The Blacksmiths Shop at Roxby, with the distinctive entrance in the shape of a horseshoe, with the date 1858 above the arch. The Blacksmith is now known to be Mr Severs. Carole Ann Leslie tells us: ”That photograph was not taken in the year 2000, as Mr Herbert Severs had died 20 years or more before that. The horse looks very much like Dolly, my Father and uncle Robert’s working, or cart horse as they were called. Their farm; Home Farm was just down the hill in Roxby. It will be around 1946 I would think”. Oliver Richardson has told us: ” I am not sure why the year 2000 was attached to it. My father probably took it in the 1950s or 1960s”.
Image courtesy of Alan Richardson, thanks to Carole Ann Leslie and Oliver Richardson for the updates.
Loftus Hall; built in the the area now known as Hall Grounds, Loftus. Around 1840 Sir Robert Dundas decided to build a new hall and enclosed a piece of land stretching from the bottom to the top of Church Bank, along the High Street veering to the left of Jasmine Cottage and then back to the woods almost as far as the mill, effectively cutting off Liverton Road, which ran down behind the present library. The route to Liverton was re-sited on Station Road.. Apart from being a local landowner, Sir Robert Dundas was also proprietor of the Lofthouse Alum Works.Peter Appleton has advised: “Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas (1780-1844) inherited the manor of Loftus from his father, Sir Thomas Dundas (1741-1820). By 1829, he had moved his home to Upleatham Hall. His land agent for the manor of Loftus then had use of Loftus Hall as their home. Communication between Sir Robert and his agent was carried out through a memo book system. Sir Robert would write his questions on one page and the agent would place his answers on the opposite page, followed by any requests. On his next visit, Sir Robert would respond to the agent’s requests and then add his own questions, and so it went on. At least one of these memo books has survived and is in the archives at Northallerton. A brief perusal of it indicated that Sir Robert visited Loftus approximately once a week, sometimes more frequently. When Sir Robert Lawrence Dundas died, he passed his manor of Loftus to his nephew, Sir Thomas Dundas (1795-1893), son of his elder brother Sir Lawrence Dundas (1766-1839).”
Image courtesy of Alan Richardson, additional information courtesy of Jean Wiggins; thanks also to Peter Appleton for the update details on the Dundas family.
Saltburn showing an alternative way to the beach instead of using the cliff lift, some of the paths from the top promenade are now alas no longer usable. On the beach several bathing huts can be seen, one is being hauled by horse back to the slipway near the Ship Inn, date is pre World War I.
Primitive Methodist Chapel and school at Mill bank top, Loftus. This fine building had a short life; it was destroyed in a landslip in 1927. There are images elsewhere on the Archive of the aftermath of the slip. Adam Cuthbert commented: “Never seen a photograph of this before. It looks like this is where the park is now at top of the hill? Are there any photographs of the petrol station that was on the other side of the road?”
Image courtesy of Pat Bennison, thanks to Adam Cuthbert for the update.
Redcar Pier built in 1873, with a crowd of spectators living dangerously leaning on the railings, watching the large wave about to give them a soaking.
I don’t know where this photograph was taken maybe you can help and tell us where it is. I do know the girls here: on the wall is Anne Wilson and I think Marilyn Eddon. Standing in front are Ann Shaw and Pat Collins those are the maiden names of the girls.
I think this maybe at the guide camp but not sure. Some of the people are; back row: Ann Dodsworth, Fred Shaw, Mrs Kathy Collins (Pat Collins mum), Fred Shaw (Ann Shaw’s dad), ??, Mrs Gladys Shaw .
Front row: Ann Shaw, ??, Vera Shaw, Anne Wilson, Marilyn Eddon.
Norman Patton tell us: ”This looks like the ‘Brickyard Gang’ at a Guides camp?” Can anybody name the remaining people, please.
Image courtesy of Pat Bennison, also thanks to Norman Patton for the updates.
Wharton Arms Skelton. The entertainer in the middle of the young ladies looks familiar. What was the event, and assistance needed for names and year please. Ann Robinson tell us: ”I think the man in the middle is Donald Peers a singer from the 1950s. I used to play darts in Skippers in the 1960s. My mam was a good friend of Rhoda”. Image courtesy of Pat Bennison and thanks to Ann Robinson for the update.
We have no information on these well dressed gentlemen or the location and occasion. And so we ask for help with identification. Photograph taken possibly 1920s.
Boulogne Harbour, one of the first ports of call for soldiers arriving in France, this postcard showing civilians, was probably taken before the start of the Great War. For many soldiers this would have been no leisurly disembarkation and for many there would be no return trip.
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