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Ventilation Doors

Self closing ventilation doors held open at Lingdale mine, this was needed to help direct the flow of air around the workings, dated 20th November 1958.

Image courtesy of George Pearson.

Cup Presentation

Back row: Jackie Toole, Matty Miller, Bill Hyde, Martin Green, Dave Partlett, Gerry Pearson, Jimmy Cush, Norman Myers.
Third row: Paul Redway (Managing Director Skinningrove Works), Albert Atkinson, Brian Ferguson, Norman Dales.
Second row: ??, ??, Doreen Turnbull, ??, Marianna Worton, Dr Etches.
Front row: Harold Found, ??, ??, Danny Simpson.

Brian Young tells us: ”This is possibly a First Aid presentation, a few of these worked in the medica centre.” Help is needed with names and identification of the cup.

Image courtesy Dave McGill, also thanks to Brian Young, Bob Doe, Barbara McBurney, Eric Trembath and Col Hart for the updates.

Picking Belt

A typical scene on the picking belt at an ironstone mine in Cleveland. Here the shale was seperated from the ironstone as it came from the mine, larger lumps are being broken up by sledge hammers. Bill Danby tells us: ”My brother in law, Frank Holmes, who was a Deputy at both Lingdale and North Skelton Ironstone Mines says that this photograph is most likely Lingdale. North Skelton did not have a “belt”, as there so little shale content in the ore extracted from that mine, whereas at Lingdale the shale content was high. Hence the man-made mountain that used to stand behind Coral Street. South Skelton Mine, he adds, also had a “belt” but it was on a slope.”

Image courtesy of George Pearson and many thanks to Bill Danby (and Frank Holmes) for the update.

Hinderwell Butchers

A Tom Watson of Lythe postcard view of of Hinderwell High Street; with Gibbon’s Butchers prominent, presumably Mr Gibbon is standing proudly in front of the shop? Tom Watson was a contemporary of F.M. Sutcliffe of Whitby; they both took many fine views of Whitby and district.
Image courtesy Maurice Grayson and Ken Johnson.

Beach Scene Whitby

Not a cloud in the sky, a hot sunny day on the beach at Whitby, sometime in the 1960s. A summer scene, of which the older viewers have happy memories; even if they were not as ‘sunny’ as our memories tell us!

Postcard courtesy Ken Johnson.

Heartbeat Country

A colour tinted postcard of Goathland from the moor, from the 1930s style solitary car in view, gives an approximate date for the postcard. After the television series this view and the village were transformed.

Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.

Loftus Infants Group IV

The board displayed by the class sums up our knowledge of this group. We have no date, but believe it to be from the 1890s or names, can anybody assist?

Image courtesy of Sandra Hutchinson.

St Hedda’s Church, Egton Bridge

An inspiring view of the interior of St Hedda’s Church at Egton Bridge. From a postcard produced by H & F Stokeld Printers of Middlesbrough probably from the 1930s.
Image courtesy of Owen Rooks.

Upleatham Church

A photograph view of Upleatham Church – possibly the most ”snapped” small church in England? – dating from about 1920.
Image courtesy of Owen Rooks.

Loftus Shops Circa 1967

A quieter view of the Zetland Road and Westfield Terrace corner, taken before the traffic lights were installed. Also the various shops which then graced the end of Zetland Road. Much changed today, although the chemists remains with a much less imposing frontage. Ben Willis comments: “I am Grandson of Ruby Middleton (formally Trinder) who inherited “Trinders” (centre shop in photograph) from her father John Trinder. Did you know that one of Trinders curved entrance windows (as you can see in the photo) was one of a very few windows to survive World War II bombs in Loftus. The window remained intact until Coral the bookmakers bought the shop about 10 years ago, which they demolished and replaced with the modern bookmakers shop window… Sad.” Whilst Julie Riddiough adds: “Oh my god at last a photograph of Trinders shop, I have been searching for one for years. It was my great great great grandads shop originally. His daughter Kate was my great great grandmother. We have never been able to find a picture of the shop, I was due to go see Ruby a few years ago whilst doing the family tree, but she wasn’t well enough. My nana still has a china cabinet from Trinders shop that they were allowed to pick as a wedding present.”

Image courtesy of Ray Brown, thanks to Ben Willis and Julie Riddiough for the updates.