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New Brotton

One of the editors of the Archive was trying to place this terrace of houses, it is the main Saltburn Road, viewed up the hill (from under the railway bridge shows what is now known as poultry farm corner. It features as the name for a bus stop on the Arriva service but no passenger ever gets to see New Brotton!

Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough.

Brotton Primary School – 1932

The question is: “What was the production and who were the participants?” We know the year as well as the location and assume it is possibly some school production. Can anybody assist? Malcolm Nellist advises: “I’m not sure but the lad third row from the front first on the left as you see it could be my dad, he would be 8 at the time Alan Nellist,
Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough and thanks to Norma Nellist for the update.

Welford’s Corner, Brotton

This is a picture taken looking towards Welford’s Corner (later known as Chemist’s Corner), showing the original sign for The Queen’s Arms.

Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough.

1935 Jubilee, Brotton

This is a scene from Child Street, Brotton; with the local children dressed up as king and courtiers for the 1935 Jubilee Celebrations. Julie tells us ”oops sorry forgot to tell you the names.”

The five standing at the back  (left to right): Leslie Allen, Florrie Chapman, Eric Sibly, Marjory Kershaw, Annie Petch.

The two standing in the middle: Arthur Chapman (left); Jean Sibley (right).

The three sat at the front (left to right): Peggy Harben, Dorothy Kershaw, Matt Theaker.

Image and names courtesy of Julies Riddiough.

High Street, Brotton (1934)

Showing the Methodist Chapel and the ”Grand Cinema”, High Street Brotton. Eric Johnson tells us: ”the Grand had ’double seats at the back’ for couples;  and that’s as much as I am prepared to say”. Jon advises: “My grand parents and my father used the Grand Cinema as a bingo hall; from around the late sixties to the early seventies, before selling the building back to the Council. It started as a prize bingo later converted to a money bingo; back then you could still see how the old cinema was.”

Image courtesy of Julie Riddiough and thanks to Eric Johnson and Jon for the update.

Horses and Handlers, Loftus Mine

An early photograph of the stables at the mine at Loftus dating from about 1875, taken before the horses and the men walked down into the mine to work their shift. Although of poor quality the Archive hopes in time to be able to replace with a better copy of this photograph.

Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.

Stable Yard, Loftus Mine

A lovely shot of the stable yard with two of the horses and their handlers.  They were used to pull the wagons loaded with ironstone from the mine.  If their usual handler wasn’t there these horses could be very awkward to any other man trying to work with them.  Although there were stables underground, the horses were brought out on a regular basis to enjoy time in the field belonging to the mine.

A Cummings tells us: ”The building to the left was the foreman’s house, the building with the open door was the wash down room where the horses were bathed, and the hill in the background is the bankside up to Carlin How, where the railway ran.The stables are between the house and the washroom. My father sometimes looked after the horses and I often had a little sit on them.” Colin Hart advises the Archive: ” The two men in the photograph are Leslie (Pem) Holliday and Albert Wilson”.

Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection and Cleveland Ironstone Mine; also thanks to A. Cummings and Colin Hart for the updates.