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Grounded – SS Aberdonian

Now believed to be the SS Aberdonian grounded at Cowbar, Staithes; having overshot her intended mooring at Skinningrove in 1930. 

Image courtesy of Mike Holliday.

Loftus Athletic Football Team 1979

Loftus Athletic Football Team in 1979; the year they won the League Cup.

Back row: John Toulson (Manager), Steve Trillo, Derek Knight, Andrew Drinkhall, Mick Gaines, Keith Corner, Fred Kitchener (Coach).
Front row: Bernard Devereux, Chris Lindsey, Jeff Ground, John Devereux, Mark Winspear.

Image and information courtesy of Mike Allison and Marian Toulson.

Brotton and the Railway Bridge

Our Phoenix Series postcard shows Brotton High Street in the early 1900’s. Traffic must have been light, judging by the leisurely progress of the horse and cart from the railway bridge; as well as the crate on the side of the road. No fighting to park the car as in today’s traffic?
Image courtesy of Beryl Morris, Olive Bennett and Jean Carass.

Brotton

This view of the top of Brotton is radically different today, coming from a collection of postcards dating from early in the last century. The terrace beyond the chapel have gone now, although Chapel Street is still there; the gable end of the old Cottage Hospital can be seen at the end of the terrace.  This card was posted on 28th December, 1908, to Loftus and is another of the ’Phoenix Series’ produced by Brittain & Wright of Stockton.

Image courtesy of Beryl Morris and John G. Hannah.

Green Tree Hotel

This picture postcard of the Green Tree; from the ’Phoenix Series’ by Brittain & Wright was posted to Beverley in 1912. Alan Dunn has advised: “There is a photograph of Green Tree with at thatched roof at Kirkleatham Museum; there s also a picture of my dad s cobbler s shop about four doors down from the Tree.” Interestingly the Archive now has an image of the Green Tree with thatched roof and features on another post on the Archive “Old Green Tree Hotel, Brotton”.

Image courtesy of Beryl Morris, thanks to Alan Dunn for the update.

Corner of Station Road

A view from Brotton Railway Station (now more familiar as ‘Tyre City’; looking across to the Station Hotel and Royal Hotel from a postcard postmarked 22nd November, 1907.

Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.

Brotton Station

Brotton station over a hundred years ago, the card was posted on 23rd October, 1907.

Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.

Skelton High Street

The other side of Skelton High Street, on a lovely sunny day as the shades outside of the shops prove.  The Halfpenny Bridge at Saltburn can just be seen in the distance.

Skelton High Street

We don’t have many photographs of Skelton, it’s a pity this one has a mark down it, but lots have turned out to see the man with the camera. The position is clearly recognisable, with what used to be Kingston’s Chemists and is now a floral centre. Derick Pearson advises: “I photographed the original photograph, the numbers were from the last negative on the film. But I printed it because I considered, a poor photo is better than no photo.” In the meantime the Archive is now endeavouring to locate a copy of the original image.

Skinningrove School 1949

Back Row:- Margaret Purver, Jean McLean (Hellings), Thelma Peel (Easton).

Front: June Anderson, Betty Garbutt. The Archive asked: “But are they correctly named/placed? Help please.” Sheila Elsworth (nee Welford) came to the rescue!

Image from a collection compiled by Derick Pearson, names update courtesy of Sheila Elsworth (Welford).