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Loftus Fire Station Crew on exercise at ICI Wilton in 1978.
Back row: Ken Verrill, Colin Gallilee, Ivan Gallilee (Station Officer @ Loftus), Jerry McElvaney.
Front Row: Bill Hicks, Keith Gallilee.
Bill Hicks worked at ICI Wilton as a fireman and subsequently became Station Officer @ Loftus, replacing Ivan Gallilee. ICI Wilton were very supportive of local retained fire crews and offered additional training sessions. Ivan was father of Colin and Keith.
John Preston advises: “The Gallilee family had had a long firefighting tradition, Ivan’s dad (my step grandfather) Fred was also in the brigade and I can recall him telling stories of having to catch the horse to pull the pump.”
Image courtesy of Eileen Hicks, thank to John Preston for the update on the Gallilee family.
Now this view of Guisborough I can relate with.
Image (from a cutting) courtesy of Derick Pearson.
A Class 37 Diesel locomotive, number 37515, passes through Carlin How with a trainload of Potash from Boulby. Notice the panel over the aperture left from the removal of the nose doors.
Image courtesy of Raymond Brown.
Taken from the bridge at Carlin How, a train spotter’s special, or was it for Cleveland Potash’s Open Day? Raymond Brown tells me it’s from the early to mid 1980’s – the DMU colour scheme fits that era anyway!
Image and information courtesy of Raymond Brown.
Here’s a view of Skinningrove Iron Works looking in towards the Tarmac road gravel plant. Unless I’m mistaken it shows No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 Blast Furnaces, but no Sinter Plant, so it’s after 1950 and before 1958. Derick Pearson adds: “This shows no 5 Blast Furnace, Bill Norman his website of the wartime bombing made this report: ’25 July 1941, 0125 hours. 1HE and 1UXB fell some 250yds from No.5 blast-furnace, Skinningrove Ironworks. 1HE also dropped near Low Farm, Brotton. In neither case were casualties or damage inflicted.’ For the unlearned HE means High Explosive Bomb and UXB refers to Unexploded Bomb.
Image courtesy of Bob Proctor, thanks to Derick Pearson for the update.
This view of Guisborough was posted in 1914; Westgate is much the same today, but this street scene is very different; the traffic leaves fumes rather than deposits!
Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.
A good turn out for this children’s fancy dress held it is believed in the original St Margaret’s church hall to the rear of the church on the High Street in Brotton. Jean Sayers is the little girl in the front with the kettle (Polly put the kettle on!). Can anybody advise on names?
Reg Dunning says ”Fifth from the left at the back is Sheila Bennison and the nurse on the back row is Hilary Jackson”.
Image courtesy of Raymond Brown and thanks to Reg Dunning for the update.
A photograph of Mrs. McGingle, teacher at Skinningrove Senior School; photographed in the school yard at Skinningrove; Mrs. McGingle had also taught at Harry Dack Infant School.
Image courtesy of Raymond Brown.
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. Andrew Downs advised the Archive: “St Helen’s church was built in the plain Early English style, characterized by it’s tall lancet windows, and rounded arches. The inside however, is not so plain, and is a beautiful parish church. The architect was A. Crawford-Hick of Newcastle, who built a far grander church – St Aidan’s – Leeds; that has very similar detail. The reason for it being built so close to the steel works, was simple, the steel works gave the patch of land for free!!”
Image courtesy of Raymond Brown and update courtesy of Andrew Downs.
A picture postcard of Boulby Grange, a former Georgian farmhouse (Grade II listed) taken from The Cleveland Way. Paul Dodsworth tells the Archive: “Regarding Boulby Grange; my grandfather, Robert Dodsworth was a Police Inspector covering the area of Loftus, etc., and during the Second World War was put in charge of the movement of meat, as everything was rationed and he was based at Boulby Grange. I, Paul Dodsworth his grandson had the pleasure of visiting the property as a kid. I seem to just remember a orchard and if I am not mistaken there was a marble fireplace in one room; also I remember something about secret passages”.
Image courtesy of a supporter of the Archive and many thanks to Paul Dodsworth for the update.
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