What better way to tell your parents about the place you lived in when you were in Service. In the days before digital cameras and camera ’phones, when the post cost a penny for next day delivery.
Image courtesy of Olive Bennett.
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 What a lovely place to live, this postcard shows Loftus to it’s best advantage, now I have been nosey, (well I am noted for it) and read the back of the card. This is what is written: “Thought you would like to have these views of Loftus, you will notice the Regal cinema where Race’s used to be. We used to love Camel’s shop Mother and father live in Dalling’s house, my sister Nora married Harold Legg and lives above their shop in Zetland Road, all the best, Marie.” There now you are as nosey as me and we know why the crosses are on the postcard, that’s my excuse and I am sticking to it. Image courtesy of Joan Jemson.  Practice night in the gym hall at Loftus Youth Club, 1983/4. Scott Bevons told the Archive: “Training took place on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday nights, making sure they did not miss the run to the Tiger Inn and back!“ Back Row: Ritchie Kemp, Elliott Carr. Middle Row: Scott Bevons, Glenn Bevons, Darren Garbutt, Chris Bainbridge, Rich Cowie, Malcolm Foxton (Coach). Front Row: Matthew Crooks, Gary Marshall, Gary Stiff, Danny Ferguson, Mark George. Scott Bevons also tells us : ”I remember this photograph being taken for the front page of the Whitby Gazette.. good times. The coach at this time was Stuart Lorraines (not pictured), along with Malcolm Fox. Image and notes courtesy of Danny Ferguson; also to Scott Bevons for the updates.  Another picture postcard of picturesque Loftus – you should see some familiar images! Eric Johnson advises: ”The postcard is interesting from an industrial archaeology view, showing the aerial bucket tipping arrangement at the top of Liverton Mines shale tip. Postcard is probably pre 1918.”  This is a pretty picture postcard extolling the virtues of Loftus. These were a popular way of telling the folks at home what your new location looked like in the days before holidays and easy travel.  Skinningrove Mine, from Carlin How once again (this time captioned ”Loftus Mines”) the stables are centre foreground with Overmen’s Cottages behind them (lovingly named ”Hoss Muck Row” by the locals, for obvious reasons); behind that the picking belt and heapstead. Dating from c.1903 this view is much changed, in more recent times part of the remaining buildings have been converted to living accommodation and the renowned ‘Kaskane/Covell’s Bar’.  Another image of Skinningrove Mine, looking straight down onto it from Carlin How. The ”Zig-Zag” in the foreground with Duckhole just on the right. The stables left middle with Overmen’s Cottages next to them. Deepdale woods and the shale heap are right background.  I’d never seen a view from this angle before and I’m still trying to get to grips with it. Carlin How in the background, with the ”Zig-Zag” cutting across the middle of the picture. The building directly in front is the loading shed where the iron ore was loaded into standard gauge wagons. I think I need help with this one please! The image was taken from the road which passes above Deepdale woods down to Skinningrove village. Peter Appleton asks: “Would the set of tubs leaving the image centre-right be using the north drift? Are the roofs and chimney stacks just to the left of the “E” of East, the Overmen’s Terrace cottages?“ Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, thanks to Peter Appleton for the update.  A good image of Skinningrove valley, post-1911 and pre WWI (no signs of the army camp on the field below the railway), showing just how busy this little valley was! The picture very obviously taken from Carlin How; on the left we have Skinningrove Mine, with the stables and just visible the Overmen’s Houses and on the right we have Duckhole Pit just coming into the picture. Kilton Mill takes the stage left of centre in the middle, the viaduct (now an embankment) away in the background and towering over it all in the haze is Liverton Mines shale heap. The sweep of rail track cutting through the image is the middle section of the ”Zig-Zag”. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.  An aerial view of East Loftus, showing the United bus garage on the far right with the playing field behind. Later known as the Arriva garage and now merely the framework for the roof and rear wall remain! To the right of the garage is the cricket field with the bowling green just visible at the end of it. A lovely clear view of the streets and to the far left you can see the cemetery, the road in the foreground is the A174 to Whitby. Image courtesy of Mrs Sakelaropoulos. |
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