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Dad and Mr Burnley

This photograph of Harry Grange and Mr. Burnley was taken on Skinningrove Works.  Mr. Grange was a research chemist at the steel works. His daughter Carolyn is unsure about Mr Burnleys job at Skinningrove, can anybody assist?

Image courtesy of Carolyn Richards.

East Row Viaduct, Sandsend

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Sandsend Viaduct, with local train – was how we originally posted this image. But alas we got it wrong!  – it is a view of East Row Viaduct in the 1956 with a local commuter train from Whitby approaching. Sadly this picturesque line, which skirted the coast all the way from Saltburn to Whitby and from Whitby to Scarborough, has vanished, leaving only the mineral railway from Saltburn to Boulby Potash Mine. The locomotive leading this mixed passenger/goods train is an ex-Great Central Railways Robinson A5 4-6-2 Pacific tank; well at home on this demanding coastal line. The quaint seaside shop shown in the bottom right hand corner of the image still exists, doing an excellent trade of refreshments and beach essentials, weather permitting! Mark advised us: “Sorry to be picky, but this is East Row viaduct (Sandsend viaduct being the one adjacent to the station). Having said that, goods for Sandsend were handled at East Row, the Goods Shed (just visible in the background) remained in place until the early 1990s. Parts of the viaduct’s pier foundations can still be seen on the beach.” Meanwhile the goods shed site mentioned by Mark in the background are currently being developed as an upmarket housing development by the Mulgrave Estates.

Image from the Neville Stead Collection, many thanks to Mark for pointing out our mistake!

Lovely

An unusual view taken from inside the alum tunnel, viewing outwards; from underneath Hummersea/Boulby cliffs.
Image courtesy of Julie Morrison.

Brickwheel Gang Again.

This image provoked quite a few comments about the brickwheel gang; this image has Harry Dack’s twin brother Tom second from the right.  Can anyone know the names of the other men?
The brickwheel produced the once familiar ‘back street’ paving bricks, produced from the slag; a by product of the iron smelting process. Eric Johnson advised the Archive: “In the background, centre of the image, part of the benzole house  can be seen; this distilled the tar from the coke ovens and to the right the old number 5 furnace.”

Image from a compilation by Derick Pearson and others, thanks to Eric Johnson for the update.

Alum House, Hummersea

A view from the cliff looking down on the alum house at Hummersea, taken from a postcard posted in 1907.

Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.

Hummersea Beach

Hummersea beach, image taken from a postcard view; believed to be the work of T. C. Booth (Methodist minister of Loftus). A long walk by Hummersea farm to get to this beach, but well worth it, as we can see frequented by local people. The ruins (now long gone) were the remains of the old alum house associated with Hummersea Alum Mine.

Hummersea, November 2006

This photograph shows the new steps in place; down the cliff from Hummersea Farm to the beach, in November 2006.  The old kiln looks the same as in the earlier photograph.  Are the steps still there, or have they been damaged by the sea?

Image courtesy of John Roberts.

Hummersea, May 2002

This photograph shows the bottom of the steps down from Hummersea Farm to the beach. The stone-built structure is thought to have been used as a kiln for the burning of cement stone – which was obtained from the uppermost levels of the alum shale.

Image courtesy of John Roberts; information regarding the kiln from ’Steeped in History’ edited by I. Miller.

Dad with Skinningrove Staff

The Archive doesn’t know what the occasion was, possibly a presentation.   Carolyn Richard’s father, Harry Grange, is standing in the middle at the back of the group. Can anybody assist.

Image courtesy of Carolyn Richards.

Longacres Pit Skelton

We haven’t many photographs of Longacre mine at Skelton, which was not as well known as many of the others in the area. Joan Webster tells us: ”Nice picture of Longacre mine where my father (Jack Robinson) was deputy manager.”
Photograph courtesy of George Pearson; thanks to Joan Webster for the update.