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Road which runs north to south from Sydenham Road to Windermere Road and parallel with Belle Vue Way.
It is of mixed housing, some from around 1900, some the 1930s. Following World War 2 an estate of prefabricated houses originally called the Sheepshank Estate was built in the area.
House Construction 1947
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceIn 1947, these prefabricated aluminium houses were quickly built in Kendal Road and the surrounding area. The estate was at the time called the Sheepshank Estate and had a total of 82 houses for young people and ex servicemen as there was a housing shortgate following World War 2..
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Prefabs
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceIn 1947, these prefabs were hastily built in Kendal Road and the surrounding area after World War 2. It was reported in Hartlepool Mail that everything in the homes, called the Sheepshank Estate, was electric, a boiler, the oven and a refridgerator.The last item was very modern at the time !
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Windermere Road prefabs
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Donated by Hartlepool museum serviceAt the bottom of Windermere Road on what was briefly called the Sheepshank Estate. The prefabs were built after WW2 and the roads named after places in the Lake District. The estate was, as can be seen, very close indeed to the Steel Works.
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