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THE VENUEIt Was the 1st of hartburn’s large detached houses built in 1873 for a Mr Lewis Dodshon. He was an established figure within the community & was head of Stockton’s largest and most important grocery houses . He passed away in 1895 where the building lay derelict until Mr Mountjoy Pearse another established gentlemen and his family took up residence. His company Mountjoy Pearse & co was a large employer on the river tees during the 1850/60’s and was also co founder of the tees shipyard & owner of the malleable iron company in Hartlepool. Another residence of Elmwood house were the Spence family who tragically lost there son Gilbert in 1925 on leven bank when his car overturned when it collided with a stone covered in snow with also his chauffeur who was passenger that night who also tragically losing his life also. Again standing empty from 1922 the property then moved into the hands of Harold E Kitchen in 1926 where he was the last private owner of the house. Harold was an Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal with a rowing eight at the 1908 Olympic games. With the threat of air raids looming ICI moved into the Elmwood in 1939 using the building as a research unit until 1950 when it was then leased to Durham county council when by 1952 it was used to accommodate children from the nearby hartburn junior school.
With a tale of a woman suicide told regarding an illicit affair, will the team & investigators for the evening be able to find out the truth from fiction.
Please note there is an area we can’t access due to safeguarding
Event Details
START TIME: 20:00
END TIME: 00:00
VENUE: ELMWOOD CENTRE 53 DARLINGTON ROAD STOCKTON-ON-TEES CLEVELAND TS18 5EP
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Elmwood Community Centre, 5 Stonecrop Close, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 5HU, United Kingdom,Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
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