Thanks to Janet Wilson for this photograph of her father, Denis Codling, in his boat ‘Pat Marson’ at Port Mulgrave.
Image and information courtesy of Janet Wilson.
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 It must have been cold back in January, 1982. I hadn’t realized the scale of these falls until I noticed the young woman (Janet Codling?) sitting on the rocks below. Bill Watkinson comments: “Is Janet Wilson the former Janet Codling. If so hi and give your brother Dave my regards.” Image courtesy of Janet Wilson (nee Codling), thanks to Bill Watkinson for the update.  A view of Liverton church, taken in January, 1982. A very wintery scene; just as well it was not the day for a wedding! Image courtesy of Mrs. J. Wilson.  This image shows the farmworkers’ houses that stood in ’The Close’, Liverton Village. Janet Wilson tells us: ”The boy standing in the gateway is Steven Barnes, his family lived in the house with the orange door.”The houses were demolished in 1984. Image and information courtesy of Mrs. Janet Wilson.
From ”Remember When” in the Evening Gazette, the caption tells us all, were you one of those Scouts? The original newspaper article dates from March 1960. Barbara McBurney has identified : “The three Cub Scouts in the back row are Robin Middleton, Michael Lindsey and Peter Collinson”.  As the cutting tells us that is when the grass court was opened in Loftus. From a collection gifted to the Archive, most of the cuttings coming from the Northern Echo and cover the period 1930 to 1940.  Well not really; as someone else must have been there to take this wonderful photograph loaned to us by Eric Johnson. It looks so calm and peaceful away from the noise and the dirt of the steel wotks on the cliff top. Colin Hart tells us: ”The picture is Derick (Midge) Purver on his boat Lynn. I spent many hours along with his son Brian fishing and potting on the same boat.” Terry Clarke tells us: ”This is one of my mums brother’s brothers – Derick – her name was Mildred Monica Purver, their mum was Harriot Hart from a family of six; four brothers and two sisters. The brothers were as follows: Tony, Bill, Leonard and as many now well know Midge.There were none as Purvers from Skinningrove, my mother was a Purver; later Dolly Clarke and my great grand mother was Harriet Hart, before she married her second husband Bernard Szymecki. He use to work in the Mine Arch section on Skinningrove Works, he used to have a garden at the top of Verrill’s bank with Tony Purver and the garden is still there. to this very day.” Pauline Breeze adds: “I am researching families Hart-Wallace from Skinningrove. Harriet Hart was my great-aunt; sister to Ethel Hart Fawcett (my grandmother). Any information would be greatly appreciated.” Image courtesy of Eric Johnson, thanks to Colin Hart, Terry Clarke and Pauline Breeze for the updates.  Again 1956 can you fill in the missing names? Image courtesy of Eric Johnson, thanks to Eric Johnson for the updated names.  The first Co-op Shop in Loftus was situated on Zetland Road, this before the ’emporium’ on West Road. It obviously specialised in hardware items, based on the wallpaper posters and the hurricane lamps, etc., handing in the windows. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier.  Another unusual postcard this time of Marske; some of the views raise questions, who was in the tents obviously in what is now the Valley Gardens with Church House in the background. Possibly a ‘Terrier’ camp or Scouts? |
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