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 Another image of Skinningrove Mine, looking straight down onto it from Carlin How. The ”Zig-Zag” in the foreground with Duckhole just on the right. The stables left middle with Overmen’s Cottages next to them. Deepdale woods and the shale heap are right background.  I’d never seen a view from this angle before and I’m still trying to get to grips with it. Carlin How in the background, with the ”Zig-Zag” cutting across the middle of the picture. The building directly in front is the loading shed where the iron ore was loaded into standard gauge wagons. I think I need help with this one please! The image was taken from the road which passes above Deepdale woods down to Skinningrove village. Peter Appleton asks: “Would the set of tubs leaving the image centre-right be using the north drift? Are the roofs and chimney stacks just to the left of the “E” of East, the Overmen’s Terrace cottages?“ Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, thanks to Peter Appleton for the update.  A good image of Skinningrove valley, post-1911 and pre WWI (no signs of the army camp on the field below the railway), showing just how busy this little valley was! The picture very obviously taken from Carlin How; on the left we have Skinningrove Mine, with the stables and just visible the Overmen’s Houses and on the right we have Duckhole Pit just coming into the picture. Kilton Mill takes the stage left of centre in the middle, the viaduct (now an embankment) away in the background and towering over it all in the haze is Liverton Mines shale heap. The sweep of rail track cutting through the image is the middle section of the ”Zig-Zag”. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.  A close view of the chimney Loftus (Skinningrove) mine being felled in 1912. As it slowly falls, in the background can be seen the Staple shaft of “Duckhole” mine. The footpath linking from Carlin How (beside the former Wesleyan Chapel is also visible. Duckhole mine was eventually linked to Lumpsey mine at Brotton, and worked from that shaft. To the Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum.  An early photograph of the stables at the mine at Loftus dating from about 1875, taken before the horses and the men walked down into the mine to work their shift. Although of poor quality the Archive hopes in time to be able to replace with a better copy of this photograph. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.  A lovely shot of the stable yard with two of the horses and their handlers. They were used to pull the wagons loaded with ironstone from the mine. If their usual handler wasn’t there these horses could be very awkward to any other man trying to work with them. Although there were stables underground, the horses were brought out on a regular basis to enjoy time in the field belonging to the mine. A Cummings tells us: ”The building to the left was the foreman’s house, the building with the open door was the wash down room where the horses were bathed, and the hill in the background is the bankside up to Carlin How, where the railway ran.The stables are between the house and the washroom. My father sometimes looked after the horses and I often had a little sit on them.” Colin Hart advises the Archive: ” The two men in the photograph are Leslie (Pem) Holliday and Albert Wilson”. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection and Cleveland Ironstone Mine; also thanks to A. Cummings and Colin Hart for the updates.  We can see two men hard at work in the blacksmith’s shop at Loftus mine. The man with the file in the foreground is probably the blacksmith and his helper behind with his hand on the chimney damper for the fire. Image courtesy of Olive Bennett, the David Linton and Pem Holliday Collections.  Another group of Loftus miners prepare to go in-bye. The photographer must have had a busy day! Can anybody identify any of the miners? Image courtesy of the David Linton and Pem Holliday Collections.  This is a similar shot to the other image of the Loftus Drift, but taken from farther back. Why the two police officers were present we didn’t know. Sheila Harris suggested: “My guess is that this is a strike. It is unlikely that so many men would be free to pose in any other circumstances. The police would be there to protect the owner’s interests.” However, David Richardson advises: “Outside what was the original main drift into Loftus mine which later became a traveling way when the North drift was opened further up the valley. There are 34 Mine Workers and 2 policemen visible in the photograph and while it is unusual that the police men are with them (maybe because of a strike as has been already mentioned) I have seen at least six different group photographs taken outside this drift so it wasn’t to uncommon an occurrence. In one of these other photographs the group totalled 41.” Perhaps their comments, are the definitive reason for the police being present. Image courtesy of the David Linton and Pem Holliday Collections, thanks also to Sheila Harris and David Richardson for their updates.  There’s an almost surreal look to this image – I’m having a job deciding whether it’s the real thing or an elaborate photographic studio set piece! This must be the travelling drift, because there’s no sign of any rails for tubs to run on. It looks like a full shift, right down to the trapper lads. It can’t be too early on because there are Davey Safety Lamps in view, although no safety helmets. Shot Cannisters are in evidence, but no picks. Can anyone name any of these men? Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum. |
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