This postcard view of the two chapels that stood in Arlington Street. In their time two excellent buildings, now sadly the one remaining chapel is merely an empty building.
Image courtesy of Mrs Sakelaropoulos.
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 A further War Memorial created and erected by William Arrowsmith of Loftus. The Staithes War Memorial stands at the top of the bank that leads down into the lower part of the village, and the harbour. The memorial is inscribed: ”Staithes War Memorial: To Perpetuate the memory of Those Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice for King and Country. During the Great War 1914 – 1918”. As the century progressed this deeply felt sentiment had to further include the soldiers, airmen, and a large number of sailors from the Second World War; to the present day as with all Memorials the more recently fallen are remembered. As Laurence Binyon’s poem states: ”WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!” Anne Beckett advises: “One of the brave men mentioned on the war memorial is Alexander Macdonald Watson – he was the Chief Officer on the Adellen – the ship was hit by a U-boat in the North Atlantic. He lived at Glendevon Cottage in Barrass Square, Staithes and was married to Lily Watson.” Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier, thanks to Anne Beckett for the update.  In 1899, land was set aside for building a church for Carlin How and Skinningrove. The foundation stone was laid on the eve of Ascension Day; Wednesday May 23rd 1900, by Mrs Dorman of Grey Towers, Nunthorpe. The church was consecrated on the 30th October 1901, by the Bishop of Hull Rt Rev R.F.L. Blunt. D.D. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier and others, information kindly supplied from Loftus parish website.  A Valentine’s postcard view of the cliff lift, dating from early 1900s. Note how well cropped the grass appears on the slopes. Image courtesy of John G. Hannah.  Mayor Eric Jackson (himself a former pupil of St Joseph’s in Deepdale Road) was an honoured guest at the celebrations. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier.  Lingdale War Memorial (another manufactured by Arrowsmith’s of Loftus) is shown against the backdrop of the shale heap at Lingdale. Today the memorial remains, but the shale heaps which dominated the village are now a distant memory. Paula Miller tells us: ”The workers shed on the right of the photograph is now situated on Busky allotments and still going strong.” Andrew Munro comments: “The shale heaps in the background are a fair size.” Whilst Derick Pearson advises: “These heaps did get much larger (higher than this) after this photograph was taken.” Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier, thanks to Andrew Munro and Derick Pearson for the comments. Many thanks to Paula Miller for that update.  Skelton has two memorials, one on Cross Green and this outstanding example at North Skelton. The North Skelton Memorial is another example of the excellent work from Arrowsmith’s Memorials of Loftus. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier.  Goathland memorial is one of many in the area built by Arrowsmith’s of Loftus. This early image (judging by the model of motorcycle & sidecar) shows the memorial which has also featured in ‘Heartbeat’ -the TV series as the memorial for ‘Aidensfield’. Image courtesy of Loftus Town Crier.
Briefly taking their rest, the ladies of 1993 were: Cynthia White, Christine Garner, Carole Yeoman, Marlene Noble, Shirley Kentfield.
No curtains this time and with the school library behind them we have the ladies of 1985. Image and names courtesy of Cynthia White. |
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