From a Judges postcard; a view of the fisher girls busy working on the fish quay.
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.
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 A different view of Saltburn; not a lot of sand for any to enjoy the beach. Except the hardy souls at the foot of the slipway! Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.  A lovely more modern postcard, showing Saltburn, Redcar, Guisborough and Staithes. Russ Pigott asks: “Do you think the photographer owns the blue allegro which seems to appear in both the Guisborough and Redcar shots?” Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, thanks to Russ Pigott for the update.  Looking over to Upton Cottages and Street house Farm, in the background the Church and village of Easington is clearly visible. Interestingly enough the area in the foreground is where the Saxon Princess excavations were conducted Image and updates courtesy of Eric Johnson.  This is the first view we have of Marske Hall, formerly a school and then the Cheshire home; what a beautiful building. It produced responses from several former pupils: Nigel Anderson recalls: “I attended Marske Hall as a border in the early 1950’s. It was always freezing!!! Punishment for being naughty was to sit cross legged on the stone flag hall floor for an hour! Difficult to move afterwards as frozen to the floor!” Margarete Petrie remembers: “I was a pupil in 1955 to 1959 when it closed down, the school dinners were awful cooked by the headmasters wife Mrs Hoggard, the head used to walk round whacking a cane on his leg. Be in the wrong place and it was a whack across the palm of your hand, some of the boys it was on their bottom., but the strange thing was I have a lot of fun memories too and after more than 65 years I still know some of the girls I went to school with even though I left the area 57 years ago. Grete Rigg as was.” Linda Thompson comments: “I remember you well – my name is Linda Thompson formerly Haley. I can remember visiting your house in the town of Redcar. I would love to hear from you.” Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson, thanks to Nigel Anderson, Margarete Petrie and Linda Thompson for the updates.  Sorry for the intrusion, but I just thought it was too good not to share. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.  The inside of St Mary’s church for a change; with the famous pulpit. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.  Shows them off a treat and is that the complete pier in the background? Callum Duff advises us: ” Saltburn pier as originally built was 1500 feet long. The pier was shortened after a storm in 1874 destroyed the landing stage and pierhead. The now 1250 feet pier is the one we can see in this postcard. This pierhead was lost in 1974 and the pier was further shortened to its present length to reopen in 1979.” Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and thanks to Callum Duff for the update.  Hutton Village was known from1871 as Thomas Town, but the name was changed in 1880 after Joseph Pease planted many trees to beautify the area. He also built a school for the children of his estate workers and a mission as a place of worship. This image now known to be a Phoenix series postcard dating from the early 1900s and beautifully hand tinted has come to the Archive; obviously a well liked view of the village close to Guisborough. Image courtesy of Keith Bowers and Kim Whaley.  When I first saw this I thought it was a modern photograph, but looking closer it is an old photograph that has been tinted and very nicely too. |
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