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 This is a view of East Row and Sandsend from the old road to Whitby; from a Tom Watson postcard. The new coast road constructed through boulder clay, is very prone to landslips. Even in more recent times the landward side has had to be “re-sculpted”. Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.  Walter Bradley the Works Engineer with Albert Atkinson receiving an award. The top of no 5 furnace can be seen between the cooling towers. Image courtesy of Dave McGill.  Self closing ventilation doors held open at Lingdale mine, this was needed to help direct the flow of air around the workings, dated 20th November 1958. Image courtesy of George Pearson.  Back row: Jackie Toole, Matty Miller, Bill Hyde, Martin Green, Dave Partlett, Gerry Pearson, Jimmy Cush, Norman Myers. Brian Young tells us: ”This is possibly a First Aid presentation, a few of these worked in the medica centre.” Help is needed with names and identification of the cup. Image courtesy Dave McGill, also thanks to Brian Young, Bob Doe, Barbara McBurney, Eric Trembath and Col Hart for the updates.  A typical scene on the picking belt at an ironstone mine in Cleveland. Here the shale was seperated from the ironstone as it came from the mine, larger lumps are being broken up by sledge hammers. Bill Danby tells us: ”My brother in law, Frank Holmes, who was a Deputy at both Lingdale and North Skelton Ironstone Mines says that this photograph is most likely Lingdale. North Skelton did not have a “belt”, as there so little shale content in the ore extracted from that mine, whereas at Lingdale the shale content was high. Hence the man-made mountain that used to stand behind Coral Street. South Skelton Mine, he adds, also had a “belt” but it was on a slope.” Image courtesy of George Pearson and many thanks to Bill Danby (and Frank Holmes) for the update.  A Tom Watson of Lythe postcard view of of Hinderwell High Street; with Gibbon’s Butchers prominent, presumably Mr Gibbon is standing proudly in front of the shop? Tom Watson was a contemporary of F.M. Sutcliffe of Whitby; they both took many fine views of Whitby and district.  Not a cloud in the sky, a hot sunny day on the beach at Whitby, sometime in the 1960s. A summer scene, of which the older viewers have happy memories; even if they were not as ‘sunny’ as our memories tell us! Postcard courtesy Ken Johnson.  A colour tinted postcard of Goathland from the moor, from the 1930s style solitary car in view, gives an approximate date for the postcard. After the television series this view and the village were transformed. Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.  The board displayed by the class sums up our knowledge of this group. We have no date, but believe it to be from the 1890s or names, can anybody assist? Image courtesy of Sandra Hutchinson.  An inspiring view of the interior of St Hedda’s Church at Egton Bridge. From a postcard produced by H & F Stokeld Printers of Middlesbrough probably from the 1930s. |
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