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 Robin Hoods Bay, Looking towards the landing slipway. Coloured postcard or painting, hard to say? The horses and cart suggest an early date, Possibly collecting kelp, as no fishing cobles are evident; date of card posting is 1947. Image courtesy Ken Johnson.  A poster advertising Richardson’s – Publishers and Printers – this description should also include postcards, many are featured on the site. They occupied the premises previously used by Fords and then Martin McColls on West Road. The poster dates from the 1880s. Image courtesy of Geoffrey Patton.  On the open beaches of the Yorkshire Coast, it was all members of the village to help with hauling the cobbles up the beach, when returning from fishing. Apart from the idle youth sitting down kicking at the sand and the girl who is too young. Location now confirmed as Staithes, the ladies bonnets suggest this. David Richardson confirms with: ”An early 1900′s image of Staithes beach, the old timber sticking out of the sea on the left of the image is very distinct in other photos of the time as is the cobble just off to the right.” Image courtesy Maurice Grayson and thanks to David Richardson for that confirmation of location.  1905 is the date we have for this postcard of Khyber Pass and the piers at Whitby. It may be older as the wheels of a bathing hut can just be seen near the buildings halfway down the bank.  This probably posed image of young ladies collecting water from St Hild’s well, which is situated to the rear of the parish church in Hinderwell. The well being the reason for Hinderwell so being named, the well today is more of a monument presentation, no lever pump to possibly be vandalised! Image from a postcard courtesy of Maurice Grayson.  So called as it used to be part of the Grinkle Park estate and originally owned by Sir Mark Palmer, today it is part of the Mulgrave Estate. Also traditionally called the ”Thatched Cottage” it is perched on the western end of the lower sea wall at Runswick Bay. The cottage was later used as an holiday home by Vet Alf Wight, better known as ”James Herriot”. Image from a postcard courtesy of Ken Johnson  Ruswarp seen here in 1913, the old road bridge across the Esk is in the foreground, it was replaced with the present structure in 1936. behind is the rail bridge. David Richardson tells us: ”The bridge was photographed assembled at Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd’s Bridge Yard in February 1936 just before being shipped to the village. One of my grandfathers jobs in his early years was to repaint the bridge when it was its original color blue, these days its painted green.” A Reliable series postcard courtesy of Ken Johnson and thanks to David Richardson for that update.  A leisurely day in Staithes Harbour. The fishing cobbles are drawn up the beach, adults and children, take it easy on a sunny afternoon around 1890. Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.  An postcard view of the Hinderwell windmill, interestingly although of poor quality (the Archive hopes to find a better quality image in time!) the sails and the cap (exposing the windshaft) appear to be missing. Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.  High Street, Hinderwell from the south, another Valentine’s postcard view; the leisurely pace of life evident in this view would suggest an early 20th century date. |
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