) |
6 (42) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.1 (2.21) |
38.9 (1.53) |
51.1 (2.01) |
52.1 (2.05) |
49.5 (1.95) |
54.9 (2.16) |
44.4 (1.75) |
61.2 (2.41) |
57.4 (2.26) |
56.9 (2.24) |
61.5 (2.42) |
59.2 (2.33) |
643.1 (25.32) |
Source: [32] |
Hartlepool United is the town's professional football club and they play at Victoria Park, Hartlepool. They won promotion to League One for the 2007–08 season. Their first season back in League One, after a brief absence, they finished 15th. In December 2008, the club parted company with manager Danny Wilson. The club's most famous day was back in 2005, just 8 minutes away from England's 2nd tier, Championship, when Chris Westwood gave away a penalty and Sheffield Wednesday pipped Hartlepool to a place in the Championship. The supporters of the club bear the nickname of Monkey Hangers. This is based upon a legend that during the Napoleonic wars a monkey which had been a ship's mascot was taken for a French spy and hanged. Hartlepool has also produced the nationally famous football presenter Jeff Stelling who has a renown partnership with Chris Kamara who was born up the road in Middlesbrough.
Rugby Union[edit]
West Hartlepool R.F.C. are more commonly known as "West" play in National League 3 North which is the 5th tier of the national league structure. In the mid-1990s, West played in what is now the Guinness Premiership. West were then hit by bankruptcy and controversially sold their Brierton Lane stadium. There then followed a succession of relegations as professional players left the club.
Hartlepool Rovers play in the Durham/Northumberland 1 division. Other clubs include, Hartlepool BBOB & Seaton Carew.
West Hartlepool TDSOB (Tech) ceased playing in 2008/09 year due to a high number of players leaving. The club continued to support town and County rugby with all of the towns other clubs playing at Grayfields when their own pitches were unavailable. The Club also hosted a number of Durham County cup finals as well as County Under 16, Under 18 and Under 20 age group games. In 2014 TECH once again started to field a team on a regular basis with the side competing in the Tees Valley leagues.
In August 2012 21-year old Savannah Marshall, who attended English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College in the town of Hartlepool, competed in the Women's boxing tournament of the 2012 Olympic Games. She was defeatead 12-6 by Marina Volnova of Kazakhstan in her opening, quarter-final bout.
In August 2012 Jemma Lowe, a British record holder who attended High Tunstall College of Science in the town of Hartlepool, competed in the 2012 Olympic Games. She finished sixth in the 200-metre butterfly final with a time of 58.06 seconds. She was also a member of the eighth-place British team in the 400m Medley relay.
Tall Ships' Races[edit]
On 28 June 2006 Hartlepool celebrated after winning its bid to host The Tall Ships' Races.[33] The town welcomed up to 125 tall ships in 2010, after being chosen by race organiser Sail Training International to be the finishing point for the race. Hartlepool greeted the ships, which sailed from Kristiansand in Norway on the second and final leg of the race.
Local media[edit]
- Hartlepool Mail – local newspaper
- Hartlepool Post – local newspaper
- BBC Tees – BBC local radio station
- Radio Hartlepool – Community radio station serving the town
- Hartlepool Post – on-line newspaper serving the town
Hartlepool is famous for allegedly executing a monkey during the Napoleonic Wars.[34] According to legend, fishermen from Hartlepool watched a French warship founder off the coast, and the only survivor was a monkey, which was dressed in French military uniform, presumably to amuse the officers on the ship. The fishermen assumed that this must be what Frenchmen looked like and, after a brief trial, summarily executed the monkey.
Although a popular story, it seems unlikely to be true. Historians have also pointed to the prior existence of a Scottish folk song called "And the Boddamers hung the Monkey-O". It describes how a monkey survived a shipwreck off the village of Boddam near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. Because the villagers could only claim salvage rights if there were no survivors from the wreck, they allegedly hanged the monkey. There is also an English folk song detailing the later event called, appropriately enough, "The Hartlepool Monkey". In the English version the monkey is hanged as a French spy.
"Monkey hanger" and Chimp Choker are common terms of (semi-friendly) abuse aimed at "Poolies", often from bitter footballing rivals Darlington. The mascot of Hartlepool United F.C. is H'Angus the monkey. The man in the monkey costume, Stuart Drummond, stood for the post of mayor in 2002 as H'angus the monkey, and campaigned on a platform which included free bananas for schoolchildren. To widespread surprise, he won, becoming the first directly-elected mayor of Hartlepool, winning 7,400 votes with a 52% share of the vote and a turnout of 30%. He was re-elected by a landslide in 2005, winning 16,912 on a turnout of 51% – 10,000 votes more than his nearest rival, the Labour Party candidate.
The monkey legend is also linked with another of the town's sports clubs, Hartlepool Rovers RFC, which uses the hanging monkey as the club logo. On tours it would hang a monkey on the posts of the rugby pitch to spread the story.[citation needed]
In June 2005, a large bone was found washed ashore on Hartlepool beach by a local resident, which initially was taken as giving credence to the monkey legend. Analysis revealed the bone to be that of a red deer which had died 6,000 years ago. The bone is now in the collections of Hartlepool Museum Service.
In 2008, a novel based on the legend called The Hartlepool Monkey, written by Sean Longley, was published. The novel tells the story of the monkey, named Jacques LeSinge by the French doctor who discovers him, that was supposedly hanged. In the book, the monkey talks and possesses several other human characteristics.[35]
The Hartlepool Monkey also featured prominently in the play Bestiary, written by Jim Burke and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.[36]
In 2014, a documentary about the Hartlepool Monkey and its long lasting significance to the city and its inhabitants called "Heart of The Pools"[37] was made.
Town twinning[edit]
Hartlepool is twinned with:
- Sète, France[38]
- Hückelhoven, Germany (since 1973)
- Muskegon, Michigan
- Sliema, Malta
People from Hartlepool[edit]
- For a complete list, see Category:People from Hartlepool (district)
See also[edit]
- ^ http://m.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/town-population-grows-by-2-000-1-4747481
- ^ Ordnance Survey plan of the 'Hartlepools'
- ^ a b c d e f Tim Lambert. "A brief history of Hartlepool". localhistories.org. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Hartlepool – a brief history". History UK. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ Channel 4 – Time Team
- ^ Fraser, W. Douglas Book vol i, p130
- ^ Lionel Alexander Ritchie, 'Gray, Sir William (1823–1898)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 2 May 2011
- ^ a b The Independent (London) 23 February 1992, Sunday Britain 1992 / The view from Wall Street ; British society is mired in class-consciousness, apathy and under-achievement. The future looks bleak. This is how Tony Horwitz of 'The Wall Street Journal' presented us to the world this month. It is an outsider's view, with a message that cuts across party politics p3
- ^ "18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry". The Wartime Memories Project. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ British Listed Buildings ('war memorial in Redheugh Gardens')
- ^ The Museum of Hartlepool (A brief history of Hartlepool) at Hartlepool's Maritime Experience – Maritime Museum, Quayside & Historic Warship
- ^ A kingdom by the sea : an exploration of Northumberland, Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire James, Betty. p95
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The 1958 World Cup in Sweden witnessed the first true Group of Death, with three traditional soccer powers competing and the USSR and England needing a one-game playoff to decide who would advance. Brazil progressed from Group 4 -- and ultimately won the Cup -- behind the deft dribbling of Garrincha and the precocious Pelé, who made his debut as a 17-year-old prodigy in Brazil's third group match against the Soviets, who also moved on by beating England in a playoff. Austria, overmatched by the three titans of the group, managed just a 2-2 tie against an England side weakened by the death of star Duncan Edwards in the Munich Air Disaster.
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Excellent in all respects but for one: in the hotel bar I was not waited upon until I walked up to the bar myself, whereas other tables were all attended to, and promptly. read hotel review
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Excellent hotel with excellent facilites. Well worth the money that we spent. Excellent room size as well as a nice bar and restaurant. read hotel review
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Nice Hotel with pleasant staff. read hotel review
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The front desk staff is great, very helpful suggestions. The breakfast buffet is super. The room is very nice. Just wish the immediate neighborhood wasn't sketchy. read hotel review
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Very centrally located near the main railway station. Within walking distance of the Stachus. Unfortunately, the rooms are a bit small, but well furnished. read hotel review
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The location is wonderful, next to the Hauptbonhauf!
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4-star hotel, located in a great spot near the main train station ,no hear the noise, located in Munich city, close to the main promenade, near all the shops and restaurants also near the metro, very nice reception staff, good breakfast and a nutritious and fresh. Too bad the internet is not free and costs money ' the hotel would get from me 10 if the internet was free . read hotel review
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Just lolse to the central station this hotel in Located in an historical building very well kept. Staff is very very kind and efficient. My single room (n.150 at first floor) was nice not realtà large but nice, very clean equipe di with a very confortable bed and a 42" flat TV (also 2 Italian channels available). In the room lights intensity can be adjusted! sa well sa the air conditioning. Bathroom is large and tiled by marble and there also was a bath tub (unluckily it's surrounded by an horrible plastic curtain. Good quality and quantity of food ... at restaurant bath at breakfast and dinner. WiFi network is available but it's NOT included: charge is 10€ per day. read hotel review
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Extremely helpful staff on reception throughout my two night stay. I was unhappy with my room when I checked in and was moved and upgraded immediately. read hotel review
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Eden Hotel Wolff, Munich The stunning façade of the 4 star Eden Hotel Wolff in Munich perfectly reflects the classical splendour within. Exceptionally located only 3 minutes from the vibrant Marienplatz square beside the central Munich station, this stunning and well facilitated hotel provides a seamless corporate experience for business travellers. Conduct productive meetings in the modern meeting rooms and catch up on important emails and print or photocopy documents in the excellent working centre. A convenient shuttle service delivers guests to and from the proximately located airport and private parking is available on site. The bright, neutrally decorated rooms are supremely stylish and have a calming, tranquil ambience. Convenient commodities include a well-stocked mini bar, high speed internet connection and a working desk from which guests can conduct business affairs in comfort and privacy. In the spacious, private bathrooms suites, soft towels, designer toiletries and revitalising showers await. After an invigorating work out in the hotel's on site, modern gymnasium, peruse the daily newspapers and enjoy a freshly ground coffee in the sleek dining area. Premium ingredients such as succulent German sausages, smoked bacon, soft, free range eggs and juicy tomatoes are available for the tasting. Before setting out for a productive and exhilarating day, ask the friendly, multilingual staff for a pre prepared packed lunch. The 24 hour reception desk also offers a range of convenient services such as currency exchange, luggage storage and laundry to ensure you stay is as pleasant as possible. In the evening, don't miss the exceptional regional specialities served in the traditionally furnished Zirbelstube restaurant, which serves refined regional delicacies such as crispy schnitzel and juicy German sausages.
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Green and Go Cabs is going green. Owner Dan Stiefel is replacing about 14 gas-guzzling Ford Crown Victoria's with 2008 Toyota Prius hybrids.
High fuel prices were the main reason for his decision.
"When a driver has to spend more on gas than he or she takes home, that becomes a huge problem," Stiefel said.
Because cab drivers are considered self-employed contractors, they keep half of their fare and all of their tips. With prices heading toward $4 a gallon and cab fares not increasing, Stiefel's best alternative was to buy fuel-efficient hybrids.
A Prius gets 48 to 52 miles per gallon in the city, a stark contrast to the 12 to 15 miles per gallon of the Crown Victoria. The Prius runs on gasoline and a battery, which charges itself when the car's wheels slow down to stop.
So far, Stiefel has purchased eight hybrid vehicles, seven of them outside of Corpus Christi.
"Because they're so popular, I've had to order them from out of state," Stiefel said. "They're coming in slowly, but there's a lot of work I need to do to get them street-ready."
The cars come in white and have to be painted green because all vehicles from the same cab company must be the same color. Next, their cloth interior is replaced with vinyl.
"A cloth seat in a cab doesn't work, believe me," said Julie Tandy, the office manager. "We get people coming off of work, drunk people and sick babies."
Next, the decals must be added and computer system installed. The initial $200,000 investment Stiefel made wasn't easy to come by.
The first hybrid Green and Go cab hit the streets Thursday night. Another is expected to be street-ready by early next week.
Stiefel now has car payments and higher insurance premiums to cover the late-model cars, but he says it's worth it.
The big difference will be felt on the longer trips, he added.
"We're going to see the difference on our trips to San Antonio, Austin and Houston," Stiefel said. "Our drivers won't waste as much gas and won't have to pump as much gas. That means they keep more of the profit."
That doesn't mean cab fares will decrease.
Cab rates are set by the city, so any decrease in rates would be up to city officials. But Stiefel said cleaner air is something that benefits the entire city.
He also wants to encourage other cab companies to use more fuel-efficient vehicles by changing city policy. Stiefel asked the city a month ago for a discount on the street-use fee for using environmentally friendlier, fuel-efficient hybrids. Cab companies must pay an annual $10,000 street-use fee to operate on city streets, he said.
"I haven't heard back from them, but I hope they realize my business move benefits the city and they encourage other cab companies to do the same by offering a discount," Stiefel said.
City Manager Skip Noe said the city had received Stiefel's request. Noe thinks the idea has some merit and said the city is looking into it.
Taxi administration is handled by the Corpus Christi Police Department. Chief Bryan Smith calls the idea one that is "outside the box," and one that the city is analyzing.
"We are definitely interested in the concept of more efficient vehicles on the streets of Corpus Christi, and it makes sense to focus on high-use vehicles like taxi cabs," Smith said. "We are currently evaluating Mr. Stiefel's proposal to see if it is viable from a legal and economic standpoint. Then we will sit down with (him) and see if we can hammer out all the details."
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On Friday, we published ten great Broncos video moments against the Chiefs in part because we feared there might not be any on Sunday -- but we needn't have worried. The Broncos' 49-29 stomping of the K.C. crew featured more highlights than the rest of the season combined (see a new clip below). Why such an improvement? As Kris Kristofferson wrote, freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose.
Simply put, all of the Broncos, from the biggest names to the lowest special-teams grunts, played with desperation fueled by the certitude that losing a fifth straight game would unleash an unprecedented barrage of abuse from fans, not to mention the derision and contempt of their peers. And Coach Josh McDaniels gave them the tools to excel. Instead of allowing the offense to fall into cautious predictability, he opened the playbook wider than Jenna Jameson's knees, and quarterback Kyle Orton and company responded -- oh man, did they.
Suddenly, Knowshon Moreno was getting to the second level with ease, Jabar Gaffney and Brandon Lloyd were breaking free deep and making big grabs with aplomb, and Tim Tebow was even allowed to throw a pass -- for a touchdown, of course. Maybe it wasn't the most beautiful toss ever, but Tebow's play-to-touchdown ratio is so off-the-charts at this point that it absolutely didn't matter.
Meanwhile, defenders who seemed incapable of coming into contact with an opposing quarterback even if they went out on a date together were suddenly making Chiefs signal-caller Matt Cassel's life a continual misery. And even on those rare occasions when Cassel completed a pass, the receivers were met with hits more thunderous than any we've seen from this squad in quite some time. True, the likes of linebacker Joe Mays seemed borderline out-of-control on occasion -- but better to play with too much aggressiveness than not enough.
Throughout the game, tempo was key. With KO and squad maintaining a brisk pace, the overconfident Chiefs looked positively shell-shocked from the get-go, and they didn't recover until it was far too late. The game wasn't nearly as close as the final score implied -- and the tally suggested that K.C. had been barbecued.
The challenge now will be for the Broncos to keep up this level of balls-to-the-wall intensity the rest of the way, starting next Monday night against the Chargers. If they can give that dick Philip Rivers the same treatment they dished out to the Chiefs, some of us doubters may be willing to entertain the possibility of McDaniels sticking around for another season. If not -- if Sunday proves to be an anomaly rather than a turnaround -- the calls for Coach McD's head will continue, and intensify.
But today, let's not think about that. Better to glory in plays like these:
More from our Denver Blogs archive: "Tim Tebow, Brady Quinn have a long way to go to catch Kyle Orton, says Josh McDaniels."
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Date of Stay: May, 2015 - $30.00
Stay here each year for a month or so. We are in a bigger site that requires more $$. It is a well kept park with a good manager that has been here for over 11 years. Electric is great as is the water pressure. Most have good sites for satellite signals. Their free WiFi is ok most times but kicks you off if you stay on to long. We also have Verizon and it is 4 bars when needed.
Will stay here again next year also. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: May, 2014 - $9.00
Nightly rate is based on our $250 monthly rate. Will be staying here for two months this trip. Manager always is friendly to us. Spots are clean, though wish they were wider. No complaints on this park. Will stay here again next year. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: September, 2012 - $29.00
This is a park in the city. Sites are gravel and quite large. Cheaper than many other parks in the area. Monthly rate is cheaper than any we have encountered. Walk to a casino or Walmart. Everything here is good. Not fancy, but everything you need. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: April, 2012 - $24.00
Stayed here last August when passing through. Here this time for two weeks. They have pullthroughs that are about 60 feet long. Free Wi-Fi with great electric, water, and sewer. Will always stay here when passing through the area. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: August, 2011 - $10.00
Staying here for a month so figure the $10 per night rate. We are paying $235 plus electric for the month. Park is full with most long term with fairly nice rigs. We got the last monthly space because someone just left. We have a gravel back in site that is about 60 feet long. Width is only about 16 feet but OK for the length of time we will be here. Streets are paved and very clean. Close to downtown and on main street but very quiet. Would stay here again when back in the area. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: August, 2011 - $26.00
This is a nice park if you want to stay overnight or do a jet boat trip and stay for a couple of nights. The sites are lined up in rows and on gravel, but you have quite a bit of room and a patch of lawn. Lots of full-timers, but the park is well maintained with beautiful restrooms and laundry area. Kind of noisy from the busy street that you come in on. Close to the jet boat staging areas so perfect if this is what you plan to do. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: July, 2010 - $26.00
This is a very nice, clean park with wide and long pull through spaces in the center of the park and back-ins along the perimeter. We were here only one night but wished we were in the area longer to take advantage of it. It is in town but not noisy. We would definitely stay again. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: July, 2010 - $26.00
Nice park, we were across from the office/laundry room. We were worried about traffic noise but it turned out not to be a problem. Water, power and sewer worked fine. Site was very large and level and we were very close to shopping and Costco. You can wash your car and coach here too. We asked in the office if there was anyone who washed RVs in the area and they gave us the phone number of one. He arrived the same day and charged us $75.00 to wash our 38' coach. We were very happy!! Just didn't have the energy to do it ourselves. Great park, helpful staff and the laundry facilities were some of the best I've seen in the last 6 years! We will stay here again when we head south for the winter. If it had a pool (it was blazing hot) I would have given it a 9. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: June, 2010 - $9.00
This is a very nice, clean, and well maintained campground. Extremely nice facilities in all respects. We stayed here for about two months. It's right in Clarkston so very near many businesses located on Bridge Street. The only downside is the Manager is a woman that likes to let you know she's in charge. I found it best to just avoid her. There are quite a number of "permanent" residents here, but all keep their sites very clean and orderly. Maintenance personnel are always visible keeping the grounds and facilities in good shape. Great cost reasonable choice if you need to be in Clarkston. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Fifth Wheel.
Date of Stay: March, 2008 - $25.00
Level, gravel sites. Many permanent residents. Facilities were very clean and well maintained. Every site had it's own patch of grass. Centrally located in town, but not noisy (except for cars passing with loud boomers in their cars). A good place to overnight, or stay a few days. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: July, 2007 - $25.00
This is our second time staying here. Its very convenient to downtown Lewiston, Costco and a nice water park. It has great WiFi, gravel sites, and a small plot of grass on most sites. Cable and WiFi work great and the office staff is super friendly. They have a large laundry room that is actually clean and modern. You can walk across the street for A and W ice cream and food. There is a casino next door. There isn't any shade in the park but there are small trees planted around, so eventually they will grow up, but for now, Lewiston is in triple digits for heat. As one reviewer said, there are lots of permanent people, but they are rarely seen and the park is very quiet, although right on Bridge St. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Motorhome.
Date of Stay: July, 2005 - $23.00
Park is located right downtown. OK for an overnight stop, but not a destination park. Park is 95% filled with permanent RV's. Only a few overnight spots right next to main street running thru Clarkston. We really didn't care as we were gone all day on a Snake River jet boat trip. We camped at Hillview RV Park in a Travel Trailer.
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QB: B+ Sage played really well and was only intercepted after a deflection that still should have been negated for P/I
RB: A- Dayne/Walker put up solid numbers albiet against a weak run defense. Walker looked like he concentrated more on not loosing the rock than he did picking up yards, but hey, no fumbles. FB: A+ Textbook WR: A I would have liked to see JJ a little more involved, but we sure didn't need him. AJ played at superstar level, while KW and AD were threats on every play TE: A- OD didn't fumble! OL: A+ Great protection and kept the holes open for the RB's DL: A+++ Where has that pass rush been? Kept Young about 100yds less than last week LB: A With Ryans hurting, Morlon and crew stepped up and played very well SA: A- Will Demps was a beast, if he could only hold on to the INT's we might have shut them out. CB: A Didn't nullify the passing game, but never gave up the long ball. Based on the injury bug, they played as well as I could have hoped. ST: A+ Davis looked dangerous on every return. His punt catch that pinned them on the 5ydl was perfect. JJ still looks indecisive on PR, but an all around great performance on special teams. COACHING: A+ Kubes planned a real NFL game tonight. The offense used the pass to open the running lanes and then made real adjustments at half time and reversed it effectively. On Defense, he had a pass rush. We shut down their running game all together and the players looked ready to play at kick off and came back after the half with the same intensity. The scoring was consistent for all four quarters. Im sure others saw this differently, but I believe this is one of the most well rounded games we have ever played and we showed no obvious deficiencies in any aspect of the game. BTW Im a homer
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easy: everybody brought their A game
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It really is hard to find fault in a game like that. Except for the offense sputtering in the 2nd quarter it was just a great overall game by the Texans...one of the best I have ever seen them play.
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Good thing the locals decided to show up to see the A game just after kickoff. I was watching it on NFLN with about 5 minutes to kickoff and it looked like about a 1/4 full.
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I would concur. Cutler's numbers would have been Carr/VY like had Brandon Marshall not played such a great game.
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Give them all As. One of the best, most complete games I have seen as a Texans fan.
Special kudos to Winston, who did some stuff I've been waiting to see from a Texans offensive lineman: he pushed a guy out so that Walker could get an extra few yards. This is what I've been waiting to see from the linemen. Salaam is still having trouble keeping his own, but Winston is a solid right tackle. Special kudos to Dayne, whose career was supposed to be over years ago. Mr. November and Mr. December, he rumbles for yards that I don't see. He doesn't have speed, but I don't see any reason to complain about his abilities. Now if the Texans can just find a running back for September and October... Special kudos to the defensive secondary, which has lost so many people it's hard to keep count. Everybody has stepped up to the challenge they were presented. Bennett, like Winston, is looking like solid starter material. |
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Bennett is so much fun to watch. That boy gets into the game!! Talk about passion! He seems to love the fans also, and that is always a PLUS!! Dunte mentored him well!!!!!!
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Doesn't Julius Jones usually get injured around November 1st?
Maybe he could be our September, October RB.
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Those are mental. And those are avoidble. Is it too much to ask to remeber a fricken snap count for fifteen seconds ? I know they are all beat up...those little thingies are drive killers. I don't mind the holds saving the QB...but the off sides are driving me crazy.
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These Red Mary Janes Platforms are a childhood storybook classic and a schoolgirl style basic.
Average Rating: 4.7
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By BabyDoll
from Lafayette LA
About Me Conservative
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Red Mary Janes
- Stylish
- Comfortable
- Versatile
- Came scratched
- Casual Wear
- Date Night
- School
Love the shoes, they fit great which is unusual for me most 6's are too big for me. My only complaint is that the front of them came scratched up?
BOTTOM LINE Yes, I would recommend this to a friendBy Perdykitty24
from Chicopee,Ma
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Awesome shoes!!
- Lots of Fun
- Authentic Looking
- Cute
- Comfortable
- Fits Well
- Wear To School/Work
- Costume Party
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I have never worn this kind of shoe before and I was so delightfully surprised that I would wear them again and again! :) Awesome product.
BOTTOM LINE Yes, I would recommend this to a friendBy marytk
from three oaks, mi
About Me Conservative, Classic
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Adds height to Little Red Riding Hood
- Comfortable
- Fun To Wear
- Stylish
- Easy To Put On
- Just For Fun
- Costume Parties
- Halloween
Not sure how my 11 yr old will be able to walk, but 'dang she'll look cute. She's only wearing a children's size 3-1/2 shoe, but the adult size 6 fit her pretty good. May have to tuck tissue in the toe, if necessary. These are a definite must to complete the tween Little Red Riding Hood costume.
BOTTOM LINE Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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