Thanks Chempat for sending me that old map of Brookbank Avenue. No mention of Levenvale Hut... I had expected to get the number of the house on the birth certificate. My grandmother never mentioned Levenvale Hut.
Checking the electoral register would be a very good idea, but I will have to ask for a look-up as I live in Belgium.
For what it is worth, here is a brief account of my grandparents stay in Redcar:
Michael Magee and his wife emigrated from Belfast to Redcar in approx. 1920/21. He worked as a bus driver (and later mechanic?) in Dormanstown depot - see attached photo.
They had a first child, Joseph, in 1922. I've asked his son for a copy of his birth certificate but he has not answered so far...
When my mother was born in 1924, my grandparents separated. My grandmother took her children back to Belfast and Mick stayed on in Redcar, became involved in trade unionism and socialist politics until he emigrated to Detroit in 1930, where he became a leading figure in the Ford car factory trade union UAW.
