No Mo, you were right the first time. There are 14 curry houses within about 300 yards on Ocean Road. I'm gannin' to Cafe India there tomorrow night (or "the morra neet" as we say up here) as it happens, with "wor lass". Best chicken vindaloo "down street".
Hartlepool's only got a handful of ethnic eateries. I haven't partaken there. "Nee need" when I live so close to Little India as I "dee".