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Betty Ditchburn and Mary Coverdale are behind the counter; whilst Betty Gorman is in front in this photograph. The cash tin can be seen above the shelves. Do you remember how your payment was put in the canister and it went round the wires to the kiosk? The money was taken out and your change put in the tin and then it was sent back to the counter. Image and names courtesy of Mrs. Betty Gorman.
A cheerful picture of Mary Coverdale, Betty Gorman and Betty Ditchburn at the counter of Dodd’s shop. The shelves behind them are packed with stock. Image courtesy and names courtesy of Mrs. Betty Gorman.
Dorothy, Betty and Jean pictured behind the counter in Dodd’s shop. There’s a 1977 Silver Jubilee, souvenir tea towel behind them. Was this the year that this photograph was taken? Image and names courtesy of Mrs. Ditchburn.
A fine view of the row of cottages at South Loftus – complete with the obligatory posed urchins! Emily Millthorpe (nee Bunney) tells us: “I was born in one of these houses in 1948, my parents names were Kenneth and Florence. I have one brother (Keith)and one brother (Clive) who were born there. We then moved to Barnsley where my father worked in Grimethorpe pit. He worked in Skinningrove pit when we lived there, he worked with someone called Mr Gell who was in a fire and was scarred very badly all over and one younger brother also born there.” Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection and thanks to Emily Millthorpe (nee Bunney) for that information.
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.
The shop and house in 1984. It changed hands again, once or twice, over the years and the shop has now gone; there’s a garden in its place. Image courtesy of John Roberts.
Now this is how we should remember! The shop window of Leng’s the Hairdresser bedecked with reminders of The Great War. At a guess the young man has reason for remembering – he is wearing a group of medals on his left breast, denoting that he joined up before 1916. It looks like he is also wearing a badge/medal on his right breast – where the ”unnofficial” medals go – could this be a SWB (Silver War Badge)? ”At the going down of the sun and in the morning – we will remember them!” (Last line of ”The Exhortation”) Nivard Ovington has told us: “The correct term is the Silver War Badge. In the SWB register is a Harold C LENG 200812 a private in the 4th Yorkshire Regiment, SWB badge number 264748. Enlisted 23rd November 1914, discharged 9th November 1917 under Army order 265 (II) (i) (b) aged 22 (served overseas). Many thanks to Nivard for that correction and update.
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. |
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