Sorry for the intrusion, but I just thought it was too good not to share.
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.
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 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.  This view looking towards the station is from a postcard, but there is no division of the road and no parking places, again what date is it? Image courtesy of Keith Bowers.  An old postcard view of Old Saltburn as the road doesn’t look to be made up yet. I know a morgue was one of the three buildings on the right but what were the other buildings? Callum Duff assists with: “The building nearest the road was the Saltburn Lifeboat House. Saltburn had 3 lifeboats from its inception to 1924 when the last ‘The Mary Batger’ was auctioned. The middle building housed the Rocket Brigade who aided in the rescue of ship’s crewmen in heavy seas, Saltburn’s answer to International Rescue! After the sale of the last lifeboat, more sophisticated life-saving techniques and road widening, these two buildings were demolished.”
We now have two copies of this postcard with views of Saltburn, one posted on 11th August, 1914; the other 26th August 1916. Interestingly the second does not mention The Great War. Perhaps it was a refreshing change to admire the wonderful views of Saltburn. Image courtesy of Tina Dowey and Iris Place.  That’s what the poster tells us and it was probably right in those days when Saltburn was in Yorkshire. Russ Piggot advises: ”As it says LNER on the poster it dates it form sometime between 1923 and the end of 1947 as BR was formed on 1st Jan 1948.” Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Russ Piggot for the update.  Do you remember Watson’s shop at Saltburn? Everything you wanted for a car, what year was it changed? Adam Cuthbert came to the rescue with: “At a guess its been changed since about 1999”. Thanks to Adam Cuthbert for the update.  Yes, what was Watson’s auto spares shop and multilevel garage; as we see it today all lovely new flats.  Not the hydraulic funicular we know and love today, but the original vertical lift – quite a scary contraption, no wonder they changed it! Another thought how often do you see a beach cleaner on the beach these days? We can now date this image as between 1870 and 1883 from the following details: ”Talk of the Town” – Saltburn’s Free Monthly Magazine informs: ”A wooden vertical hoist designed by the Resident Engineer John Anderson of the Saltburn Improvement Company was opened to the public on 1st July 1870 and continued in use for 13 years before becoming unsafe and was demolished. The hoist had proved a need to ease the public access between the upper and lower promenades and after seeing the success of Scarborough’s Cliff Railway a decision was taken to build a similar railway at Saltburn-by-the-sea”. Information supplied by Cath and Tony Lynn. Image courtesy of Mike Holliday and additional information courtesy of Cath and Tony Lynn for ”Talk of the Town” Saltburn.
The funicular on this photograph looks as it is today but the pier building is significantly different; note the fashions of the day. We asked: “When do you think this was?” Callum Duff has advice: ”This photograph was taken between 1895 (when the original shore-end buildings were replaced by the ones you see here) and 1925 when a theatre was built between these two buildings.” Image courtesy of Julie Tyrka and thanks to Callum Duff for the update. |
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