1880 is the date on the photo, not the kind of men I would like to meet on a dark night; but the hours were long and the pay was small.
Image (from a cutting) courtesy of Eric Johnson.
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1880 is the date on the photo, not the kind of men I would like to meet on a dark night; but the hours were long and the pay was small. Image (from a cutting) courtesy of Eric Johnson. Eston Mine; with the Hauler which hauled the wagons (trucks) up, or let them down, part of the incline. The rope attached from the Hauler drums and the Hauler man on the left side on the Drum bridge. The square opening on the building behind was where the Hauler or Winder man looked out over the proceedings. Note there are also more trucks under the bridge going further up to the left and next section. Image courtesy of a compilation by Derick Pearson; also the supporting information. Lumpsey ironstone mine, dating from 1895 (date as given on the image); one of the three mines associated with Brotton and immediate area. It was established in c.1882 and run by Bell Brothers Ltd. With shafts about 180 metres deep and in 1890 it was noted that drilling machines, worked by hydraulic power were being used in the mine. The mine employed 140 men and boys and produced around 3,000 tons of ironstone per week; by 1921 Lumpsey employed 480 people (340 working below ground, and 130 on the surface). In 1923 ownership of the mine passed to Dorman Long Ltd; the mine closed in 1954, bringing to an end the long history of ironstone mining in Brotton. The SS Skinningrove was one of the four main pig iron transporting vessels used by the Skinningrove Iron Company from their jetty at Skinningrove. Terry Shaw has assisted with the following information: “SS Skinningrove a steel screw steamer (General Cargo) IMO 5230454 was built in 1895 by J. L. Thompson and Sons Ltd. at North Sands yard no 332, the vessel was completed on 2nd July 1895. Dimensions: Length 155 feet, Breadth 26 feet, Depth 11.7 feet, 516 tons. Note: This ship ( off no 98787) built in 1895 was the second of two ships named SS Skinningrove, the original (off no 98773) was built by Wood, Skinner and Company Ltd in 1891 for Charles Henry Pile, London, (Shipping Investments, Cork). Image (from a newspaper cutting) courtesy of several sources including Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, thanks to Terry Shaw for the additional information. A lovely photograph of the mine, but I think it may be a postcard. Someone has cropped the card (not guilty) but part of Geo. Skilbeck’s name can still be seen. Derick Pearson observed: “I think this image has been tampered with or someone has made a grave mistake which I am sure George Skilbeck would have had something to say about. The photograph has the name as Geo. Silbeck, missing the K. Very unusual at that time as they were particular and I doubt they would have printed many before that would have been spotted. If it is an original and correct as we see it, then it is well worth keeping hold of.” Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, thanks to Derick Pearson for the update Now the fan falls into disrepair as the mine is no longer working. Do you remember Redcar bus station like this? I do. Tony Chambers tells us: ”I to remember the bus station; it was on the left at top of High Street coming in from Marske side. I was born in Redcar (1947) and left when I was 10 years old. I can remember the cinema behind or very near the clock tower. There was a children’s clinic next to cinema where we had to go each week for a spoon of thick orange juice (tasty!). The Library right side of clock on corner. Marks and Spencer’s a little further up the High Street on left of clock. King’s Ice cream on the coast road near Zetland park. I can go on and on. I have not been there since around 1961.” ” Peter Dale has memories of the Redcar bus station: “Now a car park! Quite often the buses would run away backwards, towards Lord Street, crossing the road and ending up in the Granby Café (Later to become Redcar Citizen’s Club) or the cottage next door; wooden blocks were chained to the railing stanchions at each bus stand to prevent this happening.” Image courtesy of Mike Holliday and others, thanks to Tony Chambers for the additional information on Redcar, also to Peter Dale for his update. A view of Palmers ironstone loading staithes at Port Mulgrave, with a boat either just berthing or about to depart (judging by the smoking chimney stack!) from the jetty. Bill Danby advised: “This is another shot of the jetty at Port Mulgrave. If you look at the photograph entitled “Port Mulgrave” with boats waiting to be loaded, you can see the structure of the jetty is the same and in fact this is virtually the same scene taken from another angle.” Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson and thanks to Bill Danby for the update. A different photograph of the mine showing the ’buckets’ taking the shale to the tip behind the mine. The ironstone went to the works via the shaft for North Loftus mine (the head gear was inside the works). This image is probably dated c. 1930. Although it says Bell Brothers Brownlee Colliery on the side of this ambulance, it is housed at the mining museum at Skinningrove. If I remember rightly it was restored by some apprentices at the I.C.I. at Wilton. Another memory recall is that the body of a rescued man was put in in a certain way, one way he was alive and another way he was dead, but which way was it? Image courtesy Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum. |
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