A lovely Skilbeck postcard of Skinningrove; our questions about the buildings have been answered by: Harold Richards tells us: ”I have many happy memories of Skinningrove, I was born there in 1944, and lived with my Gran and Grandad in Chapel Street. As a kid of 12 or 14 years I used to knock around with Arthur Breckon, also of Chapel Street; his dad Teddy Breckon was in the Coastguards in the mid 1950’s. I was told more than once by Teddy Breckon, the large brick building on the right of the photograph beside the road going up to Dickie Bothroyd’s farm, was a mortuary. This was used if anyone had been washed up on the sands who had drowned. I remember this building well made of old red bricks and a large wooden door. My Grandad was Jack Richards (an image of him is on the Website – in the pit with a rat on his knee). My Gran, Amy Richards was a member of the Skinningrove Women’s Institute for many years. I left Skinningrove in 1980, when the heart was ripped out of the village as the houses in Chapel Street and the High Street were demolished; as well as Cliff Street, etc. To me this was very sad, as the houses would still have been stood now.” Colin Hart can tell us: ”The boatmen’s hut was and still is situated just before the bridge onto the beach, it was used for social events, later used by the Gala Association and is now used by the pigeon men.” Terry Baker adds: “It really is sad when your fondest memories of a place – the buildings and the houses and the lanscape are all bulldozed. But it’s nice when you can reminisce the old times, or when someone helps you explain things in a photograph, like you have done here. It has been a real pleasure reading this post, with the lovely description of the contents of the photograph. It makes me want to revisit my childhood and try and remember my own photographs from then.”
Image courtesy of Mrs Lilian Waton; thanks to Harold Richards, Colin Hart and Terry Baker for these updates.
Once again of Loftus Market Place but look at the Angel Inn how lovely it used to be. What date would you put on this postcard?
Jezz Clifford suggests: ”Pre-1966, number 25 is prior to bay windows were erected?” Eric Lindsay has now advised: “Frith has postcard saying Circa 1960 which also appears on Frith Series Postcard labelled Geo Skilbeck LTS2 which bears early QE2 stamp.”
Image courtesy of Mrs Lilian Waton and thanks to Jezz Clifford and Eric Lindsay for the updates.
A lovely shot of Cattersty sands and the cliffs, an A.F.S. postcard distributed by C.O. Smelt who used to have Skinningrove post office. The postcard is believed to date from 1931.
Mrs Waton is standing on the right and we understand that clothing had been collected by the Scouts. Do you recognise anyone in the photograph? John Preston tells us: ”The lady left of picture (non-uniform) is Ethel Robinson (her husband was called Wilf)”, Pamela Mcvay, confirms this fact – it’s her grandmother – and called her “nanna!” Carol Barwick suggests: ”Second lady on the left is Sister Greta”.
Image courtesy of Mrs Lillian Waton and many thanks to John Preston for the update; also many thanks to Pamela Mcvay and Carol Barwick for further names.
Were you one of these ladies on the lawn? We have some of the names and they are: Back row: Sally Green, Mary Dale, Mrs Fenby. Front row: Dossie Rowland, Mrs Waton, ??, Mrs Rowland, Mrs ?.
David Bertam believes: ”Sally Green may have been the wife of Bill Green, a worker at Easington Hall Farm. I remember them living in Morehead Terrace in the late 1970s/early 1980s; a devoted, good honest Yorkshire couple; Bill with his hens; Sally making brawn.” Martyn Lonsdale confirms this: ”Yes, Sally Green was the wife of Bill Green; they had two daughters Joyce and Jennifer. They lived in Morehead Terrace for the rest of their lives; Sally passing away in the 1990’s and Bill about ten years later. Sally and Bill are my grandparents, I’m a son of Jennifer Green.” Whilst Mike Leyland adds: “I bought 4 Morehead Terrace Easington in 1996 where Bill and Sally lived since the 1940’s. Sally died in 1990 and Bill died in 1995. Bill was ARP warden and I have some of his ARP documents. I remember Joe Fenby in his later years, he was often sat by his front door playing his harmonica.” Whilst Deborah Garbutt concludes with: “Joe Fenby was my dad’s uncle, my dad was born and lived at 3 Morehead Terrace. I remember Bill and Sally Green as a child growing up and Joan Spenceley; my dad’s auntie Lena lived at 2 Morehead Terrace, my grandma was Doreen Garbutt 3 Moorehead Terrace.”
Image courtesy of Mrs Lilian Waton; thanks to David Bertram, Martyn Lonsdale, Mike Leyland and Deborah Garbutt for the updates.
Owen Rooks wrote to the Archive and advised: “The attached image is of a newly delivered shiny locomotive named ’Prince Charles’ purchased by Mr. Cyril Pickering in 1954 for his Saltburn Miniature Railway. My dad had retired from British Rail the previous year and had been commissioned by Mr. Pickering to supervise the replacement of the entire track with heavier metals to accommodate the new locomotive which came from the Lakeside Miniature Railway in Southport. Of course, I had to ’help’ with the task, even being allowed to drive the new locomotive quite often. I believe that ’Prince Charles’ still survives at Saltburn after all these years.”
Skinningrove office staff at their Christmas party in the 1960s. Back row:- Peter Bulman, Ron Ebbs, Mike Wedgwood, Paul Redway, George Swales, Gordon B. Davies, Clive Pearson, Maurice Cook, Eric Matson, Fred Larder, Colin Shaw, George Lindsey, George Brignall, George Elders, Albert Allen
Middle row:- Jean Parkinson, Florence Cornforth, Barbara Cuthbert, Val Taylor, June Hugill, Janet Grey, Ann Walshaw, Carol Goodwill
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