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Carlin How and Loftus Viaduct in 1866

A beautiful valley and an elegant structure, before the viaduct became unstable and was filled in with waste from the mine to create an embankment.

Different Dancers

Not the usual sword dancers; this photograph was taken at East Loftus and the boys dancing are:-

Michael Cornforth, Thomas Cummings, Terry Grey, Terry Blades, Laurence Bibby and Barry Matson, with Dennis Morrison playing the mouth organ. I don’t know what the occasion was, do you?

Image courtesy of Laurence Bibby.

Lumpsey Minehead Gear Replacement

Three men in rather a dangerous position, the Archive asked: “Does anyone know when the mine head gear was replaced?” Simon Chapman assisted with: “This picture shows work being carried out on the upcast headgear about 1900 which was a wooden construction. It was replaced by a smaller steel structure in 1937. The headgear over the main drawing shaft was also wooden until 1918 when it was replaced, again by a steel headgear.”

Thanks to Simon Chapman for this information.

The Three Johns (1956)

Another family of pigeon-fanciers from Skinningrove. Left to right: John (Young Budget) Winspear, John (Jack or Budget) Winspear, John (Old Budget) Winspear. John Winspear advises: ”This is the picture of the bird that came 1st in the Up North Combine race from Welwyn Garden City, September 1956.  The picture was taken on Grove Hill allotment by The Evening Gazette.  The bird was a blue hen.  She was lost unfortunately the following year from one of the channel races.”

Image and information courtesy of John (Young Budget) Winspear.

Lumpsey Pit – Brotton

A lovely clear photograph (from a Huntrods postcard) of Lumpsey mine at Brotton. Huntrods the photographer (and postcard producer) would not have had to travel very far to capture this image. In 1901 Mr J. E. Huntrods was living in at 32 Errington Street, Brotton; just next door really! Presently some ruins of the buildings still remain with the shaft being capped off.

Lumpsey 1905

A lovely clear photograph of Lumpsey mine dating from 1905.

Lumpsey Again.

Another view of Lumpsey, with a lot of tubs waiting to go to the Iron and Steel works and the pit props waiting to go down into the mine.

Lumpsey Mine Brotton

Another drawing by Mr Harrison, this time of Lumpsey mine from the south; look at all those pit props carefully drawn.
Image courtesy of Joan Webster.

Loftus Zetland Infants

It is possible to just make out Loftus Zetland Infants III on the small board held by the child in the middle.  We’re guessing that these are the children in class 3.   Some of the children are holding small toys.  We don’t know when this photograph was taken but it must have been about a hundred years ago.  Unfortunately some of the children’s features have faded with time.

The old school is now a private house, opposite the Co-op Building, the Archive wondered it close when Harry Dack opened?

Thanks to Mrs. Wilson for the following: “This school closed when the new secondary modern school opened in 1963 and the junior schools moved to the old secondary modern building near the police station. My father attended this school as an infant in 1930 but when I attended this school, it was used for first year junior pupils after Harry Dack opened.”

Thanks to G. Rowcliffe for the following: “I have just found your site and find it very interesting. My family has lived in The Old Zetland School since it was renovated by the Savory family in the early eighties. Do you or any person visiting the site have photographs from inside the School when it was in use, I have heard that there were some that were given to staff and some pupils at the time.”

Image courtesy of Mrs. M. Bielby.

Staithes Lane Shop

Grace Conn (Raymond Conn’ gradmother) opened her first shop at 39 Staithes Lane. She is pictured standing in the door, the shop appears to also include the Post Office.

Image and information courtesy of Ray Conn.