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 Yes I know it’s Redcar but where in Redcar? Dave Woods advises: “The convalescent home was where the Coatham Bowl/Leisure Centre once stood. On your photograph the left side of the building faced the sea.” Image courtesy of Pat Bennison, thanks to Dave Woods for the update.  We did not know the date of this photograph, but realised it was the building of the railway and station. Geoff Patton advised us: ” Looking at the block of houses on what would be the beach, now; I heard these were bombed flat during one of the wars. I’d guess the railway station was built mid 19th century.” This made us research further and have found that the station at Sandsend opend 3rd December 1883, thus this image is prior to that date, possibly 1882. We will research further. Image courtesy of Pat Bennison; many thanks to Geoff Patton for his update.  Near Loftus viaduct is the caption and a long time ago by the look of the clothes worn by the boys; can you date it? Image courtesy of Pat Bennison and the Pem Holliday Collection.  I would have a guess that these men are queueing for their pay at the end of a long hard week down the mine at Lingdale, as they appear to be holding their ”Off Taks”. We asked for help with identification of the miners and Bill Danby tells us: ”My brother in law, Frank Holmes, now aged 88, is the handsome young man far Right. He worked at Lingdale mine for some years. He was a Deputy when it closed and transferred to North Skelton mine where he worked until the closure of that mine and was the last Deputy out in 1964. He can identify some of the others: The miner next to him is Jim Pearson. The one 4th from right with his hand in his pocket is George “Dacker” Neal. The man in the centre with his back to the camera is Bernard “Bish” Swinburne. The miner eighth from the right in the dark coat is Jack Armstrong. Standing in front of him is Ted Porritt. Behind Ted, [you can just see the top half of his head], is Eric Hatfield, who appears on your recent photograph entitled “I wonder where the next one is coming from”. Frank recalls that Eric was a good cricketer and once took all ten wickets for Skelton Castle. All the miners named lived in Lingdale. Franks says that the photograph was taken some time prior to the last pay day.” Image courtesy of George Pearson and many thanks to Frank Holmes (via Bill Danby) for the update.  A well attended Remembrance Day Service, believed to be 1924. Note the numbers of gentlemen wearing medals, World War I was still vivid in the memories of all those attending.  This postcard view of the corner today is little changed, although the end is a one way street, the buildings all remain. Today the church at the top of the photograph on Flowergate has lost it’s tower and I would not recommend standing in the middle of the road! David Richardson tells us: ”The brick building on the right in the foreground was partially demolished to allow the junction between Brunswick Street and Bagdale Road to be widened.”  A sideline at Lingdale Mine was the manufacture of bricks made from the waste shale. In the photograph piles of bricks are stacked at the right hand side, with pallets of bricks being hoisted and lowered by the rope hoist system in the Photo. Down into the rail wagons below. An excellent description of the plant and it’s working is given in Simon Chapman’s Book “Lingdale Mine”. Image courtesy of George Pearson.  A delightful postcard view of Runswick Bay, complete with the ‘old’ road which led to the village. More recently the more direct route down was developed owing to land slipage. Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.  Callum Duff advised the Archive: ”This photograph was taken sometime between 1902 and 1924. The Assembly Rooms have been improved externally (this taking place in 1902) and the pier still has its original iron legs stretching to the the pierhead. On the 7th May 1924, the SS Ovenbeg breached the pier, leaving the pierhead adrift. The breached section was later repaired in steel which altered the appearance of the pier legs. This can be seen in later photographs from the same spot.” Image courtesy of Ken Johnson and many thanks to Callum Duff for the dating and update.  This Valentine’s postcard view of Hinderwell High Street and the Wesleyan Chapel is little altered from the present day, although the road surface was obviously pre the modern day tarmac! Image courtesy of Ken Johnson. |
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