This Valentine’s postcard view of Hinderwell High Street and the Wesleyan Chapel is little altered from the present day, although the road surface was obviously pre the modern day tarmac!
Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.
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 Two elegantly dressed young Edwardian ladies awaiting their overdressed gentleman Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.  This often pictured bridge is shown to full effect with this hand tinted postcard. It was later replaced with a more sturdy structure, I wonder how many feet have passed over it in the years? Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.  Yorkshire cobles drawn up on the beach at Runswick Bay. The design of high bow for launching off open beaches into sometimes heavy seas and square stern for beaching, was well suited for the North Sea beaches. Clinker planking reflected their Viking ancestry, normally sailed with one dipping lugsail and foresail, larger cobles sometimes added a mizzen sail.  West Terrace and Redcar clock tower in 1955, the tower is known as the King Edward VII Memorial and is a Grade 2 Listed Building. It was topped with a sailing ship weather vane. The building behind the clock on the right appears to be a chapel long since demolished. Image (from a postcard) courtesy of Ken Johnson.
Yet another postcard of Cat Nab hand tinted from a black and white original. The caravan at the foot of Cat Nab dates the postcard to the motor era. Eddie McManus tells us: “Lovely old photos bringing back many memories. I was born in Brotton, in Woodside, in the mid 1940`s and now live in Shepperton, Middlesex. Still visit Brotton and Saltburn quite often to see friends and relatives.”  Fishermen at Staithes made a bob or two by taking trippers to sea, for a change when not fishing. Dating from about 1950, this view of the boats could well be such an activity. Margaret Verrill Craggs tells us: ”This is the boat known as ’Runswick Lass’ it belonged to Nelson Verrill and his brother Joseph. They were my uncles and spent many happy summers riding in the boat which took holiday makers for sea trips to see the seals.” Norman Patton also tells us: ”Happy days! My brothers and sisters often visited Auntie Ruth and Uncle Brownie Theaker who lived in “Myrtle Cottage” on the harbour side . The highlight was often to take a trip on one of the fishing boats….our first ever trips to sea!” Judith Hoyle also remembers: ”I was born in 1942 and together with my family remember holidays in Staithes many times. We rented Mizpah Cottage at the very end of the sea wall, I remember a fisherman named Howard but cannot recall if that was his first or last name, but he used to take us on little fishing trips. I also recall a little shop on the front by the harbour as I used to buy little chocolate swiss rolls there with my spending money.” Postcard courtesy Ken Johnson and thanks to Margaret Craggs, Norman Patton and Judith Hoyle for these updates.  Bank Cafe Saltburn, with plenty of people on the beach, probably a Bank Holiday scene in the early 1960s. Cat Nab is already showing signs of severe erosion. An S.T.B. postcard courtesy of Ken Johnson.  A quiet corner of Hinderwell, Porret Lane; the Primitive Methodist Chapel on the left, opened in 1858. The house in the centre of the image has a ladder leading to a nesting box on the wall, whilst the cottage on the right has a grinding wheel in the garden.
 The church of St Hilda, Hinderwell. Largely rebuilt in the late 18th and |
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