Standing: Miss Sibley, Miss J Norminton, Mrs R. Ward, Miss J Long.
Seated: Mrs Gladman, Miss Goldsbrough (Head), Mrs P Hitchen.
1961/2 was Miss Long’s first year in teaching and she was only at Harry Dack for that year, afterwards became a stalwart of Loftus Junior School. It was also the final year as Head for Miss Goldsbrough, retiring 31st July 1962.
Shirley Tutton tells us: “This was my first year at school and I remember all the staff as if it was yesterday!”. Whilst Sally Abra tells us: “As a seven-year old I was mesmerised by Mrs Gladman’s high heel shoes and bright red lipstick; I aspired to be like her when I grew up. I was with Mrs Hitchen too, these photographs are brilliant so see after so long.” Janis Bonner has advised: “It is Mrs.Ward standing between Miss Norminton and Miss Long.(I think she was called Rita) She was lovely and taught the younger children. I remember her putting all our artwork into those huge scrapbooks. Mrs.Coser was indeed fair haired and wore glasses, I believe she taught the older children as did Mrs. Hitchen who I had the pleasure of meeting again a few years ago.”
Thanks to Alison Atkinson for the updated names and to Shirley and Sally for the memories. Thanks also to Janice Bonner for resolving our naming quandary.
Nice dog with it’s owner, now known to be Thomas Ranson who was the Manager at North Skelton ironstone mine in the late 1800’s. Mr Ranson has often been wrongly identified as Mr Brown at North Skelton mine. The 1891 Census lists Thomas Ranson as Manager with his son Robert as a Deputy Overman, the whole Ranson family (ten in total) lived at numbers 1 and 2 Bolckow Street, North Skelton; by the 1901 and 1911 Census the family had moved to 1 Vaughan Street.
Originally titled ”Mr Brown North Skelton Mine” when this image arrived to the Archive, prompted the question: ”Who was Mr Brown?”. Neil Baldwin now tells us: ”Mr Brown was an engineer at North Skelton pit, he was my father-in-law’s great grandfather (along the Butler family side).”
Image courtesy of several sources, thanks also to Neil Baldwin for resolving the query.
Now the Archive knows that these are some of the workmen from the mine (possibly one shift?); but what date would it be? Also can anybody provide any names?
Back Row: John Barry, Brian Sawdon, Anthony Sherwood, Martin Byers, David Cuthbert, Michael Hopper, Mike Gowan. Middle Row: David Legg, Tony Robinson, Philip Barnes, Brian Hart. Front Row: Stephen Pressick, Keith Bowers, Nicholas Whitlock, Christopher Marsay, David Bowers, Glen Yeoman. Whilst Jenna Skidmore tells us: “Photographs of me when I was in year 1 and younger”. But can anybody tell the year and the occasion?
Image courtesy of Marian Toulson,thanks to Mike Hopper for the missing name and to Jenna Skidmore for the update.
The Working Men’s Club viewed from Brotton Road, a lovely building one hundred years old in 2011; having opened in 1911. The first Steward was Harold Bowling (grandfather of Roger Barwick), Harold later became landlord of the Maynard Arms.
A view of the former Hummersea alum workings, almost disappearing under the eroded surface. The stone outlines are the remains of liquor channels used to move the resultant liquids to the settling tanks.
Here on Staithes station locomotive L1 2-6-4T number 67754 stands adjacent to the signal box with a mixed train of 2nd/3rd class composite coaches, the first carriage being quite a modern example, while the rest are pre-1939. Eric Johnson has advised: “Engine no 67754 was in charge of the last passenger train from Whitby to Loftus, in 1958. on the left of the photograph (behind the boys on the platform) can be seen a camping coach, several of the stations between Staithes and Scarborough had these carriages in sidings at the stations, for holiday makers.” The old station building still stands, it is now a private house, but still is an obvious former railway building.
Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson and several sources, thanks to Eric Johnson for the update.
Looking from Loftus down the bank we can see Whitecliffe Cottages, Kilton Mill; with Duck Hole pit is just visible through the tree and Skinningrove Ironworks standing high on the cliff. Susan Taylor told the Archive: “My great, great aunt lived at Whitecliffe cottage. I know she was there in 1932 and the same address is on her death certificate in 1951. Can anyone tell me if it is more than one, how many where there and are they still there. She left all her furniture to a lady called Mrs Kate Marley of the same address. I know the Marley family were living at this address in 1911. Any information you may have would be very useful. My aunt was a District Nurse and I wonder if she worked in the area and that’s how she came to settle there; her name was Mary Woolhouse.” Alan Richardson responded with: “I was born there in 1970. I think my parents bought the house in about 1967. We lived at no. 2 Whitecliffe Cottage until my parents sold it in 1981. We lived next door to the Marshalls until about 1977, and then the Speddings who are still there at No 1.” Derick Pearson adds: “2 Whitecliffe Cottages is owned by Dave Preston who has been there for many years. In the war years a gentleman was stood in the doorway when a bomb dropped and was killed. Some of the local lads from the works and the ironstone mine were involved in the restoration work.”
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson & Keith Bowers; also thanks to Susan Taylor, Al Richardson and Derick Pearson for the updates.
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