Billingham Forum Launch video
With thanks to Elder Lester McGregor (elderlester.co.uk) an original video looking at the original launch of the Forum leisure complex in Billingham Town Centre back in 1967.
The complex is about to re-open following a £17m refurbishment - see for more details.
Programme and venue information is available via teesactive.co.uk
Driving in England - Stockton-on-Tees to Billingham [31/Jan/13]
Driving home in Teesside on a Friday afternoon with a high level of traffic. Recorded on Friday 31st January 2013 at around 3:15PM - 3:30 PM.
Places to see in ( Billingham - UK )
Places to see in ( Billingham - UK )
Billingham is a town in County Durham, England, with a population of 35,765, decreasing slightly to 35,165 at the 2011 Census. It was founded circa 650 by a group of Angles known as Billa's people, which is where the name Billingham is thought to have originated. In modern history, the chemical industry, and in particular the company ICI, has played an important role in the growth of Billingham.
Today ICI no longer operates in Billingham, although other chemical companies are working in the area. Following the fragmentation and ultimate loss of the chemicals conglomerate, ICI, the Billingham Chemical Industrial park became a multi-company facility. The chemical, biotechnology and engineering companies that continue to operate at Billingham are members of the Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC). They include GrowHow, Johnson Matthey, FujiFilm Diosynth Biologics and Fruitarom. Other members of the NEPIC Cluster operate from the 62 acre Belasis Business Park in Billingham such as Cambridge Research Biochemicals, ABB Group and Biochemica. Growhow not only manufacture fertilisers & industrial chemicals in Bilingham they also capture the CO2 for use in the food & drink industry. Tomatoes are grown in Billingham by North Bank Growers using the recoverable energy from the Billingham complex, which further reduces the area's carbon footprint.
The town is effectively split into two separate areas by name, Old Billingham (the area around the village green adjacent to St Cuthbert's church and built up around the ICI works) and the more planned estates that have spread out since the 1950s, increasing the town's size and borders towards the villages of Wolviston and Cowpen Bewley, to the point of almost incorporating them.
Billingham Beck Valley Country Park was constructed from a reclaimed industrial waste tip and has steadily grown to include former grazing land to form a 120-acre (0.49 km2) site including wetland habitats. Designated as a Local Nature Reserve by English Nature in 1992, in 2005 it won a Green Flag Award. The beck itself is one of the major tributaries of the River Tees and has a tidal reach around the former ICI site.
Billingham Town Centre provides the town with famous national retail chains such as Asda, Greggs, Iceland and Argos, as well as several charity shops, estate agents and banks, with a market featuring in the centre every Monday and Friday. The town centre lacks some services, but Stockton Town Centre is less than 3 miles (4.8 km) away and Middlesbrough Town Centre is also less than 3 miles (4.8 km) away.
Billingham is served by the A19 running to Sunderland in the north and Thirsk in the south. The A19 has bypassed Billingham twice. The original route ran through Old Billingham and over a level crossing next to where the old railway station was located and ran through Wolviston in the north.
Billingham railway station is on the Durham Coast Line with hourly services provided by Northern to Newcastle and the MetroCentre in the north and to Stockton and Middlesbrough in the south. Grand Central provide an express train from Sunderland to London but the service does not currently serve Billingham. The original Billingham railway station closed in the late 1960s and moved a mile east along the line.
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Billingham Forum
John lodge at the forum in billingham Stockton on Tees
John lodge at the forum in billingham Stockton on Tees another moody blues special
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New Year 2015 in Billingham, England
New Year 2015 in Billingham, recorded by me.
Billingham Forum Leisure Centre - Grand Opening!
Billingham Forum is a huge leisure complex which is centrally located within Billingham Town Centre.
In 2009 the venue temporarily closed while an £18.5 million re-development took place.
The multi-million investment completely transformed the Forum into a truly impressive modern facility. The iconic venue was officially re-opened by HRH The Countess of Wessex on 13th November 2012. The spacious 'atrium' welcomes visitors to a hub of activities when they arrive.
You'll discover a whole host of facilities including: a huge Ice Arena, Swimming Pool, Activ8 Gym, Fitness Studios, Multi-Use Sports Hall, Squash Courts, Play Barn, OJ's Café, Oj's Ice Bar, Theatre, Sauna & Steam Suite, Meeting & Conference rooms and much more!
Why not discover Billngham Forum today for a leisure experience like no other!
Empire Social Club Haverton Hill Stockton
Happy faces everywhere.Footage taken from 1965 - 1975 by the late Bryan McIvor.Picture and sound quality poor,but i will try to improve.I hope there are some fond memories for some folks.
Just Billingham No.24*
Just Billingham No.24 made by the ICI Billingham Film Unit and part of the ICI Film Archive. Looking at road safety shortly before access road improvements were made to the East Gate at ICI Billingham on Haverton Hill Road.
The Billingham Scene
Showing Billingham, Norton, Stockton Market, Stockton High Street,
Croft, Barnard Castle and Teesdale. Mentioning the historical facts about Stockton and Croft.
BILLINGHAM - TOWN CENTRE - WEST PRECINCT 31.07.12
BILLINGHAM - TOWN CENTRE - WEST PRECINCT Yes - it's what's left of the shops in the West Precinct in Billingham Town Centre.
1979 Thorp Thewles Viaduct demolition Stockton on Tees
the 1979 destruction of the arches in stockton on tees
Empire Social Club Haverton Hill Stockton video 2
More happiness
Billingham - The Return.m4v
I returned to Billingham after a gap of 10 years. This is a video of what I captured on the Iphone 4 before it ran out of juice. Billingham is an industrial town in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, in the North East of England. Famous for Billingham ICI, formerly Europe's largest chemical works. the Billingham Forum, a combined theatre, ice rink and sports centre and Billingham Town Centre, host of the bi-annual Folklore Festival. Video also features footage of places of importance such as Northfield Comprehensive School, Billingham Bede College, Queensway, Dawson House. Cayton Drive, Aston Road, Wolviston Court Estate & Wolvistion Back Lane
Foreignfox at Songs from Northern Britain in Stockton-on-Tees
Empire Social Club Haverton Hill Stockton video 3
Billingham, North East England
During a warm Sunday evening on 27th May 2012, I decided I would go out and film parts of my North East town for YouTube. This was recorded between 4:00pm - 6:15pm.
Lagonda Garage - Billingham, Stockton-On-Tees - 1960s Ford Mustang
Lagonda Garage is a Gearbox & Differential Specialist based in Billingham, Stockton-On-Tees and surrounding areas such as Middlesbrough, Yarm & Hartlepool. They also provide your general mechanical repairs and services.
Lagonda Garage -
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Billingham 1990s
Billingham Town Centre, Forum and other items from 1990s
STOCKTON NEWS THEATRE - SOUND
Official opening performed by Mayor of Stockton.
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