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Lingdale “Bottom End”

Oldham Street, Moorcock Row and the Victoria Inn are shown on this photograph, of course the shale heap is very visible, all long gone now, although the name Moorcock Row remains – attached to the new houses built on the old site.  What  date was it taken – does anyone know? Paula Miller has advised: ”This photograph was taken by the Evening Gazette”. Derek Dobson remembers: “Looking out of our front window as a child I would see the full size heap for years, lived in Prospect Terrace. I’m 62 now; spent many a summers day, me and Paul Tyrka sat waving at the training jets buzzing us. There were that many fossils, collecting them was never an option. Great things to climb, some parts almost solid other paths constantly crumbling as you climb. I’d be seeing heap this size in 1960; great place to sit look down on the whole village, taking in the distant view leading to the moors. There was constant rivalry between bottom-enders and top-enders; so fought each other for entertainment, but all together when defending ourselves.”

Judith Green (nee Taylor) told the Archive: “I was born at 35 Oldham Street, my grandmother’s house, and spent most of my childhood playing in the streets there. My cousins, the Beckley family lived at no.15. I took piano lessons with a lady at no. 17 but cannot remember her name. I remember the pit disaster and my cousin Louis Booth was killed in a motor bike accident in 1955. All the residents supported each other in those sad times A great community.”. Michael A. Buble has added: “Just after World War II (circa 1947) when I was about 12 years old, I was reading in our our local newspaper, a list of young people in England my age, looking for pen pals in Canada. I chose to write to Lewis Booth at 35 Oldham Street, Lingdale, Saltburn. This began a regular exchange of letters throughout our teen aged years and into adulthood. Lewis also wrote me from Egypt where he was serving with the British Forces. In 1955 a letter came to me from 35 Oldham Street, but it was not from Lewis. It was from Mrs Booth, his mother. She informed me that Lewis had died in a motorcycle accident. I was quite distraught over this news. Lewis and I, through the years of correspondence had truly become pen pal friends. In the letter, Mrs Booth enclosed a picture of the grave, all covered in flowers, where Lewis was buried, I continued to keep in touch with Mrs Booth. Then early in 1963 (around February) I advised Mrs Booth that I would be visiting England sometime in June of that year and I was looking forward to meeting her in Lingdale. She wrote back and said she would be so happy if we were to meet.
When I finally arrived at 35 Oldham Street, I was met by a Mrs Beckley. She informed me that Mrs Booth had passed away recently,
I was warmly received and invited in to meet other members of the family and to join them for tea. It was wonderful meeting the family of Lewis. After several hours of socializing, we visited the cemetery and the graves of Lewis and his dear mother. That evening I returned to Saltburn and the following morning journeyed northward to Scotland. I am almost 85 years old now and still living on the west coast of Canada in Vancouver. Best Wishes and Regards to The Booth family and their relatives.”


Image courtesy of a cutting from the Evening Gazette, thanks to Derek Dobson, Judith Green (nee Taylor), Paula Miller and Michael A. Buble for the updates and comments.

Moving Lingdale Shaleheap 1983

Well the photograph is dated and tells us what is happening so there is no more for me to write. However Derick Pearson tells us: ” I was standing on what was the footings of Coral Street and North Terrace at Lingdale; I took this for the records of Lingdale local history at that time. The shale heap was being removed by George Carey Haulage. The man on the D6 digger and loading the lorries was George Found and the man in the lorry that day was George (Sooty) Thorpe. The bungalow you see was my father-in-laws and the red Volkswagen Caravanette on the driveway was mine.”

Photo originally taken by Derick Pearson and many thanks to Derick for that update.

Lingdale – 1913

The High Street at Lingdale dated 1913, an image of another thriving village at that time.

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday.

Tyreman Street, Lingdale

In assisting us  with dating the image Derick Pearson told the Archive: ”According to Census in 1891 the Post office was at the bottom of Tyreman Street, and Thomas William Cook was postmaster who came from Norfolk, He was at no 3 High Street on the South side in 1881 prior to this, so it may well be just before the turn of the century as we thought. Cooks still had the shop on the 1901 Census, but on the opposite corner is the Primitive Methodist Jubilee chapel, on the block on the left with the Gas lamp out front. This was built 1897 which also confirms the photograph was taken later than that.”

Image courtesy of Derick Pearson and others, thanks to Derick Pearson for the update regarding possibly dating of the image.

Stanghow Road

Stanghow Road

This Phoenix postcard (Brittain and Wright of Stockton) dating from the early 20th century looks towards Stanghow and the road leading to the moor.

Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.

The Tavern and Stone Row Lingdale 1890s

Locally known as the ”top house” the Lingdale Tavern more recently was a boarded building at the cross roads, nothing like the magnificent building in this Phoenix Series postcard from the 1890’s. Derick Pearson advises: “This photograph dates from when John Snowden was the owner of the Tavern or Lingdale Hotel. The Lingdale Tavern is still known to many as Snowdon’s Corner, even after all these years. Dale Terrace also known as Stone Row is further up this road, on the left is the Congregational Chapel which is still there today.” Mark Bottomley comments: “My grandad Charles Bottomley, lived on Stone Row with his grandparent’s – Charles and Flora Bottomley – but was tragically killed in the mining explosion in 1953.” Whilst Ed Stolting adds: “Beautiful picture of Stanghow Road and the Lingdale Tavern! Glad to read that it was reopened a few months ago after having been boarded up all those years which was truly a very sad sight.
My grandfather and grandmother lived in the house on the corner of Davison Street and Stanghow Road (no. 2). They were Charles and Winnifred Hogarth. Winny used to always visit what she called “chapel” every Sunday night. I used to visit them from Holland just about every year during the 1950’s!”

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday and Jean Carass; thanks to Derick Pearson, Mark Bottomley and Ed Stolting for the updates.

Lingdale Stanghow Road 1947

Makes you shiver looking at this photograph; do you remember the winter of 1947?

Newspaper cutting courtesy of Mike Holliday.

Stanghow

This nice photograph with the mine in the background left the Archive asking for the date and details. Eric Johnson informed us: ”in the centre of the photograph, can be seen the calcining kilns and materials hoist. The three kilns were originally on the island of RAASAY in the Inner Hebrides; dismantled in about 1943 with each part carefully numbered and loaded into ships. One local man John Macleod was killed in the hold when the sling broke. The kilns were taken to Lingdale and re-erected shortly afterwards, this photograph is from about 1950.” Thanks to Eric for the information.
Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, thanks to Eric Johnson for the information.

Blacksmiths Shop at Stanghow

This is an image Derick Pearson reproduced on a CD rom for an exhibition in 1983, his comments included: ”The little pony and trap belonged to Peter Dorman’s family from Stanghow Hall. Peter’s great grandfather was Isaac Scarth who built Stanghow Hall in 1776. This blacksmiths shop replaced an earlier one (c1800) which used to be under the tree at the entrance to the old Easter Field path. For those who don’t remember the Easter Field, it was the Moorsholm wood path next to Stanghow Hall. This later one was there before the turn of the century. My father was playing there in 1929 and got his thumb trapped in a large grindstone which can be seen in this image, beside the bicycle on the right. A bungalow is now on the site of this old blacksmiths shop. When the image is zoomed in the large board to the left of the doorway is advertising a dwelling house for rent.”

Bill Danby has supplied us with the following information about this image: “1. Tom Curnow, a Lingdaler and later a Skeltoner included this photograph in his book, “Skelton and its History”, which is available in local libraries. He describes working the bellows there as a lad. 2. Derick Pearson mentions the Scarths’ at Stanghow House. The family was still there in 1917; their son also called Isaac was killed, aged 23, at Arras while serving as a Lieutenant with the local 1/4th Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, on the 23rd April. The circumstances of the day and more details about him are described on my “Skelton in Cleveland in History & 1/4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment website.”

Paula Miller tells us: ”This image I used in a calendar to raise funds for a local group and Mr Richard (Dick) Dorman bought a copy from me and asked me where on earth did I get the photograph from; as the trap is indeed his and he still has it and invited me to go see it; its rotten now. The lady in the trap was indeed his gran.”

Cuth Earl tells us: ”The blacksmith with the beard is I think my great grandfather George Langstaff. He was the son of John Langstaff, a farmer, who is mentioned in Bulmer’s Directory 1890 – Stanghow Township. Another son, Christopher (Kit) was a grocer in Lingdale. The Langstaff family hailed from County Durham originally, principally in the area of Witton le Wear”.

Image originally supplied by Mike Holliday, but particular thanks to Bill Danby and Derick Pearson for the above information; also to Paula Miller and Cuth Earl for the updates.

Plantation Cottage Rear 1930s

Derick Pearson advised the Archive: “This is at the rear of Plantation cottages which is near to Stanghow Hall; owned by Peter Dorman until just recently, now his son Richard is the owner. The road from Lingdale towards Lockwood Beck crosses Stanghow Ridge; right turn leads eventually onto Birk Brow bank. Turning left for 300 yards or so; Plantation Cottages is on the right opposite the farm right under the Rookery trees.”

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday and thanks to Derick Pearson for the update with location information.