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An artists dream picture; Staithes on the right and Cowbar on the left with the foot bridge in the foreground with a man and his horse crossing. This view of the footbridge across the beck with Cowbar Nab in the back ground, must have been replicated many times. The hand tinting shows to good effect particularly in the roofs of the cottages, this image is from the Phoenix postcard series by Brittain & Wright of Stockton.
Many people have taken this shot – but only one person has mastered it – Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. This image is from “Photographic View Album of Whitby” – photographed and printed by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee and later used in many of their postcards.
This double image is presented just as received by the Archive; the top photograph was taken at Staithes. David Richardson identified this with: “The top photograph was taken at Staithes, taken on the Cowbar side with the main village in the background.” The lower image is of the Staithes ladies in their bonnets, looking to the east and the Old Nab headland. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection and thanks to David Richardson for the update.
A much photographed area of Staithes or ’Steers’ as the locals call it, Cowbar on the left of the picture, Staithes on the right and the fisherman tending his boat in the middle. This image is from an earlier period than any of the Archive’s other views of Cowbar and Staithes; with no footbridge linking the two communities. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.
A colour-tinted postcard view of Staithes Beck, looking upstream to the footbridge and viaduct; the card is potmarked July 14th, 1905. Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.
A Frith’s postcard view showing the steepness of Cowbar bank, those cottages are still standing and just a little of Staithes showing on the left.
Lovely old image of Cowbar; believed to be from the early 1900s but can anyone assist in a date? Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.
This view of the Staithes Harbour comes from the ”Cooke’s Views of Loftus and District”. A lovely, peaceful image, the boats hauled up on the beach, Cowbar Nab curving protectively round the village. No wonder it’s a popular visitor spot. Image courtesy of John G. Hannah.
The wave after the wave that wrecked The Cod and Lobster? Another extremely dynamic image of the storm – I bet the photographer sold the seventh wave image to the North-Eastern Gazette! There’s an old fisherman’s saying that the seventh wave is the highest when the tide comes in; I used to spend ages on Redcar beach counting waves as a result of this! Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection (and believed to be from a series taken by John Tindale – Photographer – Whitby).
An extremely dynamic image of the North Sea hammering the sea wall at Staithes during the storm that wrecked The Cod and Lobster public house. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection (and believed to be from a series taken by John Tindale – Photographer – 0f Whitby).
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