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Yet another postcard of Cat Nab hand tinted from a black and white original. The caravan at the foot of Cat Nab dates the postcard to the motor era. Eddie McManus tells us: “Lovely old photos bringing back many memories. I was born in Brotton, in Woodside, in the mid 1940`s and now live in Shepperton, Middlesex. Still visit Brotton and Saltburn quite often to see friends and relatives.”  Underground at Kilton mine with a view of an Eimco Loader known as a cranner in Cleveland. The miner at the tub is making room for more stone. Derick Pearson tells us: ” This Septimus Bambrough of Carlin How (left) and Stan Tremain of North Skelton (right). They were part of the record-breaking team at Kilton Pit (District 11 in 1951). The other members of the team were John Stonehouse (Senior) of Lingdale (platelayer), Dennis Pearson (Deputy and my father) of Carlin How and Big George (Ducks) Hollinworth of Lingdale. My father Dennis and Big George were drilling the face; Sep and Stan using the Eimco Loader (cranner) and John making sure the metals were laid in order to keep things going. This record was never beaten. Some North Skelton Miners claimed to have beaten it within the year with overall tonnage, but they had a 6 man team and so the tonnage per man output was never beaten. Andrew Turnbull was mine manager and said he had five ” injins” or engines as the top workers were called. He said he was proud to be their manager.The event made the headlines in the Evening Gazette and also many of the national newspapers in mining communities.” Image courtesy of George Pearson and thanks to Derick Pearson for the update.  Picking belt Lingdale – this must have been back breaking work – an entire shift bent sorting ore! Image courtesy of George Pearson.  Liverton Mine around 1900. The round housing for the Guibal Mine Ventilating Fan is in the centre of the photograph. The tall steam hoist for raising wagons to the kilns is towards the left. One of the pylons for the aerial ropeway to the shale tip is towards the front of the photograph with a bucket on its way to the tip. Image courtesy of George Pearson.  Fishermen at Staithes made a bob or two by taking trippers to sea, for a change when not fishing. Dating from about 1950, this view of the boats could well be such an activity. Margaret Verrill Craggs tells us: ”This is the boat known as ’Runswick Lass’ it belonged to Nelson Verrill and his brother Joseph. They were my uncles and spent many happy summers riding in the boat which took holiday makers for sea trips to see the seals.” Norman Patton also tells us: ”Happy days! My brothers and sisters often visited Auntie Ruth and Uncle Brownie Theaker who lived in “Myrtle Cottage” on the harbour side . The highlight was often to take a trip on one of the fishing boats….our first ever trips to sea!” Judith Hoyle also remembers: ”I was born in 1942 and together with my family remember holidays in Staithes many times. We rented Mizpah Cottage at the very end of the sea wall, I remember a fisherman named Howard but cannot recall if that was his first or last name, but he used to take us on little fishing trips. I also recall a little shop on the front by the harbour as I used to buy little chocolate swiss rolls there with my spending money.” Postcard courtesy Ken Johnson and thanks to Margaret Craggs, Norman Patton and Judith Hoyle for these updates.  Bank Cafe Saltburn, with plenty of people on the beach, probably a Bank Holiday scene in the early 1960s. Cat Nab is already showing signs of severe erosion. An S.T.B. postcard courtesy of Ken Johnson.  Long range view of exposed roof bolts after roof fall in Linskill’s District of Lingdale Mine, with a miner warily examining the situation. Image courtesy of George Pearson.  Roof bolting supports at main road junction. Image courtesy George Pearson.  A quiet corner of Hinderwell, Porret Lane; the Primitive Methodist Chapel on the left, opened in 1858. The house in the centre of the image has a ladder leading to a nesting box on the wall, whilst the cottage on the right has a grinding wheel in the garden.
 The church of St Hilda, Hinderwell. Largely rebuilt in the late 18th and |
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