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A rather cold and lonely view of Blakey station, from the William Hayes collection of postcards, the Archive asked: “Where was Blakey station?” Russ Pigott tells us: ”Blakey station was near where the Farndale road turns off the ‘Blakey Road’ There is still the wall of one side of the bridge which took the road over the railway. The ‘station’ was the junction where the Rosedale East and West Branches separated. Nothing now remains of the buildings on the site.” David Richardson agreed with this siting, adding: “The area is now a car park.”
Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, thanks to Adam Cuthbert, Russ Pigott and David Richardson for the updates.
Carole Kellogg (nee Woodrow) has been in touch with us from Tucson, Arizona, after viewing our site and has sent us some photographs that were taken at events when her father, Fred L. Woodrow, was Chairman of the Saltburn & Marske Urban District Council in 1951.
This group appear to have been attending a formal occasion connected with the Red Cross. Back row: Mr J. C. (Cyril) Pickering, ??, ??, Mr. F. Woodrow (wearing his chain of office), ??, ??.
Front row: Mrs. B. M. Spragg, ??, Mrs. N. Pickering, Mrs. Woodrow, ??, ?? Can anyone tell us more about this occasion?
Owen Rooks tells us: ”Mr J. C. (Cyril) Pickering was owner of Saltburn Motor Services and Mrs N. Pickering who I think held an official honorary position within the Saltburn branch of the Red Cross Society.” Frank Spragg confirms this identification with : “Sitting front row No 1 is Mrs B.M. Spragg (my mother).”
Image and information courtesy of Carole Kellog; also thanks to Owen Rooks and Frank Spragg for the names update.
Carole Kellogg whose father was Mr Fred Woodrow, says that she vaguely remembers being present when this photograph was taken at the Dr. Barnardo’s Home in Saltburn.
Standing at the back: ??, ??, Mayor of Redcar (Alderman Thomas Alexander Dougall), Mr. F. Woodrow, Mr J. C. Pickering, ?? Head of Saltburn School, Rev. Berriman (Emmanuel Church Saltburn).
Front: Mrs Dougall (Wife of Mayor of Redcar), Mrs. Woodrow, ??, Mrs N. Pickering.
Callum Duff tells us: ”This is the official photograph for the 1951 ‘Festival of Cleveland’ event held at The Dr Barnardo’s Home, ‘The Ridge’ at Saltburn. The home closed in 1969 and was demolished to make way for the cul-de-sac of Executive-style houses, also called The Ridge which now occupy the site.” Callum also advises: “I recently bought a colour cine film from the Barnardo’s archive which features the ‘Festival of Cleveland’ event and this photograph being taken. It forms part of a promotional film showing the work of the Barnardo’s charity in Saltburn and other homes in Yorkshire.”
Image courtesy of Carole Kellogg (nee Woodrow) photograph and information; thanks to Owen Rooks for the update on names and to Callum Duff for further information.
Difficult to say which Company owned this bus, but if it was the Loftus Company, then they eventually went bust and their assets were obtained by Mr Keith Watson at Saltburn. When his Bus enterprise failed they were all bought up by what went on to become The Saltburn Motor Services being taken over in August 1974 by Cleveland Transit. This company in turn becoming part of the Stagecoach group which no longer serves East Cleveland. How the wheels turn.
Image courtesy of Stan Ward (via Carlin How Community Centre), thanks to Chris Hall for his update.
The top of the Ingleby Incline and all people available are posed for the camera; dated very precisely by William Hayes (of Rosedale) a noted local photographer .
All can now be identified: back row: R. Mayman, W. Holliday, L. Ashman, W. Scott, J. W. Featherstone.
Front row: W. Mayman, Mrs J. W. (Tamara) Featherstone, J. E. Featherstone, J. Watson, W. Sunley.
Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, names courtesy of ‘Rosedale Mines and Railway by R. H. Hayes and J. G. Rutter’.
A lovely picture of the walls of Kilton Castle, believed to have been taken in the late 1970’s. Was that when Leeds University used to come in the summer to excavate there? I wish I could have seen it in all its glory.
Image courtesy of Ray Brown.
This lovely photograph shows the castle wall from the other side. Were these just a lookout post or were they there to shoot the arrows through? Julie Riddiough thought they might be linked to a chapel: “Looks like a cross to me.” Susan advised: “It is a crossbow loop, for defending the castle.”
Image courtesy of Ray Brown, thanks to Julie Riddiough and Susan for the updates.
Owen sent us this set of photographs of people from New Skelton. He guesses that they were taken in the late 1920s to mid 1930s, and were linked to the Methodist Chapel that stood below William Street. He believes that the photographs were taken on outings, probably organised by Miss Tippett who was a stalwart of the chapel. He recognises a few people from his Sunday School days, but they were much younger when these pictures were taken. He went to school with some of their children. Janet Wilson asked: “Which of the Codlings was Mrs Codling married to?” Owen also advises us: ”Mrs Codling was born Mary Cook and married Thomas (Tom) Codling from 12 Dixon Street, Lingdale; they lived in Charlotte Street, New Skelton. I remember there were three children, Patricia, Irene and Brian.” Irene Walker advises us that: ”Behind Mrs Rooks is Amy Grout (nee Cook); behind her is her sister Maud Myers nee Cook. Amy Grout is still alive.” This happy group are pictured on a Redcar beach.
Back row: Miss Tippett, ??, ??, Mrs.Speck, Mrs.Yates, Mrs.Fowler
Middle row: Amy Cook, Maud Cook, ??, ??, Mrs.Ethel Green, Mrs. Mary Codling
Front row: Ellen Rooks, ??, ??, ??, ??
Image courtesy of Own Rooks, thanks to Irene Walker (nee Codling) and M. Fowler for the updates.
This photograph was most likely taken on the same outing as the previous one. Many of the same people are also in this picture. It looks like Kettleness in the background on the right.
Back row: ??, ??, ??, Mrs. Speck, Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fowler
Middle row: Mrs Amy Grout (nee Cook), Miss Tippett, ??, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Codling, ??
Front row: Maude Cook (later Myers, ??, Christopher Cook, ??, ??
Image courtesy of Own Rooks and many thanks to Irene Walker (nee Cook) for the update.
Another group of people from the New Skelton Methodist Chapel, believed to have been taken in 1935; Owen doesn’t know where this photograph was taken.
Back row: ??, Miss Tippett, ??, Ernest Ward.
Front row: ??, Mrs. Speck, Mrs. Ward, ??
Image courtesy of Owen Rooks.
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