A miner’s pay slip 1943, less than a fiver for seven days hard graft on wartime rations. Explanation for younger viewers: a pay slip was called an ”Off Tack” because of the deductions from the wages.
Courtesy of Jeff Templeman.
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No names on this photograph when loaned to us by George Pearson; believed to be underground at Lingdale Mine. Rachel Lee and Cathy Hood tell us: ”Far left is our Grandad, John Edward (Nap) Hood of Boosbeck.” Can you name anyone? Image courtesy of George Pearson and many thanks to Rachel Lee and Cathy Hood for the naming update.
Retirement of Thomas Davies, who was senior Blast Furnace manager at South Bank Furnaces. Seated in the middle of other
Officials. He lived at Cleveland House 1911, and came from Merthyr, to Bolckow Vaughan’s Works. Image courtesy of Alan Richardson
Loftus Station on the last day of through passenger services to Scarborough on the Coast Line. May 1958.
Image courtesy of Alan Richardson
Mr Paul Redway is presenting Brian Cook with a beautiful cup, but what is it for and who are the other men with their cups and what are they for. HELP is definitely needed. Left to right: ??, ??, Brian Cook, Jack Harrison, Colin Sherwood, Paul Redway. Photo courtesy of Dave McGill and thanks to Bob for the update.
Another shield for the Ambulance section or so I am presuming, Geoff Patt0n tells us: ”These men were all Safety and Rescue personel as well as the First Aiders; I think they were all in the St John’s Ambulance as well”. Thanks go to Dave McGill for the loan of the photograph and to Terry Robinson and Geoff Patton for the updates.
The gentlemen are being presented with something making them smile, but what are the receiving, can you help?
Photograph taken at low tide, the steep ’Bothroyd’s Bank’ leads down to Skinningrove beach. The jetty is exposed to its full length, with ships for loading pig iron would stand off, waiting for high tide; on the beach can be seen some horses -purpose unknown – and two people tend plants in the field on the left. Photograph courtesy Alan Richardson.
The remains of the alum quarry at Boulby, although the pyramid shape at the top of the photograph is such a prominent feature of this part of the site, it is not in fact anything special. It appears to be sitting on top of a general quarrying level but is only composed of earth and stones from above the alum shale layer so is a tip of overburden dumped here to allow the sandstone from beneath its original position to be removed and thus expose the alum shale. It has probably been a larger tip originally which has been eroded to its current distinctive shape. It was probably formed by building out a wooden gantry from the cliff face so that the removed material could be dumped well clear of the intended quarry face. Image courtesy of Alan Richardson and information kindly supplied by Simon Chapman.
Possibly the same First Aid competition. Yet again we are lost for names, place and occassion. Can you assist. George Brown tells us: ”Is far right Des Want?” Image courtesy of Dave McGill and thanks to George for that update. |
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