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In the sun drying out after the swim. Sadly the girls standing at the back are unrecognisable, however the boy far right is Peter Ellwood, but who is the boy on the left – help please? Sitting in the sun (left to right): Bobby Barber, Terry Blades, Bobby Morrison, John Grey, Terry Grey, Michael Bowers. Image courtesy of Joan Jemson.
Another group having fun outside! Some of those present are: back row: Janet Atkinson, Shirley Atkinson, Joan Money, Terry Blades, Barry Matson, Thomas Cummings, ??, ??. Kneeling at front: Carol Goodwill, Marilyn Peggs, Valerie Atkinson, Terry Grey, Dennis Morrison, ??, ??. Anyone know where this photograph was taken? Whilst help with identification would be appreciated. Image and names to date courtesy of Joan Jemson.
An image of Skinningrove Jetty with SS Hummersea moored up for loading, with two steam cranes in attendance, either just before or just after high-tide by the water levels on the jetty wall. Even more rare is the vertical-boilered railway engine (known as ”the coffee pot”) on the left with the train of pig-iron trucks; we’ve never seen an image with these on before, or with a vertical-boilered railway engine. The pig-iron trucks were lowered from (and raised to) the works via a rope incline down Jetty Bank – a feature still visible to this day. SS Hummersea looks pristine – we wonder if this was her first trip? Her last according to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission was during World War I, when it was believed she struck a mine and sank. Charles Hannaford advises us: ”My great uncle, Charles F Hannaford, was the Master of the S.S.Hummersea. The ship was lost in December 1915, probably by an enemy mine as my uncle died from his wounds in naval hospital, London on 30th December 1915 and listed as a casualty of war. As the wounds were unlikely to have been caused through the ship foundering in the bad weather and the submarine activity at the time was low, a mine is the most logical explanation.” Many thanks to Charles Hannaford and Terry Shaw for the updates.
Seen here, the SS Northgate at Skinningrove jetty with the cranes busy at her side. The details that follow are from the ‘Tyne Built Ships List’: Name: NORTHGATE
Remembrance Day at Loftus War Memorial, unfortunately we have no date; although from the army uniforms and style of dress of the attendees it is presumed to be after World War II. Can anybody assist?
Does anyone know the organisations taking part?  Outside the Maynard Arms at Carlin How, Mr Thomas William Wood with his carriage. Mr Wood who was also the landlord of the Maynard Arms was well known in the area for inventing the alarm clock. Mr Wood was very involved in the community; Scoutmaster (he met Baden Powell at a rally in Guisborough), founder of a cycling club, Sergeant Major in the Yorkshire Volunteers, member of St Leonard’s church, Loftus and a Councillor for Skinningrove Ward on Loftus Urban Council from 1901-1904 and 1907-1910. Researches have now discovered that Thomas W Wood was at the Maynard Arms from 1886, recorded in the 1891, 1901 and 1911 Census at the Maynard Arms; his death is recorded as being in May 1912, whilst still the licensee at the Maynard Arms.  At 2pm on 11th November, 1922, (one year after the end of registration of deaths due to the War or its effects), the Memorial at Loftus was formally consecrated. The service was conducted by ministers of all religions, each taking a part of the service. The guard of honour and firing party was provided by 4th Battalion, Queen Alexander’s Own, the Yorkshire Regiment, also known as the Green Howards. The local Battalion of the local Regiment had recruited so many of the men whose names were inscribed on the bronze tablets at the base of the Celtic Cross. Thanks to Stu Coles for the update
This is the first postcard that I’ve seen of Cliff Crescent. I remember when it was counter service in the Co-op, but not as far back as this when the door was on the corner.
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