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 The title says ”Loftus Wood” and the team were unsure of the location, but now Rick King tells us: ”The waterfall is between the old foundry and the wooden bridge down near the viaduct, probably half a kilometre upstream. be careful when walking upstream because the cliffs narrow in over the beck.” Image courtesy of Beryl Morris and thanks to Rick for the update on location of this delightful scene.  An Aerofilms series postcard view of what was then Loftus Senior School (later Loftus Junior School and presently unused) as well as West Road and beyond. Note the allotment gardens where Coronation Park is now, as well as the absence of any housing on what is now Coronation Road. Image courtesy of Joyce Hore and Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum  Joe Ward brought us this set of snaps that were taken in the winter of 1962/3. He was working for the Council as a painter and decorator but the weather was so bad there was nothing else to do and they were set on snow-clearing. In this picture Joe and casual labourers are digging out the lane to North Terrace. We have a comment from Dorothy Marsay: ”The gentleman at the back right of the photograph could be Frank Dale and it could be Doreen Cooke at the front.” Image and information courtesy of Joe Ward; thanks to Dorothy Marsay (via Ray Tough) for that update.  This is gives an idea of the depth of the snow; Charlie Bibby standing on the snow drifts beside Hummersea Lane. The top of the hedge being visible in the background. Image and information courtesy of Joe Ward.  Percy Simpson driving the tractor, clearing the snow on the lane above Spring House Farm. I think that it’s Micklow Cottages and Street Houses that can be seen in the background. When were Micklow Cottages demolished? Image and information courtesy of Joe Ward.  This postcard view of Espiners Wood taken from down beside the beck. Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.  ”Haugh Bridge, Water Lane” was written on the back of this card, but we don’t think it is. Could it be the footbridge at the bottom of Slater’s Banks, taken from the field? The ’Private Wood’ was felled and cleared round about 1970 and has since regrown.  This T. C. Booth postcard presents a collection of views around Loftus; the railway station yard, the market place, Kilton viaduct, Hummersea farm, West Road and Loftus mill from the early 1900s. Image courtesy of John G. Hannah.  On the reverse of this postcard it says ’Photo. by T. C. Booth, Loftus, Yorks.’ Rev. T. Colledge Booth was the Pastor of Loftus Congregational Church. He came to his first pastorate at Loftus in June, 1897, when the church was in the building on North Road. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection, the David Linton Collection and others.  A lovely photograph of the bay from a T. B. Booth postcard, but look at the smoke from the works no clean air in those days. Chris Twigg advised: “I t looks like the Alum House is still intact by the seashore, I think that puts it before 1910”. Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, thanks to Chris Twigg for the update. |
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