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Fred Brunskill tells us: ”The Saxon Prince was a wooden hulled paddle tug from North Shields. Built in 1874 she had a twin cylinder steam engine and a crew of four. In July 1907 she was towing a lighter when she ran aground in fog and was left stranded. Local boatowners ferried out hundreds of people as she became a tourist attraction for the town. She sustained severe damage and eventually was broken up.”
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Fred Brunskill and the wreck is confirmed in Redcar Ship Wrecks.
Not the way to Skinningrove; a front view of the United bus in the woods at the bottom of Mill Bank. the brakes failed on the bus and so failed to negotiate the hair-pin bend on Carlin How bank. The bus ended up down the bank side. Two hours later the driver was back in the driving seat after crawling back up the bank, his only injury were cuts to the inside of his mouth sustained from the broken glass. Hardly surprising when the state of the bus front screen is viewed.
Image courtesy of Eric Johnson, updates courtesy of Terry Clark, Dave and Mr Bint.
A bus where a bus shouldn’t be! In the wood at the bottom of Mill Bank. Terry Clarke commented: “Ha ha ha, sorry you should not laugh but that was the day when the brakes failed on the bus, I could be wrong but the driver that day was a local lad from Loftus. The bus ended behind Spedding’s; a few feet from the beck.” Dave commented: “That was Paul Hart who was the driver; who is my uncle.” We understand the unfortunate driver was called Paul (Sprag) Hart from Loftus; the brakes failed on the bus and so failed to negotiate the hair-pin bend on Carlin How bank. The bus ended up down the bank side. Two hours later Paul was back in the driving seat after crawling back up the bank, his only injury were cuts to the inside of his mouth sustained from the broken glass. Today the crash barrier would prevent such an incident occurring. Emma Wright added: “Remember it as my dad was a bus driver at the time and we went down to see it!”
Image courtesy of Eric Johnson; thanks to Terry Clark, Dave, Mr Bint and Emma Wright for the updates.
Loftus County Modern School Band taken in 1963-64 and believed to be linked to the 50th Jubilee of the Working Men’s Club in Carlin How outside which it was taken or possibly a Carlin How Gala, do you recognise anyone? Alan Walker tells us: ”Keith Ferguson (trombone), Keith Steyart (tenor horn), Peter Smith (baritone), Neville Rogerson (euphonium), Richard Shippey. Possibly Allan Walker (tenor horn), Barry Winspear (trombone), Kenneth Wilkinson (tenor horn), Mick Morrison (cornet), Eric Trembath (flugel horn), Richard Webster (bass).”
Photograph courtesy of Eric Johnson and thanks to Barbara McBurney, Alan Walker and Neville Rogerson for the updates.
1939; two cuttings regarding the re-opening of Loftus (Skinningrove) mine; left image: sorting shale from ironstone on the large conveyor belt at Loftus where the ironstone mine re-opened after being closed since last August. This will mean employment for several hundred men, the ore extracted will be supplied to Skinningrove Iron works where 2 addition calcining kilns are to be re-lighted. The right image is the first load up at Loftus.
A cutting from a collection gifted to the Archive, most of the cuttings coming from the Northern Echo and cover the period 1930 to 1940.
From a Judges postcard; a view of the fisher girls busy working on the fish quay.
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.
Originally posted as a newspaper cutting, the Archive is grateful for access to Terry Shaw’s Collection of Loftus Cricket Club material; with this image of Loftus Cricket team who were the champions of the Whitby B League in 1936.
Players standing: C. Watson (Scorer), J. Rowland (Umpire), J Garbutt, L. Carter, N. S. Carter, T. Colledge, F. Binks, W. Husband (Umpire)
Seated: R. R. King, B. Robinson, Wilfred F. Robinson (Captain), E. Colbeck, H. Varty.
Front: T. Robinson, J. Watson.
After Emma Wright told us: ”W. F. Robinson was my great grandad”, Pamela McVay told us: ”I am Emma’s auntie and W.F. (Wilf ) Robinson was my grandad, and T. (Tom) Robinson was his brother. Wilf also used to look after the Cricket field and my nanna (Ethel ) used to make the cricket teas.” Carol Barwick told us : ”And I used to ride on the cricket field grass cutter with him; they lived next door at Hillcrest.”
Image courtesy of the Terry Shaw Collection, thanks to Emma Wright, Pamela McVay and Carol Barwick for the updates.
The caption tells all.
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.
A different view of Saltburn; not a lot of sand for any to enjoy the beach. Except the hardy souls at the foot of the slipway!
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.
A lovely more modern postcard, showing Saltburn, Redcar, Guisborough and Staithes. Russ Pigott asks: “Do you think the photographer owns the blue allegro which seems to appear in both the Guisborough and Redcar shots?”
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, thanks to Russ Pigott for the update.
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