Not easy work bringing in the lifeboat, now known to be the ”Fifi and Charles” life boat which was based at Redcar 1907-1931. Fred Brunskill tells us: ”The ‘Fifi and Charles’ was the last of the rowing lifeboats, towards the end of her service she was provided with the first of Redcar’s tractors to aid launching and recovery. A 35hp. Clayton tractor was delivered in readiness for the ‘Fife and Charles’s’ successor which was to be a heavier and motor driven lifeboat named the ‘Louisa Polden’.” Paul Gray tells us: ”Regarding the “Fifi and Charles”, having researched my family tree , have my great-grandfather hired out a team of horses to launch the lifeboat mentioned, would appreciate any pictures if anyone has them.”
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday and others, thanks to Derick Pearson, Fred Brunskill and Paul Gray for the updates.
Taken in 1952 whilst working on the Skinningrove jetty wall are: ‘Moss’ Cox (Ganger), ‘Stivvy’, ‘Onse’, ‘Jinx’ Hart, Mick Hart, Tom Hart and ‘Miff’ Hogarth. Can anybody assist with the names?
Image and names courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.
Mr. Roberts and his horses, Laddie and Bob, are pictured in their field up behind Loftus shale tip. Their stable was behind the Empire, as were the garages and Ebbs’ coalyard.
The second pair of photographs taken on 17th December 1974; and the bridge falls into the beck. The cost of £50,000 to demolish the bridge was far greater than the cost of building it.
Back row: Robert Crispin (Lingdale), Terry Carter (Loftus), Keith Watson (New Skelton), Mike Waller (Boosbeck), Malcolm Charles (Guisborough), Arthur Bailey (Guisborough), Alan Smith (Brotton), Mike Hore (Loftus), Alan Snaith (Brotton), Ronnie Johnson (Guisborough), Esmond Crossman (Brotton), Robert Carter (New Skelton).
Middle row: Ian Scott, John Illsley, Rowland Robson (all Great Ayton), Barry Harrison (Carlin How), Clive Little (Nunthorpe), Andrew Sutcliffe (Guisborough), Geoff Fall (Great Ayton), Robert Padget (Carlin How), Jim Hoggart.(Great Ayton)
Front row: Mr P. E. Moore, David Lloyd (Nunthorpe), Leonard Hodgson (Brotton), Mike Hugill (Guisborough), Owen Rooks (New Skelton), Roger Barker (Guisborough), David Carey (Guisborough), John Nellist (Loftus), Mr E. Moreland.
Other members of this class missing on the day this photograph was taken were Keith Booth (Skelton Green), Fred Boyes (Lingdale), Mike Grange (Loftus) and Chris Merrill (Great Ayton).
This photograph; taken from the Glenside side of the valley across to the Lodge keepers cottage, shows all that remains after the Half Penny Bridge was blown up a lovely landmark gone but not forgotten. A small section was preserved an used to create the river footbridge in the valley below. Image courtesy of the Pem Holliday Collection.
This image provoked quite a few comments about the brickwheel gang; this image has Harry Dack’s twin brother Tom second from the right. Can anyone know the names of the other men? The brickwheel produced the once familiar ‘back street’ paving bricks, produced from the slag; a by product of the iron smelting process. Eric Johnson advised the Archive: “In the background, centre of the image, part of the benzole house can be seen; this distilled the tar from the coke ovens and to the right the old number 5 furnace.”
Image from a compilation by Derick Pearson and others, thanks to Eric Johnson for the update.
But not as we know it today, no council houses (so dating to pre World War II); although they have swept quite a lot of rubbish up to be collected. Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum.
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