I remember this too and many happy hours here dancing. The beautiful pier has gone and all that remains is this building. The image taken it is believed from a postcard is possibly from the late 1940s or 1950s. Callum Duff advises: “There doesn’t look like there’s any structure beyond the shore end of the pier so late 1940’s – early 1950’s is a reasonable estimate. This is a photograph of Redcar Pier Pavilion which was completely demolished in 1981 and not to be confused with The Regent Cinema, built over the entrance of Coatham Pier which is currently being re-developed.” Alan Franks tells us: “I used to go here in the mid 1950s when I lived at Redcar as a young teenager; five Woodbines between two of us a lemonade and a glance from a girl we fancied and we went home happy.”
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Callum Duff for the update and Alan Franks for the memories.
A view of Palmers ironstone loading staithes at Port Mulgrave, with a boat either just berthing or about to depart (judging by the smoking chimney stack!) from the jetty. Bill Danby advised: “This is another shot of the jetty at Port Mulgrave. If you look at the photograph entitled “Port Mulgrave” with boats waiting to be loaded, you can see the structure of the jetty is the same and in fact this is virtually the same scene taken from another angle.”
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson and thanks to Bill Danby for the update.
T. Wakefield is the name on the sign and by what is written on there he was watchmaker, jeweller and optician. Next to him ”The Noted Cheap Shop – articles suitable for presents”, wonder if that was the £ shop of yesteryear? This now being the location of William Hill (the Bookmakers!); this post is a closer view of part of the junction beside Redcar Clock as mentioned in “High Street”
1917 was the date this photograph was taken and the information the Archive has is: “Nellie Ramsdale is the young lady standing by the table; Nellie was in service for a family on Coatham Road.” Anyone know Nellie or the family she worked for?
We knew it was Redcar, but where on the beach and what sort of whale. Dave Woods advised: “That looks very like Granville Terrace in the background. My friend lives in the middle bit not yet built in the photograph. When built, a gap was left in the middle because people living in South Terrace (Fisherman’s Square) complained about losing their sea view. Must be a very old picture.” Carmen Davies has advised us: ”It looks very much like a Minke whale, judging from the shape of the head and the throat grooves. They can still be seen travelling through these waters in the summer.” It is possibly dating from 12th September 1912, but are now researching to confirm this belief.
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Dave Woods and Carmen Davis for the updates.
Do you remember Vaughan Street like this? Also in North Skelton is Bolckow Street (the other part of the mine partnership of Bolckow and Vaughan), which leads to the former mine site; now occupied by Tees Components. mine owner. Image courtesy of Joan Webster.
On 23rd October 1921 the Yendis went ashore at Saltburn, under those towering cliffs of Huntcliffe, which must have been quite daunting to those poor sailors. The crew were rescued and the ship refloated on 14th November 1921. Rev. D. Hobman advised the Archive: “My grandfather was Captain of the Yendis.” Rev. D. Hobman has further assisted with some more information regarding the Yendis: “Captain Henry Hobman was in charge at the time and along with the crew was his wife Annie. the Yendis was eventually sold to the Dundee Perth and London Shipping Company in 1935 and renamed the Rosyth. She then plied her humdrum trading pattern along the east coast of Scotland, mainly between the Forth and Tay. During a routine call at Perth in 1947 she sank at her berth but was successfully refloated and continued her upriver service for another two years. In 1949 she was acquired by George T. MacLennan, Dundee and employed in the sand and gravel business as the David P. However, her life in this hard- working industry was not without its ‘ups and downs’ so to speak. She was abandoned off Newport, Fife, in a winter’s gale in January, 1952 but later reboarded and towed to Dundee. Four years later, in 1956, she finally foundered near the Middle Bank just upstream of the Tay Road Bridge, and the following year her hull was dispersed by explosives and her shattered remains eventually brought ashore as scrap.
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, additional information regarding the Yendis courtesy of “The Times Reports”; thanks to Derick Pearson and the Rev. D. Hobman for the updates.
Pitchforth (Photographer and postcard printer) of Saltburn was the photographer of this scene and I know it is the Yendis as the name is quite visible, now known to have come ashore at Cattersty end of Skinningrove beach. According to stories the Captain’s wife was taken ashore and possibly stayed at Timm’s Coffee House, until the vessel could be refloated. Rev. D. Hobman has already advised the Archive: “Captain Henry Hobman was in charge at the time and along with the crew was his wife Annie.” Other information supplied by Rev. Hobman is on the accompanying post.
Image and information courtesy of Kathleen Hicks, thanks to Rev. D. Hobman for the update.
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