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An early photograph of Railway Terrace, Brotton Road in Carlin How; the picture hides the then probably almost ”demonic” sight of the works behind this terrace for the railway workers houses which were separated from the works by the Saltburn to Whitby coast line. Neil Suckling tells us: ”The first house being the home of my great grandparents (Alf and Laura Suckling) from about 1885 till 1925, my grandad ,Andrew Suckling,was born there in 1902.” The 1911 Census lists the residents as: ’Alfred William Suckling (plate layer NER), Laura Suckling (Alfred’s wife), daughters Mary & Lydia, sons John & Andrew. All the children having been born in Carlin How.’ In later years Andrew Suckling was treasurer and Preacher at the High Street Methodist Chapel in Staithes.
At the extreme left of image is the water tank used by the locomotives to fill up before proceeding to Cragg Hall and the line towards Brotton. The building in the background (far right) was the engine shed built for the locomotives that worked the Skinningrove zig-zag. Until recently the floor, foundation stones, filled-in ash and inspection pits were all visible. (Information supplied by Mr Thompson, Derick Pearson and Neil Suckling)
Can anybody assist in identifying the lad and two small children included in the photograph.
Many thanks to Neil Suckling and Derick Pearson for updates. Also to Alison Crooks for her update which the Archive will follow up and be in contact.
South Skelton mine is shown in the image and Simon Chapman advised us: “The mine was electrified 1912 – 1914, so the picture was taken before those dates.”.
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday and thanks to Simon Chapman for the update.
The children from Boulby Cottages all dressed up to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Sitting in the front row, from the left: Stan Fletcher, Lance Easton, and John and Raymond Conn. Also suggested that the pilgrim hatted girl in back row is Iris Roberts (?); also seated in front possibly enjoying a lolly is Marian Roberts (?). Do you know any of the others?
The framework that can be seen on the cliff top, behind the second and third child at the left, is the tower of the aerial ropeway for Grinkle Mine. Shale was tipped there.
Image courtesy of Mr. Ray Conn and thanks to John Roberts for the update.
Some of the residents of Boulby Cottages dressed up to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V.
Back row: ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, Grace Easton (nee Simpson).
Front row: Betty Day, ??, ??, Margaret Conn (nee Easton).
Can you add any more names, please?
Image courtesy of Mr. Ray Conn and thanks to Barry Easton, Celia Kentfield and Vivienne Story for the updates.
Five men taking a break from mining to have their photograph taken, we can clearly see the pit props and the candle held in place with boulder clay. We can surmise the man on the left of the photograph is the deputy, as he is the one with the Davy lamp and the roof probe, the other men would have been known as fillers. The front two men are sitting on their midges, a three-sided box with a candle in it (the only light they had to work by). No safety helmets are worn by any of the men as the compulsory wearing of safety helmets had not yet been introduced.
This is the same group of men that we see in another underground photograph.
Believed to have been taken from Stan Ward’s bed-room window it certainly looks wet and watery – 14th January 1957 – thawing snow left over two feet of water on Brotton Road, Carlin How. Derick Pearson tells us: “I remember this incident well. Just past where the white car, to the right were some bays where the rail wagons seen on the right used to go over the top to tip coal into the bays below. They were of course flooded deeply and we as kids were sat on top of the bay walls watching the waves come in as the cars went by. As we moved I lost my footing and fell into the dirtiest, blackest water you could imagine. Apart from getting a couple of mouthfuls and feeling rather sick before I struggled out I looked like a wet chimney sweep. When I got home which “was just up the street from the garage” I got a hiding off my mother for falling in. I was hoping she would feel sorry for me!”
Details courtesy of Jean Wiggins and many thanks to Derick Pearson for the memories.
Pity that the image is damaged, we continue to hope for a better copy! A United ’G’-type single decker plods valiantly on (it took more than a drop of rain to cancel a service in those days!). Pam Mcvay tell us: “My dad Deryck Jones would be working as a fitter at the depot in Loftus at the time of this photograph.”
Many thanks to Pam Mcvay for that update.
Back row: Charles Ward, Barry Lancaster, Colin Lightfoot, John Ward, Brian Yeoman, ??, Alan Tyreman, Billy Bell, Alan Dale, Peter Lennard, George Hall.
Third row: Carol Shaw, Betty Winspear, Dorothy Butler, Pauline Dack, Sheila Featherstone, Audrey Cornforth, Rae Raistric, Coleen Hutchinson, Ann Carveth, Jean Ferrer.
Second row: Pat Henry, Maureen Brown, Marie Lancaster, Elizabeth Groves, Sheila Magor, Ivy Metcalf, ??, Pauline Cuthbert, Dorothy Webster.
Front row: John Metcalf, David Buddle, Maurice Myers, Derick Smith, James Ward, Geoffrey Lennard.
Thanks to Jean Hugill (nee Ferrer) for all the naming information and for a more positive date for the image.
Sea Scouts, in a photograph taken on the beach at Skinningrove (recognisable by the jetty in the background), but who are they and what date was it, can anyone help? M. H. Wan suggests: “The Sea Scouts are wearing the uniform of pre-World War I era; so this should be a pre-1920 photograph.”
Many thanks to M. H. Wan for the update and possible dating.
Not a very good image but after more than a 100 years what can we expect? It’s lovely to see the women in their ‘Steers’ bonnets, a tradition long gone now, looks as though they have had a good catch. The lady at the front with back to camera; wearing a black bonnet which signifies she is in mourning for a family member.
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