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Saltburn

Once again a photograph believed to have been taken between 1880 and 1895, but it is not as we know Saltburn today.
Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection and thanks to David Richardson for the dating update.

Taking The Air

Saltburn in it’s hey day, the swing boats are there, the are bathing huts lined up on the beach and lots of people taking the air. Interestingly the fair to the right of the photograph is on the large grassed area on the top promenade; also lots of people on the sides of Cat Nab.

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday.

Loftus Junior School 1946/47

Back row: Derek Walker, Colin Morgan, Raymond Robinson , Keith Barratt, Malcolm Libby, Derek Gale, Billy Dunning, Leslie Brittain, Peter Robinson, Gerald Verrill, Mrs Ruth Hun (teacher).

Third row: Derek/George ?, Brian Ditchburn, Joan Smith, Shirley Pressick, Rita Ward, Shirley Newton, Joan Sunley, Jean Jones, Thelma Mintoft, Terry Baines, John Craggs.

Second row: Shirley Snow, Edith Stephenson, Leonora Hicks, Jean Ashton, Audrey Hoggart, Yvonne Charlton, Daisy Morrish, Shirley Treloar, William Warrell.

Front row: Norman Tindall, George Locker.

Image courtesy of Marian Toulson, thanks to Marion Burnside and Barbara McBurney of assistance with names.

Waltzers

I think this is the waltzers at Saltburn, do you remember them? I almost feel giddy thinking if riding on them. Looking past the waltzers, it is a lovely photograph of the bay and Huntcliff, hasn’t changed a lot has it?

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday.

The Fair At Saltburn

Another fair from many years ago by the look of the picture, but there are lots of people there.

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday.

Old Caravans

Nestling under Cat Nab were these wonderful old caravans at Saltburn, Owen Rooks tells us: ”I believe that these caravans belonged to a showman named Laurie Rudland whose permanent home was in Middlesbrough. They appeared each year for the duration of the summer holiday seasons during the 1950?s and early 1960?s when Mr Rudland and his family set up and operated the fairground over the road next to the beach.” Mark Thompson adds: “I remember those being there in the 1980’s, painted grey; not sure when they would have been removed though. Same decade I guess?”

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday, thanks to Owen Rooks and Mark Thompson for the updates.

Saltburn Fair

The fair at Saltburn; with caravans and rides but not as we know them today, but I bet they still pulled the crowds it would be a great occasion.

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday.

Adopted Foal

This image comes from a Whitby Gazette newspaper cutting, dating from 1963; with reference to ‘America’ Jack Welford. The full article read as follows: “In giving birth to a foal a 24-year-old mare, ‘Ginger’, died of a heart attack at America House, Hinderwell, the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Welford. Mr Welford and his family tried for 24 hours to feed the foal, named ‘Ginger’ after its dead mother, from a bottle, without success. As the last resort, Mr Welford put ‘Ginger’ to a 17-year-old Cleveland Bay mare, ‘Biscay Bay’, owned by Miss Ruth Kitching, of Goathland, near Whitby. ‘Biscay Bay’ already had a five-week-old foal of her own, but immediately accepted ‘Ginger’, and nursed him along with her own foal. Now. after initial jealousy by the ‘Biscay Bay’ foal, all three are happily running together on the farm.”

Image from a Whitby Gazette cutting (photograph having been taken by John Tindale of Whitby); courtesy of Derick Pearson. Thanks to Paul Brown for the update.

Chapman Foal

Chapman the foal, was born 1960 out of Cholderton Legend and Princess Primrose. He went to the Queen as a 3 year old Stallion. He was photographed here in Lumpsey Fields at Brotton 1960. I handled him many times and rode him to the transporter to be shipped to the Queen’s Stables in London. He was a quite a handful, as he was so fit and raring to go.

Image and information courtesy of Derick Pearson.

Chapman 1963

This is Chapman the stallion out of Cholderton Legend and Princess Primrose, just prior to going to London in 1963. He was named as one of the most famous stallions in the country. He is named in dozens of the Cleveland Bay magazines of that period.

Image and information courtesy of Derick Pearson.