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 This photograph of the choir of St. Michael’s Church, Liverton was taken in about 1966. At the back: Margaret Maudsley, June Lees, Susan Whitwell and Christine Wallace. In front: David Lees, Janet Codling, Audrey Wallace, Jean Wallace and Douglas Lees. Image and information courtesy of Mrs. Janet Wilson.  The Archive asked of this some of the carved pillars inside the church: “Anyone know when this church was built?” Phoebe Newton advised: “It was built in the 12th century but restored in the late 18th century, the carvings must be Norman.” Image courtesy of Jean Dean, thanks to Phoebe Newton for the update.  Inside the church at Liverton; a small but beautiful church. Are they oil lamps hanging there? These are also triple Norman Arches – very similar to Lastingham church – near to Hutton le hole.  An early photograph of two women and their children near the spring at Easington. The very elegant stonework surrounding the spring was installed by Lord Palmer of Grinkle Park as part of his improvements to the village, in the late 19th century.  Two shots of the St Andrew’s church at Upleatham small but perfectly formed. For years it was described as the smallest church in Britain, but unfortunately that honour goes to Bremilham Church in Wiltshire at 4 metres by 3.6 metres. Upleatham is about 6 metres by 4 metres and is actually the remains of a much larger church. Image courtesy of Eric Johnson, additional information courtesy of Chris Twigg ‘Hidden Teesside’.  This photograph is a bit of a rarity as well. It is of an experimental Botrail Tractor on Redcar beach around the 1920s. I couldn’t see this as being very successful due to the length of the treads. Too many parts to go wrong. Perhaps that is why we never see this kind of thing to day. It must have been quite a bumpy ride too. Derick Pearson explained: “In 1912 a patent was issued to Frank Bottrill an engineer in Australia for improvements relating to Ped-rail Shoes for heavy road vehicles. in the UK, it was called a Botrail Tractor. However to throw in more controversy there are two of the largest in the world still in use in Australia and over there they use the name Bottrill after the patent holder. So in the UK it is Botrail for models sometime after 1913 and in Australia Botrill.” Whilst Julie Riddiough confirms: “This is Redcar beach, judging by the pier end and the vents on top of the pier ballroom.”  Viewing Huntcliffe from above the chalets which still exist, overlooking the Beach Cafe as it used to be before Rosie O’Grady’s, Stella Mar or Vista Mar (as it is at present time!). Names change, but the views remain the same. Thanks to Jeanette Jefferson for the reminder.  A little different to how we see it today, from the original Beach Cafe to the very obvious row of cottage beyond the Ship Inn. Interestingly there are two buildings at the side of Cat Nab; one the Mortuary and the further away building would be the Rocket Launching Station.  I bet this was quite a classy photograph when it was new, before age faded the image somewhat. Hummersea Farm was originally built for the Manager of the Alum quarries and works, the farm house being built to the right in an ’L’ shape layout. Elsie Hart was brought up on this farm. Neil Dunbar advises: “This view was taken from the garden at Hummersea. Anyone walking past the farmhouse would not even be aware this garden was there. I’m presuming the Elsie Hart that is mentioned is the mother of Ada and Tommy Hart who owned the farm when I lived at Seaview in the 1970′s. Seaview was the bottom part of the ‘L’ which looks out over the farmyard and out toward the sea over Hummersea Cliffs. The upright part of the ‘l’ runs back from Seaview into the hillside and as such is very sheltered from the elements – this is the part I knew as Hummersea Farm and where Ada & Tommy lived. The only views from this building were from the upstairs windows you can see in the photographs – these look toward The Warren and the old alum workings which are further on. Image courtesy of Jean Dean, thanks to Ray Harrison (son of Elsie Hart), Neil Dunbar, Vince Brown and Karen Lyons for the updates.  The caption that is printed on the reverse of this postcard reads: ”Old Saltburn, Yorkshire. At the foot of the valley through which Skelton Beck reaches the sea, Old Saltburn’s few cottages are so close to the breakers that spray beats on the windows. The headland of Huntcliff to the south forms a fine background.” David Richardson commented: “This may have been taken in the 1950’s.” Image courtesy of Tina Dowey, from a postcard that was published by J. Arthur Dixon, Ltd; thanks to David Richardson for the update. |
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