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((Short description|Town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England))
((Use British English|date=October 2012))
((Use dmy dates|date=October 2019))
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'''Thornaby-on-Tees''', commonly referred to as '''Thornaby''', is a town and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] on the [[River Tees]]'s southern bank. It is in the [[Borough of Stockton-on-Tees]], [[North Yorkshire]], England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]], in the [[Teesside]] built-up area.<ref name="NOMIS"/><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/counties|title=GB Counties ((!)) Past and Present Counties in Great Britain|website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk|access-date=8 October 2019))</ref>

The town had a [[municipal charter|royal charter]] enacted to form a [[municipal borough]] in 1892, during the [[Victorian era]], before merging into the [[County Borough of Teesside]] in 1968. A [[borough status in the United Kingdom|borough]] no longer defines a specific settlement's status as a town in England since the [[Local Government Act 1972]] reforms.

The modern centre was built on the north eastern part of [[RAF Thornaby|Thornaby airfield]] and lies ((convert|2|mi|km)) south-west of [[Stockton-on-Tees]] and ((convert|4|mi|km)) south-west of [[Middlesbrough]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://ctlhs.co.uk/golden-jubilee/fifty-interesting-places/thornaby/|title=Thornaby ((!)) Cleveland & Teesside Local History Society|date=16 March 2018 |access-date=8 October 2019))</ref>

==History==
((more citations needed|date=July 2022))

=== Prehistoric ===
There are other signs of Thornaby being a much older settlement. Traces of prehistoric man have been found, the earliest being a stone axe, 8&nbsp;inches long, dating back to the [[Mesolithic Period]] (about 3000&nbsp;BC). In 1926, a [[Dugout (boat)|dugout canoe]] said to date from about 1600 – 1400&nbsp;BC was found in the mud under ((convert|8|ft|m|abbr=off)) of water opposite Thornaby High Wood. An [[arrowhead]] of the [[Neolithic Period]] (about 3000&nbsp;BC) was found in a garden on Thornaby Village Green.

===Danes===
((See also|Tormod|Thormanby))
The name Thornaby came into existence about AD&nbsp;800 when the land was given by [[Halfdene]] (Halfdan Ragnarsson), King of the Danes, to Thormod, one of his noblemen, hence "Thormods-by" – Thormod's farmstead.<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.stockton.gov.uk/resources/council/heritagestrategy/heritagestrategy.pdf | title=Stockton on Tees Heritage Strategy | publisher=Stockton on Tees Borough Council | year=2011 | access-date=15 December 2011 | page=23 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427014000/http://www.stockton.gov.uk/resources/council/heritagestrategy/heritagestrategy.pdf | archive-date=27 April 2012 ))</ref> Although the -by suffix originally meant a farmstead, many of these grew into villages, taking the -by suffix with them in their names as with other villages in the area, such as Danby, Faceby, Ingleby, Maltby and Ormesby.<ref>((cite web |url= http://viking.no/e/england/danelaw/epl-danelaw.htm |title=Place-names in The Danelaw |access-date=15 December 2011))</ref>

During the [[Battle of Hastings]] (1066), one of [[William the Conqueror]]'s noblemen, [[Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale|Robert I de Brus]], marched north with a garrison of men and occupied the area of [[Cleveland, England|Cleveland]]. William gave him those lands to control including [[Thornaby]] and [[Middlesbrough]].

King [[Sweyn II of Denmark]], on 9 September 1069, defeated the [[Normans]] at [[York]] by killing the entire garrison of 3,000 men. [[William I of England|William]] swore an [[oath]] to take revenge on Sweyn by destroying every house and dwelling in the lands under Sweyn's rule, leaving all the land in the north east of [[Yorkshire]] barren and bare.

In the ''Domesday Book'' Thornaby is mentioned five times, Thornaby's first mention in the ''Domesday Book'' states:- ''"Robert Malet has these lands and they are waste."'' It appears that they remained undeveloped until the early 19th century as ''"Thurnaby waaste"'' is mentioned in a poem by Tennyson called ''"The Northern Farmer."''.

Over the centuries there have been a number of different spellings of the name Thornaby including Turmozbi, Tormozbi, Tormozbia and Thurmozbi. The form Thornaby first appears in 1665 and refers to old Thornaby village, south western area of the present town which is near the [[River Tees]] as it flows north east.

=== The Five Lamps of St Peter's Church ===
[[File:Thornaby Old St Peters.jpg|thumb|[[Five Lamps|St Peter ad Vincula Church]]]]
It is said that Robert de Thormodbi, wounded in the [[Crusades]] at [[Acre, Israel|Acre]], swore to raise a [[shrine]] to the [[Virgin Mary]] if he survived his wounds. He did, and as part of his wish a shrine niche to the Virgin Mary, lit by five [[sanctuary lamp]]s, was placed in St Peter's Church.<ref>((cite book|last1=Chrystal|first1=Paul|title=The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales|date=2017|publisher=Stenlake|location=Catrine| isbn=9781840337532|page=82|edition=1))</ref>

===A town from the marshes===
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In 1825, old Thornaby was centred around St Peter's Church and the old [[village green]]. Thornaby [[Carr (landform)|Carrs]] (marshes) had been a site of intermittent horse racing before moving to the now former [[Stockton Racecourse]] after [[The Mandale Cut|the River Tees was straightened]] in 1810, a short distance down stream. From 1825, industry started to be built south of Stockton's existing port industry as [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]] had been established, [[Stockton railway station (S&D)|old Stockton railway station]] being just on the other side of the bank. The first site was William Smith's pottery with the area quickly growing with shipbuilding and engineering companies established on the marshes. From 1840-June 1987 heavy engineering firm [[Head Wrightson]] was a major employer in Thornaby.

It was not until the local government act of 1863 that the district of South Stockton officially came into being. As Stockton's port industry moved to Middlesbrough, shipbuilding was replaced by iron works. A new railway line opened up the area south of the river for further development, with a South Stockton Railway Station built in 1882.

The new settlement grew as a work force for new industry, spreading south down and between Thornaby Road, the new Westbury Street, and Mandale Road (once known as Acklam Road). The settlement's built-up area grew enough down Thornaby to merge with the old village; on 6 October 1892 South Stockton and Thornaby formally merged to form the [[municipal borough]] of Thornaby-on-Tees, gaining town status. South Stockton station was renamed to Thornaby and the town hall built nearby for when status was granted.

===The airfield, 608 squadron and Spitfires===
((Main|RAF Thornaby))
The earliest known flying in Thornaby took place in 1912 when Matthew Young of the Vale Farm was paid 100 [[Gold Sovereign]]s for the use of a field for an airshow. Taking place on a Saturday afternoon in June or July, one of the main events was flying by [[Gustav Hamel]], an early flying pioneer. The next known use was by the [[Royal Flying Corps]] who used the same fields between 1914 and 1918 as a staging post between Catterick and Marske aerodromes.

In about 1925 negotiations began on the opening of a full-time aerodrome and in the late 1920s the [[Air Ministry]] constructed an airfield to the south of the town and the station which was the second permanent aerodrome to be built in Yorkshire (the first being Catterick)<ref>Yorkshire Air Museum</ref> was opened on 29 September 1929. During the [[World War II|Second World War]], Thornaby came under the control of 18 group, [[RAF Coastal Command|Coastal Command]], before this however it had come under Flying Training, [[RAF Fighter Command|Fighter]] and [[RAF Bomber Command|Bomber Command]]s, and post-war under Reserve and Fighter Commands, at this time (post-war) it was also used by the [[Royal Air Force Regiment]]. During the war a variety of tasks were carried out from [[RAF Thornaby]], such as, attacks on targets in Europe, anti-submarine patrols, operational training, strikes against enemy shipping, leaflet dropping and air sea rescue operations.

'''608 (North Riding) squadron'''
((further|No. 608 Squadron RAF))

Of all the squadrons to have been based at RAF Thornaby during its operational period, "Thornaby's own" 608 (North Riding) squadron is probably the squadron best remembered by the townsfolk. It was formed at Thornaby on 17 March 1930 and went on to serve within both Coastal and Bomber Commands during the Second World War. After the war, on 10 May 1946 the squadron was re-formed at Thornaby and carried on in Reserve Command "at home" until the squadron disbanded for the last time on 10 March 1957. 608 (North Riding) Squadron's Standard, which was approved by the Queen and bears their battle honours, can be seen housed in [[York Minster]] under the Astronomical Clock where it was laid-up on 14 November 1959. The numerous items of glass and silverware which were presented to the squadron during their service are held by Middlesbrough Council, are housed in [[Middlesbrough Town Hall]] and are to be returned to the squadron should it ever re-form.

===Acquiring inland areas===
The last R.A.F aircraft to leave the airfield ([[Hawker Hunter|Hawker Hunter F6s]]) left on 1 October 1958 and further use of Thornaby as a regional airport on 23 February 1962 ended when all but ((convert|60|acre|ha|abbr=off)) of land was purchased from the Air Ministry by Thornaby-on-Tees Borough Council.

As Thornaby changed hand to the [[County Borough of Teesside]] (1968–1974) then, on its third attempt, into the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees (this was initially as a district of [[Cleveland county]]). Development in the 1960s and 1970s on transforming the airfield, demolishing its buildings, into housing, shops, offices, a sport centre and a light industrial estate, the light industrial estate was the first in the wider area and therefore called Teesside Industrial Estate.

Many symbols of Thornaby's aeronautical past were placed for prosperity with streets (such as Allensway), buildings and public houses using names of [[Royal Air Force]] aircraft, stations and personnel. The Bader School (built on the former airfield) on Kintyre Drive was named after and opened by Sir [[Douglas Bader]] on 10 November 1971. In 1976 a stained glass window in St Paul's Church on Thornaby Road was dedicated to the RAF at Thornaby and in 1997 a statue was erected on Thornaby Road, it is dedicated to all who served at RAF Thornaby.
[[File:The Spitfire on Thornaby Road.jpg|thumb|right|The Spitfire on Thornaby Road]]
In 2007 a full-size replica [[Supermarine Spitfire]] aircraft was erected on the roundabout at the junction of Thornaby Road, Bader Avenue and Trenchard Avenue. Hidden beneath the roundabout is part of a runway (one of three) which used to run east to west.

===Rise and fall of Pavilion towers===
Thornaby town centre declined post war with [[deindustrialation]] and the town's population centre shifting south east on to the old airfield. Facilities followed as the new Pavilion shops opened and the old centre cut off by the A66. The former Industry around the old Thornaby Carrs centre became [[Teesdale Business Park]] leaving the station and town hall out of place in the new surroundings.
[[File:Trenchard Avenue, Thornaby-on-Tees - geograph.org.uk - 3279661.jpg|thumb|All four buildings (the two flats, hotel and offices) at a various stages of being demolished and replaced.]]
In the late 2000s, Thornaby Pavilion was designated as the new town centre. Housing around the shops were cleared and new shops built opposite the older shops to form a pedestrian high street. An official relaunch event was held in the now Thornaby town centre on 25 April 2009. High rises flats in the town centre have been demolished and with the [[Government spending in the United Kingdom#Towns Fund|towns fund]], they are plans for the former Npower offices site are planned to be demolished and a replacement for Thornaby Pool, an indoor baths on Thornaby Road, built in its place.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20068473.swimming-pool-park-cycle-improvements-planned-thornaby/| title=Swimming pool, park and cycle improvements planned in Thornaby| publisher=[[Northern Echo]] | year=2022 | access-date=4 July 2022))</ref> The former Golden Eagle Hotel is also to be demolished.

==Community and culture==
Thornaby won a number of awards in 2008; the silver gilt award for best small cities, Northumbria in Bloom, which was repeated in 2011. Thornaby Cemetery had ''Cemetery of the Year'' award in 2006. The cemetery had lost then lost its [[Green flag award]] until 2011.

On 10 November 2011 an R.A.F. Search and Rescue Sea King Helicopter paid a three-hour visit to Bader primary to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sir Douglas Bader opening the school. The day of activities included a visit by representatives from RAF Leeming, the Commanding Officer at Catterick Garrison, Middlesbrough Armed Forces Careers Office and the [[Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team]].

Thornaby held its eleventh [[Yorkshire Day]] event in August 2017. The annual Thornaby Show takes place at the beginning of September, it is estimated that more than 10,000 people turn up over the course of the day.

In January 2014 a McDonald's and Asda opened on the site of the former Tristar Neasham site. Teesside Park is the location of a shopping park which occupies a former racecourse.

==Governance==
Thornaby lies within the [[Historic counties of England|historic county boundaries]] of the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]] and was made a [[municipal borough]] in 1892.<ref>((cite web |title=Relationships / unit history of THORNABY ON TEES |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10042550&c_id=10001043 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001015639/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10042550&c_id=10001043 |archive-date=1 October 2007 |access-date=19 May 2009))</ref>  It was amalgamated with other boroughs in 1968 to form the [[County Borough of Teesside|county borough of Teesside]]. In 1974, the town became part of the enlarged Stockton-on-Tees district of [[Cleveland (county)|Cleveland]] [[non-metropolitan county]].

''Thornaby Town Council'' was created in 1995.<ref>((cite web |title=Thornaby Town Council Information About All Aspects Of Life In Thornaby |url=http://thornabytowncouncil.gov.uk/ |website=Thornaby Town Council))</ref> Cleveland county was abolished in 1996 under the [[Local Government Commission for England (1992)|Banham review]]. Boroughs of [[Redcar and Cleveland]] and [[Borough of Middlesbrough|Middlesbrough]] along with six parishes of [[Hilton, North Yorkshire|Hilton]], [[Ingleby Barwick]], [[Kirklevington]], [[Maltby, North Yorkshire|Maltby]], Thornaby-on-Tees and [[Yarm-on-Tees]] became a part of ceremonial North Yorkshire and, along with the separate City of York borough, became unitary authorities in the county. Stockton-on-Tees borough, since the abolition, straddles North Yorkshire and county Durham.<ref>((cite news |last1=Breen |first1=Julia |date=16 January 2017 |title=Yorkshire signs 'won't solve issue' for Thornaby and Yarm |work=The Northern Echo |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15025421.yorkshire-signs-wont-solve-issue-thornaby-yarm/ |access-date=14 October 2020))</ref>

[[File:Thornaby Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 323998.jpg|thumb|[[Thornaby Town Hall]]]]
In 2012 the town council purchased [[Thornaby Town Hall]] from the borough council for restorations. The hall, dating back to 1890–92, had been unoccupied since the 1968 county borough of Teesside amalgamation. It is now the main building used by Thornaby Town Council.<ref>((cite news |date=19 May 2012 |title=Deal agreed for Thornaby Town Hall owner after 44 years |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-18131147 |access-date=14 October 2020))</ref><ref>((cite news |date=30 November 2019 |title=Thornaby Town Hall renovation costs force council tax rise |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-50615756 |access-date=14 October 2020))</ref>

==Religion==
=== Church of England ===
((multiple images|total_width=310|perrow=2|image1=Church of St Paul the Apostle, Thornaby - geograph.org.uk - 1671057.jpg|image2=St. Peter's Church, Thornaby - geograph.org.uk - 79586.jpg|footer=St Paul the Apostle and St Peter ad Vincula churches, [[Archdeaconry of Cleveland]], [[Diocese of York]], [[Province of York]]))
The [[Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Thornaby-on-Tees|Church of St Peter ad Vincula]] on the village green is of 12th-century origin but a place of worship existed at the time of the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' of 1086. The unusual dedication to [[Liberation of Saint Peter|St Peter ad Vincula]] (''"St Peter in chains"'') is derived from the ancient [[Basilica]] of [[San Pietro in Vincoli]] in Rome. The building, with a simple [[nave]] and a bell turret with two bells, was originally dedicated to [[St Mary Magdalene]]. Grace Pace, the mother of [[James Cook|Captain James Cook]], was baptised at St Peter's in 1702.<ref>((cite news |editor-last=Chapman |editor-first=Hannah|title=£3,000 Grant backed to repair church |work=Darlington & Stockton Times |issue=40–2020 |date=2 October 2020 |page=16|issn=2516-5348))</ref> The larger St Paul's serves most of the town.

==Sport==
===Acklam Road===
Thornaby Cricket Club is situated at Mandale Bottoms ([[A1130 road|Acklam Road]]) and has been in existence since 1892. The main teams are in the [[North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League]].

Teesside Golf Club opened in 1901. It is in of the Teesside and District Union of Golf Clubs and therefore the Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs <ref>((cite web|url= https://www.yugc.co.uk/inter-district-unions/|access-date=24 June 2021|title=Yorkshire Inter-District Unions))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://union.teessidegolf.co.uk/club-contacts/|access-date=24 June 2021|title=Member Clubs))</ref>

[[Thornaby FC]] play in the [[Northern Football League|Northern League]] Division one. It was established as 'Thornaby' in 2000. The club play at Teesdale Park ground, Acklam Road.<ref>((cite web|url= https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-dimi-konstantopoulos-opens-time-hartlepool-united-second-spell-club-coaching-aspirations-and-joining-thornaby-fc-2958392 |title=Exclusive: Dimi Konstantopoulos opens up on time at Hartlepool United, second spell at the club, coaching aspirations and joining Thornaby FC|access-date=24 June 2021|website=hartlepoolmail.co.uk))</ref>

===Thornaby Road===
Thornaby and Ingleby Barwick Football Club (TIBS FC) play in the [[North Riding Football League]] division one, it was established in 1997. The club play at a grounds off [[A1045 road|Thornaby Road]] and train at [[Conyers School]].<ref>((cite web|url= https://fulltime.thefa.com/ff/ClubDetails?clubid=d20e13ee-1680-e311-8b4d-001e4f28882a&seasonname=2020-21&tab=details|title=T.I.B.S|website=fulltime.thefa.com|access-date=24 June 2021))</ref>

==Transport==
===Rail===
The town is served by [[Thornaby railway station]], operated and owned by Northern, who operate rail services to [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], [[Sunderland, Tyne and Wear|Sunderland]], [[Darlington]], [[Redcar]], [[Hexham]] and [[Whitby]]. [[TransPennine Express]] provides direct rail services to [[Leeds]], [[Liverpool]], [[Manchester]] and [[York]]. [[London North Eastern Railway|LNER]] also provides a direct rail service to [[York]] and [[London King's Cross railway station|London Kings Cross]]<ref>((Cite web |title=Date set for new LNER direct services between Middlesbrough and London |url=https://www.lner.co.uk/news/date-set-for-new-lner-direct-services-between-middlesbrough-and-london/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.lner.co.uk |language=en))</ref>

===Road===
((multiple images|
|image1=Victoria Bridge Thornaby 2015.jpg
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Thornaby is served by 
*the [[A19 road|A19]] to the town's east heading north–south
*[[A66 road|A66]] to the town's north heading west/ east and
*[[A174 road|A174]] heading south east to [[Whitby]].

'''Public Services'''

[[Arriva North East]] and [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]] provide bus services to Thornaby and [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] and [[Megabus (Europe)|Megabus]] operate coach travel from [[Middlesbrough bus station]].

== Education ==
===Secondary===
Thornaby is served by three secondary schools; [[St Patrick's Catholic College]], [[Thornaby Academy]] and Westlands Academy.

===College===
Thornaby is home  is [[Stockton Riverside College]], a major provider of further education in the Tees Valley with around 10,000 full & part-time students. It is labelled Stockton due to it being in or near the former Stockton South settlement, which lied on the southern banks of the river Tees (Yorkshire) and merged into Thornaby on Tees.

===University===
Adjacent to the college is [[Durham University]]'s [[Queen's Campus, Durham University|Queen's Campus]]. This was founded in 1992 as a joint venture between Durham and [[Teesside University|Teesside]] universities, becoming exclusively part of Durham University in 1998.<ref name="Watson2007">((cite book|title=The Durham Difference|first=Nigel |last=Watson|date=2007|publisher=James & James (Publishers) Ltd., London))</ref> In 2019, the university moved the Queen's Campus colleges and departments to Durham city, and repurposed the campus as a new International Study Centre, run by [[Study Group]].<ref name="Queen's ISC">((cite news|url=http://www.palatinate.org.uk/queens-campus-to-house-new-centre-for-international-students/|title= Queen's Campus to house new centre for international students|date=30 January 2017|first= Eugene |last=Smith|work=[[Palatinate (newspaper)|Palatinate]]|accessdate=12 January 2023))</ref>

==Notable people==
* Grace Pace (the mother of Captain [[James Cook]]).<ref>((cite web| title =Captain James Cook 1728 – 1779: Early Life | publisher =The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum | year =2009 | url =http://www.captcook-ne.co.uk/ccne/timeline/earlylife.htm | access-date =6 June 2009 ))</ref>
* Award-winning author [[Pat Barker]] lived in Millbank Lane and is best known for her [[Regeneration Trilogy]] of books about the First World War, the third of which, "[[The Ghost Road]]" won the 1995 Man Booker Prize.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/galleries/1995|title=1995 ((!)) The Booker Prizes|website=thebookerprizes.com|access-date=2019-11-30))</ref>
*TV-Personality [[Holly Hagan]], one of the original stars from [[MTV]] show [[Geordie Shore]] was born in Thornaby.<ref>((cite news |last1=Smiles |first1=Mieka |title=Holly Hagan: Five things you probably didn't know about Thornaby's Geordie Shore star |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/holly-hagan-five-things-you-7541640 |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=Teesside Live |date=31 July 2014))</ref>
* Actor, [[Richard Griffiths]] was born in Thornaby and is best known for his role as Vernon Dursley in the [[Harry Potter]] movies and as Uncle Monty in the cult film ''[[Withnail and I]]''. He won many awards for his acting in the film ''The History Boys''.<ref>((cite news |title=Richard Griffiths |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/9961457/Richard-Griffiths.html |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=The Telegraph |date=29 March 2013|url-access=subscription))</ref> 
* [[Paul Curran (cyclist)|Paul Curran]] – the championship cyclist was born in Thornaby.<ref>((cite news |last1=Chapman |first1=Hannah|title=New bikes rack in Stokesley as part of 'bounce back' plan for town centre |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/18779036.new-bikes-rack-stokesley-part-bounce-back-plan-town-centre/ |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |date=9 October 2020))</ref>
* Max Jones,<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/jones-takes-britain-to-the-max-176979.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/jones-takes-britain-to-the-max-176979.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jones takes Britain to the Max|first=Simon|last=Turnbull|newspaper=The Independent|date=15 September 2002|access-date=19 July 2018))((cbignore))</ref> pupil at Robert Atkinson school, was a seven-time Olympic athletics coach and was the GB Team leader at the Sydney and Athens Olympic Games. Max was the Performance Director for UK Athletics 1997 to 2005.
* Norma Farnes was born and grew up in Thornaby.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3608014/In-the-gutter-looking-at-the-stars.html|title=In the gutter, looking at the stars|first=Mark|last=Sanderson|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 December 2003|access-date=19 July 2018))</ref> She went to London and ended up as Spike Milligan's and Eric Sykes's manager. Norma has edited and written several successful books.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.thornabytowncouncil.gov.uk/ Thornaby Town Council]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091102164510/http://www.thornaby.org.uk/ Thornaby Community Information]
* [http://www.thornabyasc.co.uk/ Thornaby Amateur Swimming Club]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110609051017/http://www.stpatricks.stockton.sch.uk/ St. Patrick's Catholic College]
* [http://www.thornabyacademy.org.uk/ Thornaby Academy]
* [http://www.webteams.co.uk/Home.aspx?team=thornabyfc Thornaby Football Club]
* [https://archive.today/20130131150050/http://thornaby.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Thornaby Cricket Club]
* [https://www.mvrg.org.uk/ Thornaby's Mandale and Victoria Resident's Group]
* [http://www.vpra.org.uk/ Thornaby's Village Park Resident's Association]

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