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 Carole Kellogg (nee Woodrow) has sent us this image of a procession in Redcar Lane. The Mayor and Mayoress of Redcar are leading and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow are in the centre of the picture. Mr Woodrow served for many years on Saltburn & Marske Urban District Council and Carole would love to know if anyone can tell us anything about the occasion. Image courtesy of Carole Kellogg.  Now I don’t remember putting on the stray at Redcar, but there obviously was as this picture proves, when was it do you know? Robert Fowler advises: “I came to Marske in Autumn 1955 aged 11 and can remember have many games of putting on the stray I think it closed in the late 1960’s.” Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Robert Fowler for the update  A very busy day on Redcar beach, lots of people and I can see a tea hut there, I wonder what the stalls were selling any ideas? Josie Harvey tells us: ”The tea hut stood on the concrete plinth that remained there for years; I think the canvas stall was a Punch and Judy stall so the children could be entertained, while adults had tea. The other I think sold candy floss, toffee apples and ice creams.” Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Josie Harvey for that update.  Arthur Jackson’s at 105 High Street, Redcar was obviously well stocked and staffed. Leslie Whittingstall advised the Archive: “Jacksons sold TV’s and other electrical items in the 1960’s/70’s we rented our TV from them'” Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Lesley Whittingstall for the update.  Outside Redcar station and this road roller is getting a lot of attention, a very early date by the look of the small girls dress. Craig White tells us: ”I believe the Roller is a Redcar product! Which is possibly why the crowd are there. Mr Fred Senior of Rycroft Works, Redcar Lane, Redcar; was advertising these machines in the 1930’s and had taken out patents in 1910. Unusual machine in that the engine and transmission were contained within the roller wheel.” Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Craig White for the update.  A not so busy day in Redcar, the horses and carriages are there but not so many people. This view shows the ‘crossroad’ junction which today is dominated by Redcar Clock; a memorial to King Edward VII. Paid for by public subscription, the clock was built on the previous boundary of Redcar and Coatham, and it was to face the four cardinal compass points, North, South, East and West 17 designs were tendered and that of architect William Duncan was accepted. Robert Richardson made the clock’s mechanism and the builder was John Dobson. Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, information courtesy of “This is Redcar – Your Guide to the Town”  A different photograph of the mine showing the ’buckets’ taking the shale to the tip behind the mine. The ironstone went to the works via the shaft for North Loftus mine (the head gear was inside the works). This image is probably dated c. 1930.  Although it says Bell Brothers Brownlee Colliery on the side of this ambulance, it is housed at the mining museum at Skinningrove. If I remember rightly it was restored by some apprentices at the I.C.I. at Wilton. Another memory recall is that the body of a rescued man was put in in a certain way, one way he was alive and another way he was dead, but which way was it? Image courtesy Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum.  A postcard by Huntrods of Brotton, the inside of St Margaret’s church and by the look of it all dressed for harvest festival.  Simon Chapman advises the Archive: “This was the ventilating fan at Lumpsey mine. It was installed in 1925 and made by the Waddle Fan Engineering Co. of Llanelli in South Wales. After working until 1964 it was left to decay until somebody stole it.” Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, thanks to Simon Chapman for the update. |
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