A young gentleman poses for the camera on Westfield Terrace, could it be before 1940 as the iron railings are still there? As the older ones amongst us know the iron railings were all taken during the war.
Image courtesy of Jean Dean.
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A view down the length of Westfield Terrace, from the junction with Coronation Road to the Congregational Church on the corner of West Road. The two large houses at the top were built later that the rest of the terrace. Image courtesy of Mrs Sakelaropoulos.
This photograph gives us a new perspective on Loftus; this view looks over the field behind the Leisure Centre and the houses of Rosedale Crescent to Hummersea Hills, formerly Westfield Estate; nick name “Colditz” being applied owing to its resemblance to the WWII prison with that name. Hummersea School can be seen to the front left of the estate. It took a while to get our heads round this view; the terraced streets of East Loftus can be seen behind the estate, on the right of the picture and Easington is in the background, on the left. Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough; thanks to Maurice Dower and Margaret Atkinson for the updates.
This photograph is a continuation of the previous one; looking down on the middle of Loftus from the top of Brotton. The roof of the Leisure Centre is on the left, beside the rooftops of the Mars estate. We can see along Coronation Road to the bright roofs of South View and the buildings in the Market Place. The towers of the Town Hall and St Leonard’s Church can be made out on the right. The Arlington estate can be seen beyond the Market Place and the terraced streets of East Loftus are on the left of the photo. The fields in the background go up to the skyline at Roxby. Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough.
A George Skilbeck postcard view of Coronation Road taken from the east these are the private houses, we were unsure if it was a clear enough picture to see if the council houses were there when it was taken. Norman Patton tells us: ”The picture would be taken around the early 1950s. The VHF television aerials started to be common place about that time, events such as the Coronation and Stanley Matthew’s Cup winner’s medal with Blackpool shown from Wembley! the “council houses” were built quite a while before this, perhaps even late 30s.” Margaret Atkinson tells us: ”My gran and mam were first tenants to move they lived at no 11 that was 1939 their name was Meggie Trevor.” The 1939 Census (taken at the outbreak of the Second World War) tells us that Meggie and her son Arthur were resident at 11 Coronation Road. Image courtesy of Ken Johnson and many thanks to Norman Patton and Margaret Atkinson for the updates.
A view of the front of the old junior school; now the Youth and Community Centre. This view was taken before Coronation Park was opened in 1937.
Coronation Park, Loftus; to give it the full title: ”King George VI Coronation Park”, being to be known by this name after the Marquis of Zetland gifted the land to Loftus Urban District Council (chairman Rev. T. C. Booth) in July 1937. This postcard view believed to be by George Skilbeck. Image courtesy of Ken Johnson and Maurice Grayson.
Two men putting the world to rights on the right but I love the light and the horses on the left of the photo. Looks as though there are some people either arriving or leaving the Station Hotel. Julie Riddiough asks: “Has anyone got any pictures of Trinders shop front, my great great grandmother was Kate Trinder and would love to see what the front of the shop looked like?”
The question is: “Where was Theaker’s Hair Dressers and who was this young lady?” Now known to be the precursor to J. T. Bales Hairdressers, partly based upon the ‘Players Navy Cut’ placard above the window; being similar to that of J. T. Bales. Also researches by the Archive indicate this previously being Theaker’s Hairdressers. The Archive apologies for the quality of the image; being possibly from a plate negative and despite seeing three different copies of this view are still awaiting a more reasonable quality image. Can anybody assist? Image courtesy of the Pem Holiday Collection, Maurice Grayson and Jean Dean.
A quiet scene on Station Road, Station Hotel in the background, two young boys talking; maybe about what mischief they can get up to later. The boy on the left has a large basket, probably a delivery boy, whilst in the background to the right of the Station Hotel is the building which was J. T. Bales hairdressing salon. |
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