A colour tinted postcard of Goathland from the moor, from the 1930s style solitary car in view, gives an approximate date for the postcard. After the television series this view and the village were transformed.
Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.
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 An inspiring view of the interior of St Hedda’s Church at Egton Bridge. From a postcard produced by H & F Stokeld Printers of Middlesbrough probably from the 1930s.  Ruswarp seen here in 1913, the old road bridge across the Esk is in the foreground, it was replaced with the present structure in 1936. behind is the rail bridge. David Richardson tells us: ”The bridge was photographed assembled at Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd’s Bridge Yard in February 1936 just before being shipped to the village. One of my grandfathers jobs in his early years was to repaint the bridge when it was its original color blue, these days its painted green.” A Reliable series postcard courtesy of Ken Johnson and thanks to David Richardson for that update.  A fine summers day at Ruswarp; whilst one man exerts himself on the river, others take their ease in the deckchairs. Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.  Ruswarp Scene; a popular place for hiring a rowing boat for a leisurely time on the River Esk (with a four pack in the water, tied to the boat)! Image courtesy of Rita Unthank.  A delightful view of the west end of Ugthorpe, from a Tom Watson postcard, dated 1904. John Gallon tells the Archive: “Looking east, Pump Farm in the foreground, the “Pump” is over the wall behind the open farmyard gate, I was told that when I was a toddler I almost fell down the well looking for a lost kitten very soon after it was filled in (someone must have cared about me!!! Rose Cottage is in the middle distance (red brick). The “tin” hut in the centre was known as the Postman’s Hut where the postman would sort the post before delivering, it was wood lined inside and later used as a coal shed for the farm. As I write this I am sat, indoors, very close to where the dead tree is standing.” Image courtesy of Beryl Morris, thanks to John Gallon for the detail and update.
A lovely Tom Watson postcard view of all the children outside Commondale School for this photograph; it would seem a lot of children for such a small village; but there was a thriving brickworks in the valley in the late 19th and early 20th century. What date do you think it was taken. A lovely Tom Watson postcard loaned to us by Tina Dowey.  The ford at Hutton-le-Hole; I know it’s a quite a way from East Cleveland but we do have some lovely postcards of the North Yorkshire Moors and this is not as you would see Hutton-le-Hole today. Taken about 1900 and believed to be a Tom Watson postcard. Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.
A well-known landmark on the North Yorkshire Moors. Many years ago if you passed this you would put a penny on the top for the travellers or tramps to take as they went past. This and other crosses on the moors were erected as markers for the monks as they travelled the moor from abbey to abbey. Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.
A view of Glaisdale, but not as we know it! This postcard is dated 29th. January 1872. Eric Johnson tells us: ”an interesting view of the short-lived Glaisdale Ironworks. Three blast furnaces with barrow hoist can be seen, moving left the blast engine house with boiler chimney, then the trestle bridge of the mineral railway which ran up Glaisdale Rigg to ironstone quarries. The smaller chimney was part of the shaft sunk to the small seam. Like the Runswick Bay Ironworks was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The ill-fated ”Paddy Waddell’s Railway” more properly known as The Cleveland Mineral Extension Railway was originally intended to join this Ironworks at Glaisdale to the Teesside furnaces, the rest is history. Image courtesy of Olive Bennett & Joyce Dobson and thanks to Eric Johnson for the update. |
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