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A copy of a newspaper cutting reporting on the retirement of Mr and Mrs Gornall from Loftus County Modern in 1965. Ann Jackson remembers: I remember this saying goodbye to Mr and Mrs Gornall. I recognise Christopher stood near Mr Normington, Mrs Best is there too. I am in the right hand side at the top of the picture. Steve Partlett commented: “The girl in front Ann Jackson is Alison Harker. Over on the other side, behind Mrs Best is Margaret Ford.” Ann Jackson confirmed with: “Margaret Ford (now Russell) now lives down south.”
Image courtesy of Christopher Colbeck, thanks to Ann Jackson and Steve Partlett for the updates.
A further view of the wave damage to the Cod and Lobster corner, be a bit draughty that night in the bar!
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson
Mill Bank Loftus, above the trees on the left can be seen the tower for the aerial bucket’s system tipping shale from the mine. Whilst to the left in the foreground the end of Whitecliffe Cottages are also visible.
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.
St Leonard’s is the parish church for Loftus. The original ancient edifice dating back to Saxon times was demolished in 1810, described by Rev. Graves “as a dark, mean and humble building.” The new church designed by Ignatius Bonomi, a well known Durham architect who also planned the original Rectory, (this now called Linden House) above Dam end; the hall of Lord Dundas in the Hall Grounds is also much in his style. The church was again enlarged around 1900, with the addition of a north aisle. The fine carved rood screen and rood cross, divide the nave from the chancel.
Image (from a Skilbeck postcard) courtesy Maurice Grayson; detail courtesy of Nicholas Pevsner “Yorkshire- the North Riding”.
The Hall, Marske; built in 1625 for Sir William Pennyman, it became a Leonard Cheshire Home for disabled people; named from the R.A.F Victoria Cross winner Group Captain Cheshire. This postcard view bears the heading on teh reverse ’Greetings from Marske-by-the-sea’. Nigel Anderson remembers: “I was a student at this building when it was a school. I was there from 1950 to 1953. At that time the building was not in the best state of repair and always freezing! Punishment was to sit in the winter, with short trousers on the stone flag floor in the Hall. At the end of that you had to be helped up as you were frozen to the floor! There was a vegetable garden to the side where children were encouraged to help out. Very large draughty dormitories. Only pleasure was the organised horse riding along the magnificent sands at Marske.”
Image courtesy of Kim Whaley, thanks to Nigel Anderson for the update.
Zetland Road Loftus 1950’s. A stark contrast to the present day, every shop on both sides of the street and further up Zetland Road were a thriving business. Possibly only Bramwell’s (formally Halton’s) are still in the same trade on the same premises.
A Skillbeck postcard courtesy of Maurice Grayson.
Market Place Loftus sometime in the 1930s; this based on the presence of Cammell’s and Race’s shops where post 1938 was the Regal cinema. A United bus waits at the stop near the Golden Lion Hotel; Parrot’s ironmongers (now the Post Office) is in front of the bus. Is it the Co-op Delivery on the bicycle?
Image courtesy of the Basil Webster Collection.
A tinted postcard looking up Staithes beck, with the old footbridge to Cowbar side. The railway bridge in the distance and in the beck a double ended coble is being rowed towards the sea.
A Watson or Wilson postcard courtesy of Maurice Grayson.
Sandsend; a late 1960s or early 1970s view. The old railway track in front of the former station shows plenty of vegetation growth.
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.
Upleatham old church a fragment of it’s original size. Of the Norman era, there are carved heads on the north side. The tower was a rebuild in the 17th century; Upleatham was a ”Soke” belonging to Loftus manor in Saxon times.
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.
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