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 A dressmaking class, Towers School, Saltburn; early 1900’s. No electric sewing machines, the old fashioned treadle machines, just like mother had! Am I showing my age? Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  Swedish Drill we presume, although the style of dress precludes any violent exercise. This from the days as my grandmother used to say: ” ladies ‘glowed’, men ‘perspired’ and horses “sweat”! As we commented in the previous post does the room look familiar? Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  The dining hall for Towers School pupils obviously had a dual role as you will note in the image. This view carefully conceals the gym equipment evident in other images on the site of the school’s facilities; truly a multi-functional space. Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  East Loftus Pad ’n’ Can or lodging house was taken down in the early 1940’s, being replaced by Esk Terrace. In the 1911 Census the boarding house was managed by Harry Bowers and there were 18 residents, these included bricklayers, hawkers, labourers and miners. A full house! Image courtesy of Mrs Sakaropoulus, additional information courtesy of Keith Bowers.  An early tinted postcard view of Marske Mill, beside Skelton Beck and slightly north of the railway viaduct. How in the time of this image the valley must have reverberated to the sound of the train passing overhead. Image courtesy of Julie Tyrka.  This postcard view of Staithes, towards the harbour was being used as a Christmas card in 1904. Image courtesy of Ann Wedgewood and Keith Bowers.  A Valentine’s series postcard post marked 1904, showing a quiet village undisturbed by motor traffic. How different today? Image courtesy of Ann Wedgewood and Keith Bowers.  Dating from 1905 this postcard view is little different today. The vegetation even in more modern times replicates that on the image. At times there is still as little traffic owing to the nature of road access to the lower village. Image courtesy of Ann Wedgewood and Keith Bowers.  This 1912 view of Snipe House shows a very serious young man in the foreground, do you think he came a-courting? Image courtesy of Ann Wedgewood and Keith Bowers.  A Bruce postcard view of West Road, Loftus post marked 1904; prior to the building on the south side by George Hebditch, note the still un-metaled road and the casual attitude to possible traffic by the onlookers. No. 26 West Road is the fourth house down in the second block of houses on the right hand side of this image; next door to the present day dentist’s at no. 27. Norman Patton advised: ” I have a birth certificate for my Mother’s Auntie Alice May Hicks who was born in No 26 in 1895. According to the 1891 census, her parents were already living at 26 West Road where they were the first residents. They had lived at 2 Westfield Terrace at the previous census in 1881 so we have the decade in which those houses were completed!” Image courtesy of Ann Wedgewood and Keith Bowers, thanks to Norman Patton for the update. |
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