A carefully arranged viewing of a group outside Easington Post Office, when it was the first property on Lambert Terrace. Wasn’t it was also a shop run by Mrs Mary Cooke for over thirty years. Pam McVay commented: “Yes I think this was a shop and I think my mum Bette Robinson was born there, I think it belonged to her mother’s family; Cooke.” David Bertram asked: “It was a general store when it was a Post Office. I think I recall that it all ended in tragedy with the suicide of one or both of the couple who ran it.” Easington Post Office (and general store) was owned by Jean and John Wilson in the early 1980s, tragically Jean who was Loftus born and bred died suddenly in her fifties in 1985 and John sadly committed suicide some three months later. A great loss to the village.
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson & Keith Bowers and many thanks to David Bertram and Pamela McVay for the updates.
The Laurel Inn at Robin hoods bay, Does anyone know at what date Margaret Martin held the licence? Nicolas Jenni has advised: ”I have a watercolour painting of this view, dated 1894, and the licensee is shown as John Martin”. Further researches have now shown that John Martin was licensee until his death in 1899, Margaret Martin then became licensee and died in 1915.
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, many thanks to Nicolas Jenni for the update.
A Bruce postcard view from 1904 showing how the story of ’A race between a camel and a lion’ came about. No doubt the owners revelled in the story as people would possibly travel to see this ”event” and hopefully patronise their shops! Norman Patton tells us: “Elizabeth Ann Hicks, who was the mother of Charles and William Hicks of Tees Street who were killed in action during World War I, was also my grandfather’s Mum. She was the daughter of a veterinary surgeon, Charles Cammell, who practiced at Sculcoates, a suburb of Hull. Her brother, also Charles Cammell was the owner of Cammell’s ’boutique’ shown above in Loftus Market Place. His wife, Albina, was his business partner and his sister my great-grandmother, was their assistant. My mother, Betty Patton and her sister Cath Winspear (formerly Watson) along with several other sisters also lived at 29 Tees Street and were often used as ‘models’ for the ladies’ hats which their grandmother used to make at home.”
Image courtesy of Ann Wedgewood & Keith Bowers, thanks to Norman Patton for the updates.
Was it a Coronation celebration, a Carlin How Carnival or some other event; our title was taken from the postcard from which the image is derived. We asked if anybody could assist with a possible date or title for well attended activity? Bill Danby tells us: ”Looks like post-war, but not long after. I suggest the Festival of Britain, held in the Summer of 1951, with events all over the country. It was supposed to cheer up Britain after the long years of War and rationing. The costumes of the ladies are very reminiscent of the Festival Logo. Most likely Coronation Street, Carlin How.” However Derick Pearson disputes this, believing it to be elsewhere in East Cleveland; can anybody assist?
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, many thanks to Bill Danby and Derick Pearson for the updates.
A postcard view of the road and steps up out of Robin Hoods Bay, possibly from the 1930s based on the ladies clothing. How quiet and no vehicles attempting the perilous descent or ascent.
A post card view of the Mill at Robin Hoods Bay. The building is slightly further south of Robin Hoods Bay and can still be viewed by walkers on the now popular Cleveland Way.
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