Visitors prepare to take to the water at the boathouse on the River Esk at Ruswarp; a scene which even today is replicated on many sunny days.
Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.
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 Lot 68 in the catalogue of lots of Grinkle Park Estate, was Marsh Farm, Scaling village; 150 acres land, farmhouse with 5 bedrooms, sitting room, front kitchen, back kitchen with sink, dairy, drinking water from Scaling well at the road side on south of garden. Rent £124 per annum, date of sale 1946. Image courtesy of Mrs Lilian Waton.  A fine tinted postcard of Roseberry Topping, of interest as it was taken before mining subsidence caused the summit to collapse on one side. Postcard courtesy of Tina Dowey.  The one and only multi-image postcard I have seen of Brotton, do you have any others we could use on the site. Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.  A postcard view of Redcar building now long gone; the Town Hall of the former Redcar Borough Council and the War Memorial on Coatham Road, the postcard was produced by The R.A.F. Co Ltd of London.  This Valentine’s Series postcard view of Khyber Pass gives an impression of serenity and quiet. Note how the pedestrians wander across the roadway and no traffic! Today one would put your life at risk to do a similar thing. Image courtesy of Kim Whaley.
Despite the battered condition (as it arrived to the Archive!) this delightful postcard with selected views of Loftus and area by T. C. Booth is still delightful. The residents of Loftus must have been very proud of their area to have such delightful postcards available.  Another image of the Loftus Wool Fair in the same year of at least two others on the site. Based upon some of the coats that onlookers are wearing the weather was not dis-similar these present June days! Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.  This image from a newspaper cutting is clearly dated 1910. It is obviously a different year from the images elsewhere on the site, based upon style of dress and arrangements of the stalls. From a slightly later date we have a personal reminiscence of the Wool Fair from Mrs L .E. Johnson of Loftus, she says: ”The fair was a diversion in the 1920’s which we all enjoyed. The Wool Fair was an annual event in June. The cattle and poultry, etc., were sold in the recreation field in Micklow Lane. We used to rush home from school at dinner time to see all the animals because it was all over when school finished at 4 o’clock. On one side of the Market Place (no busses or cars then) there were produce stalls including a fish and chip van. It was fascinating to see the owner stoking up the firfe under the pans. In the corner where the telephone now stands there were two swinging boats and a roundabout. On the opposite side of the market, John Dawson Robinson sold farm machinery (on the corner last occupied by the Post Office), George Dale sold crockery and Charley Turner, a popular character, had his stall outside the Golden Lion Hotel.” Cutting from a collection gifted to the Archive, most of the cuttings coming from the Northern Echo; although this image could be from a Loftus postcard producer.  Carlin How High Street – this image from a Phoenix Series postcard produced by Brittain & Wright of Stockton is postmarked 1927, although possibly from an earlier time. Notice the absence of traffic, also the bench seat and roadworks outside the Co-operative Store. Image and information courtesy of Caroline Callow. |
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