East Cleveland Image Archive

Members of Loftus Youth Club gathered to say to Mr and Mrs Tart, dated 5th April 1950. They were emigrating to Tasmania and it is now known that the new leader was Mr Chris Harrison. We have no names as yet for those present, can you help? Danny Plews advises: “I cannot quite remember Mr and Mrs Tate, but their successor was a First Class Youth Club Leader. He was a father figure and very kind, but stood no nonsense.“

Image courtesy of Mvis Stevenson, thanks to Danny Plews for the update.

The title tells all! This photograph came to us with the title on the reverse. We would welcome names and possibly reasons for the gathering.
Back row: ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, Denis Codling, ??, ??, ??, ??, Bryan Yarker, Eric Yarker.
Front row: ??, ??, ??, ??, ??.

Alex Wilson advises us: ”The face peering out from the back row, with his hands resting on the shoulders of two ladies, looks like my father Denis Codling. He would have been 20 in 1946.” Gary Yarker adds: “No idea if the dates are right but there are three ladies to the right and the two guys in the background look like my uncle Bryan Yarker and my dad Eric Yarker.”

Image courtesy of Loftus Youth Club and many thanks to J. Wilson and Gary Yarker for the updates.

This photograph of a group of Loftus Youth Club members was taken about the time that the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding visited Loftus.
Left to right: Jackie Faye, Shirley Laws, Moira Smith, Bernard Powell, Jackie Noble, Beryl Watson (her father was a Police Inspector), Marion Cox, Rita Ward (Mrs. Unthank), ’Taxi’ Goldby. Eric Johnson advised: “The young man in front is Bernard Powell aged 13.” Barbara McBurney assists us with: ”Moira Smith, my cousin is standing next to Shirley Laws behind Bernard Powell.”
Image courtesy of Jack Noble and Rita Unthank, thanks Rita Unthank for names, also to Eric Johnson and Barbara McBurney for the updates.