A postcard view looking eastwards along Skelton High Street, the houses on the south side beyond the Co-op building have not as yet all been completed. Peter Appleton has assisted with this information: “This image possibly is dated to between 1901 and 1911. In the 1901 census, the southside properties are pretty much as shown here. By 1911, most of the south side had been built. In November 1911 the Estate applied for planning permission to build three cottages to fill the remaining gap. These three cottages can be identified, even today, by an observant pedestrian. The secret is to study the lintels over the first floor windows. Those of the last three are of a slightly different colour of sandstone.” The Archive has since seen the post card, it being postmarked September 1906.
Image courtesy of Peter Appleton and Olive Bennett; many thanks to Peter Appleton for the update.
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