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 One of Geoffrey’s duties was driving to Middleton St George (now Durham Tees Valley Airport) for camp rations; he also drove to other depots for kit and materials that was required by the Bomb Disposal men. Image and information courtesy of Geoffrey Powell.  Ah, Saltburn with a long pier, a little before my time ,but I do remember the long pier. Julie Riddiough updated us with: “The end was washed away with a storm in October 1974.” Image courtesy of Julie Tyrka, thanks to Julie Riddiough for the update.
The obviously successful Loftus Junior School Football team with their trophy in 1962 are: Back row: John Hicks, Michael Preston, Geoffrey Chadwick, Peter Bargewell, Michael Hollingsworth, Peter Jackson. Image and names courtesy of Kathleen Hicks; thanks to Barbara McBurney for updated names.  The MT section transported the Bomb Disposal men and their equipment over to the Fylingdales moors every day, down Lythe Bank, through Sandsend and Ruswarp. Their job was to clear unexploded munitions and other objects that had been left over from when the Army used the area as a firing range with their tanks. They were clearing the moor ahead of the contractors building RAF Fylingdales. The designated drivers stayed out on the moor with them. At lunchtime a two ton Austin truck took hot meals out to the men. Image and information courtesy of Geoffrey Powell.  A cold snowy picture of the railway line from Carlin How to Loftus; had you crossed the footbridge and followed the path it would have taken you down onto Glover’s Path where Whitcliffe mine once was and then onto the bottom of Mill Bank leading you to either Loftus or Carlin How. Image courtesy of Eric Johnson.
Back row: John Hicks, John (Cudgie) Patton, Howard Jackson, Kenneth Hancock, Eric Mead, Michael Preston. Image courtesy of Kathleen Hicks, updated names thanks to Norman Patton, Alan Franks, David Archer, Barbara McBurney and Cody McKay.  It was soon observed that the MT (Motor Transport) drivers were wasting time sitting in their vehicles for most of the day. They were told to help the BD (Bomb Disposal) lads, doing different duties, moving tapes and the occasional digging. Image and information courtesy of Geoffrey Powell.  Taken from Kilton Lane, Carlin How, we can see the shale tips of Liverton Mines with the mine just visible in the background. Graham Suggett asks: “When was the reservoir at Liverton Mine filled in?” Can anybody assist with a date? Image courtesy of Eric Johnson, thanks to Graham Suggett for the query.  When off duty, the men played cricket and football on camp. They walked to the village of Goldsborough and to Kettleness and down to the beach at Runswick Bay. They went boating at Ruswarp and visited Hutton le Hole in an old Standard Eight car. They got to Scarborough and Durham as well. Image courtesy of Geoffrey Powell.  Quite a bit different from the pier as it now stands, it has gone through two shortening exercises in recent years, but look at the buildings – two of them – minus the noisy amusement arcade we have today, but obviously just as popular (there could be a moral here somewhere!). |
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