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 Once again of Loftus Market Place but look at the Angel Inn how lovely it used to be. What date would you put on this postcard? Jezz Clifford suggests: ”Pre-1966, number 25 is prior to bay windows were erected?” Eric Lindsay has now advised: “Frith has postcard saying Circa 1960 which also appears on Frith Series Postcard labelled Geo Skilbeck LTS2 which bears early QE2 stamp.” Image courtesy of Mrs Lilian Waton and thanks to Jezz Clifford and Eric Lindsay for the updates.  A lovely shot of Cattersty sands and the cliffs, an A.F.S. postcard distributed by C.O. Smelt who used to have Skinningrove post office. The postcard is believed to date from 1931. Image courtesy of Mrs Lilian Waton.  Owen Rooks wrote to the Archive and advised: “The attached image is of a newly delivered shiny locomotive named ’Prince Charles’ purchased by Mr. Cyril Pickering in 1954 for his Saltburn Miniature Railway. My dad had retired from British Rail the previous year and had been commissioned by Mr. Pickering to supervise the replacement of the entire track with heavier metals to accommodate the new locomotive which came from the Lakeside Miniature Railway in Southport. Of course, I had to ’help’ with the task, even being allowed to drive the new locomotive quite often. I believe that ’Prince Charles’ still survives at Saltburn after all these years.” Image and information courtesy of Owen Rooks.  Nice different view of Staithes, with Cowbar Cottages on the hill at the right hand side. These are believed to have been built by Mark Palmer (mineowner who lived at Grinkle Park) as housing for his mine worker from the former Grinkle mine, this being situated in the valley below the present Potash mine. Anne Jenner requests: “I am interested to know if Sir Charles Palmer also built the Rocket House at Cowbar and how to find out its date and use. Please can anybody help?” Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson, thanks to Neil Suckling for the update; also to Anne Jenner for the query.  Looks quite an early postcard with part of a number in the left hand corner. This view gives a true aspect of how large the beach is at Redcar at lowtide; a long way to walk for a paddle! Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.  Once again we see Primrose Hill starting to be demolished, with the works towering in the background. Image courtesy of Eric Johnson.  Guisborough priory and a beautiful hand tinted postcard view that shows off the majestic ruin.  Skinningrove before it was re-built; looks like a good dry for the washing. Image courtesy of Eric Johnson.  A lovely postcard view of the cliffs at Hummersea. Imagr courtesy of Joyce Dobson.  It is rather a cloudy dark moody photograph loaned to us by Eric Johnson; but a lovely image never the less. Taken from an unusual position shows the works off very well. Image courtesy of Eric Johnson. |
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