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Here come the questions again, why was it decorated and when was it?
Julie Riddiough wondered: “Is the lifeboat called the Burton on Trent and presented to Redcar for service, the boat served from 1867 to 1884. I actually have a postcard of this boat, possibly celebrating the retirement of the boat. This image could well be related to such an event.” Fred Brunskill came to the Archive’s aid with: ”This photograph is of the ‘Brothers’ which was an RNLI Self Righter and served from 1884 until 1907, being responsible for saving 71 lives. This photograph was taken on lifeboat day August 1892 – eight years after the Burton on Trent left Redcar.”
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday; thanks to Julie Riddiough and Fred Brunskill for the updates.
Yes here we are again racing on the sands at Redcar and this time it’s motor bikes.
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday.
When this photograph arrived to the Archive it was believed to be of the ironstone bunkers at Port Mulgrave. This was confirmed by Simon Chapman who explained: ”This was a fire at Port Mulgrave about 1911. You can see it has burnt out the engine room and boilers for the rope haulage system through the tunnel to Dalehouse, exposing a section through one of the bunkers for loading ironstone into ships in the harbour. The big mound of ironstone to the right was usually built up when sea conditions prevented ships docking and taking normal shipments away. The damage was later repaired and the harbour got back to normal operations.”
Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum and Maurice Grayson; also many thanks to Simon Chapman for the supporting information.
A view of Port Mulgrave with the boats waiting to be loaded with ironstone; the number of vessels in the harbour gives a fair impression as to how busy it was.
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.
This is a choir from Skinningrove school, some of the names are:-
Group of boys at the left back: Tom Ward, John Winspear, Derick Smith, Maurice Myers, Eric Husband. Who is the girl holding the banner do you know?
Group of boys back right: ??, Billy Pierson, Eric Rowe, Brian Yeoman, Terry Hall, Norman Trattles and Miss Proctor.
Mr Snowdon, Pauline Dack, Pam Smith, Joan England, Jean ?, Eunice McLean, Lillian Wood, Janet Thompson, Kathleen Henry.
Next row: Mary Bray, Carole Shaw, Pauline Cuthbert, ? Walker, Carol Breckon.
Front row: ??, Maureen Brown, Dorothy Butler, Jean Ferrer, Ivy Metcalf, Audrey Cornforth, Betty Johnson.
Can you add any more names, please.
Image from a collection compiled by Derick Pearson, thanks to Jean Hugill (nee Ferrer) for updated names.
This view of St. Hilda’s Church, Hinderwell is from a card was posted in Whitby on 14th March, 1905 and is believed to have been produced by Tom Watson of Lythe.
Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.
This image Hinderwell wind mill is from a Tom Watson of Lythe post card, un-post marked we are unsure of the precise date. The mill was built in 1820 by Isaac Moon who was also miller at the Dalehouse water mill, it stood seven storeys high and powered by four sails. In 1870 a steam engine was installed to help power the mill. Villagers used to hold dances on the mill floor and it was dismantled in 1915. The mill is marked on old maps and was behind the High Street, to the south west, between the road and the railway. It would have been close to where the Serenity Camp Site is now.
Image courtesy of Beryl Morris, Maurice Grayson and Olive Bennett.
A very different view of the road everybody assumes is Station Road (it originally lead to Hinderwell Station – now sadly gone) but in reality is Brown’s Terrace. The corner visible to the right of this view adjoins the A174 as you drive through Hinderwell towards Whitby, just beyond the war memorial and Runswick Lane. The station site is now small industrial units. Sheila Roots advises: ”The little boy in the sailor suit is my father – William Harrison who lived at 4 Brown’s Terrace. I think the other boy is called Jack and they are sitting at the top of the lane leading to Brown’s Terrace. My brother and I used to stand on the bridge and watch the trains go underneath.”
Image courtesy of Beryl Morris (from a postcard published by Tom Watson, Lythe), thanks to Sheila Roots for the update.
This photograph was taken on the lifeboat slip at Staithes was taken in July 1936. The boys in the photograph are: Gordon Crooks, James Thompson, Harry Hall, Brownie Theaker, Alf Pearson, Walter Hall, Dennis Theaker, Teddy Theaker, Joe Theaker, Frank Johnson, Frank Theaker, Dennis Parkinson, James Laverick and Jeff Verrill.
Image and information courtesy of Dorothy Gilbert.
This photograph of a parade with the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Miners’ Union banner down Brotton High Street in 1908, shows the No.1 Faithful Lodge (Brotton). The original image came to the Archive in 2010, however the Archive is indebted to Chris Twigg for the provision of a much improved image. It is interesting to note that the building which presently houses the Fine Food Outlet, Handy Pearson Property Services and R. A. Howard & Sons is incomplete; otherwise the High Street buildings remain very similar to this day.
Image and information courtesy of Mrs. L. Johnson and Chris Twigg.
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