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Visitors Open Day 6.

Skinningrove Works Open Day: Roll Designer Matty Miller, explains the action of the rolling process to an interested audience. Help needed with names.
Image courtesy Dave Mcgill.

Visitors Open Day 5.

Skinningrove Works Open Day; a group inspect the 36 inch mill Hot Saw. Second from right (Foreman) Norman Pass. Help needed with names.
Image courtesy Dave Mcgill.

Visitors Open Day 4.

Skinningrove Works open day in 1974. Far left is Jim Shaw (Foreman). Brian Young tells us: ”The lady stood next to Jim is Dot Bird (who used to work in the canteen), her husband Alf is second on the right, their son John and daughter Marion are also on the photograph.” Bob Doe tells us: ”Brian Mountain (Sales Manager) is at extreme left”.

Help needed with names.

Image courtesy Dave Mcgill and thanks to Brian Young and Bob Doe for the updates.

Visitors Open Day 3.

Skinningrove Works Open Day again; only identified perfson at first was  on the far left, John Curnow 36 inch mill Roller (never without his pipe). We asked for help needed with names and Betty Graves assisted with: John Curnow, Margaret Nicholson, Les Smith, Betty Ward (Graves), Mrs Lyman, Sed Lyman. In the background Mr and Mrs Graves.”
Image courtesy Dave Mcgill and many thanks again to Betty Graves for completing our list of names.

Visitors Open Day 2.

Skinningrove Works Open Day; Norman Pass (Foreman), Elsie Pass, ??, ??, ??, ??, Dorothy Harrison, Jack Harrison (worked in the Mill Office) and their son Graham.

Help needed with other names and possible date.

Image courtesy Dave McGill and thanks to Brian Young for the update.

Kettleness Station Westbound

Kettleness Station with locomotive a Standard 2-6-4, Tank engine which is westbound to Loftus.

Image courtesy Maurice Grayson.

Loftus County Modern – Form 4 – 1964

Form 4 in 1964 with their teacher Miss Fearie.

Back row: Keith Morrison, David Archer, Tony Lawson, Richard Shippey, Charles Hurbert, Geoffrey Collinson, Arnold Lancaster, Neville Rodgerson, James Welford, David Dale.

Middle row: Carol Stamford, Glynis Verril, Iris Stout, Hilda Taylor, Mike Smith, Geoffrey Webb, Denise Trussler, Jean Roberts, Marjorie Tyreman, Betty Wheatman.

Front row: Brenda Marshall, Jean Sayers, Jean Harrison, Susan Walker, Miss Faerie (Form Teacher) Carol Covell, Olwyn Andrew, Marion Rutland, Margaret Evans.

Image and names courtesy of Ray Brown.

Arlington Street As It Was!

Viewed from Jackson’s field through the woodland bordering it (and long before the Arlington estate was built) this postcard view shows how well the buildings of the Arlington chapel, the double cottages and the Arlington Hotel looked. We have no date for this unused postcard, although it is believed to be George Skilbeck who produced it. It truly gives an idea of what Loftus has lost!

Image courtesy of John G. Hannah.

Kettleness Station

Train departing Kettleness towards Whitby, the guard at the rear of the train appears to be waving his flag, for the driver to start away.

Image courtesy Maurice Grayson.

Hinderwell Station

A hand tinted postcard view of Hinderwell station, possibly dating from early 1900s, no details were to be gained from the reverse of this image, so the Archive would welcome dating information. Hinderwell as with Easington, Staithes, Kettleness and Sandsend stations, built to the same design. Possibly disconcerting to passengers alighting on a dark evening, especially if they had dozed on their journey and woken abruptly at their hoped for destination!

Image courtesy of The David Linton Collection.