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 The old castle of Mulgrave was constructed early in the 13th century, was besieged in the Civil War and dismantled by order of Parliament in the 1600s. It can be reached through the woods, via a footpath from Sandsend which is open at weekends and on Wednesdays, except in May. This view from a Tom Watson (of Lythe) postcard. Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.
Skinningrove Senior School football team of 1956/57 are pictured outside the school. Back row: Mr Snowdon (Headmaster), Stuart Brown, Fred Chapman, Michael Hallams, Stan Myers, Keith Peggs, Cyril Libbey, Mr Robson (Games master). Front row: Geoff Rispin, Barry Auckland, Albert Breckon, Colin Cooke, Ron Cook, Raymond Caley, Alan Sayers. Image and names courtesy of Barry Auckland.  About a mile long this tunnel (which carries the line through the ridge along which Grinkle Lane travels) I was told; and yes we used to go and play in it when the trains were running and scare ourselves silly. Dave tells us: “Actually the tunnel is some 993 yards long.” Ann Jackson tells the Archive: “My Great Grandad James Jackson worked on the Easington a Tunnel. He worked for the Midland Railway Co. As a stone mason. He moved to Easington from the Dales where he worked on the Ribblehead Viaduct also for the same company.” Whilst Christopher Colbeck advises: “I came to live in Loftus in 1958. Along with mates from the Loftus Rec [Micklow Lane] we had on several occasions walked/stumbled through the tunnel to the far end which gave us access to Twizziegill where in previous times the had been mine workings. There were old brick buildings [I think they were stables]. What made the tunnel a bit daunting was not the length but the fact that tunnel had a curve which meant that there was no ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ to be seen until we had walked a considerable distance. At that time the rails and sleepers were all in place. There were recesses let in the sides of the tunnel which we could step into; which I presumed provided a safe space for workmen when trains were running regularly. There was two vertical air/light shafts in the roof but years of steam trains had reduced the walls to a matt black surface which gave no reflected light and rendered a torch fairly useless.” Thanks to Dave, Ann Jackson and Christopher Colbeck for the updates.  Back row: Eddie Welford, Tommy Welford, Colin Cox, John Smith, Raymond Caley, Derek Magor, Harvey Bullock, Arthur Somers, Ronnie Stone, Joe Pearson, George Pearson. Middle row: Ruth Webster, Dorothy Arnold, Colin Cook, Geoff Rispin, Barry Auckland, Albert Breckon, Brian Atkinson, Alan Thomas, Joan Vincent, Christine Saunders. Front row: Christine Williams, Betty Walker, Joan Lightfoot, Gillian Duck, Pauline Campbell, Mr. Snowdon, Eileen Boddy, Tina Shelly, Rose Wilson, Joyce Welford, Linda Jackson Image and names courtesy of Tina Dowey.  Back row: Terry Richards, Graham Hart, Geoffrey Peggs, Leslie Hart, John Tebble, Keith Hill, Alan Readman, Harvey Simpson, Terry Garbutt, Keith Frampton, Arthur England, Stephen Hugill, Alan Limon. Third row: John Goldby, Jean Easton, Michael Bowers, Marie Holden, Colin Lancaster, George Pearson, Joan Dart, Brian Andrews, Ann Bishop, Gilbert Simpson, Gary Alderson, Brian Dredge. Second row (seated): Joyce Kitchener, Barbara Hoggarth, Lillian Welford, Maureen Howard, Kathleen Welford, Mr Robson, Wendy Duck, Molly Elders, Hilary Husband, Marion Welford, Pamela Magor (nee Hamlinton). Front row (on floor): Victor Stephenson, Arthur Breckon, Tony Norris, Brian Porritt. Thanks to Sheila, Neil and Kevin Hamlinton for names.  Back row: Doreen Kitchener, Eileen Boddy, Carol Simpson, Michael Yeoman, Stanley Myers, Fred Hudson, Joan Dart, Wendy Duck, Christine Williams. Middle row: Valerie Taylor, Jean Bosomworth, Sheila Austin, Pat Harcourt, Isabel Tyreman, Carol Shaw, Elaine Cornforth, Margaret Welford, Vera Groves, Pat Rawlings, Janice Vincent , Jennifer Hicks, Janette Bamburgh. Front row: Marion Welford, Hilary Husband, Pauline Campbell, Jill Pinkney, Kathleen Welford, Mrs Proctor, Mr Snowdon, Jean Easton, Lilian Welford, Joyce Kitchener, Joyce Welford. Image from a collection compiled by Derick Pearson, thanks to Janice Vincent and Arthur Groves for the correct names!  Back row: Eddie Welford, Tommy Welford, Colin Cox, John Smith, Raymond Caley, Derek Magor, Harvey Bullock, Arthur Somers, Ronnie Stone, Joe Pearson, George Pearson. Middle row: Ruth Webster, Dorothy Arnold, Colin Cook, Geoff Rispin, Barry Auckland, Albert Breckon, Brian Atkinson, Alan Thomas, Joan Vincent, Christine Saunders. Front row: Eileen Howard, Norma Scott, Sheila Wilson, Marion Ness, Joan Beckwith, Mr Snowdon, ??, Sheila Hill, Hilary Moore, Rosalie Shelley, Ann Bainbridge. Thanks to Eddie Welford and Derick Pearson for updated names.  The writer of this card started by asking, ”Don’t you think this a lovely view of Runswick Bay?” The card was posted on February 1st, 1905. Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.  This stormy view of Runswick Bay is an ”Oilette” regd. postcard. Unfortunately I can’t make out the name of the publishers because it has been written over, but they were ”Publishers to their majesties The King and Queen.” It was posted on March 20th, 1905. Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.  The old road into the village can be seen in this postcard view of Runswick Bay, posted in April, 1905. Image courtesy of Beryl Morris. |
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