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 A view of the foundry yard before the Installation of the new furnace. On the right can be seen a pile of coke and pig iron and the steps to the charging platform of the old cupola. The new cupola furnace was installed between August and September 1950. Image courtesy of Robin Wilson.  Zetland Foundry, Station Road, Loftus. The old iron melting cupola can be seen on the left of the photograph; the decision by Skinningrove Iron Co to build a new blast furnace in the late 1940s (the largest in the North East at that time) gave the Foundry the opportunity to tender for castings for the new build. This meant the small cupola shown here had to be replaced with a larger capacity furnace. On the right of the photo in the open shed a heap of moulding sand and next to it a pile of scrap iron – risings and runners – can be seen. On the left hand side a pile of moulding boxes are stacked ready for use. All the following images were taken during August and September 1950. Image courtesy of Robin Wilson.  A delightful postcard with views of Loftus and District produced by George Skilbeck. All the locations can be visited today, but how they have changed. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers.  Loftus Youth Club presented this play as part of the Cleveland Youth Drama Festival dating from the 1950s. We can name the people in this image and the roles they played; they are: Margaret Drew (Marguerite de St. Pierre), Lorna Chipchase (Servant Girl), Barabara Whitlock (Jeanne de Wissant), Eileen May (Katherine D’Oudel-bolle), Betty Thornton (Susanne d’Aire) ), Margaret Wood (Claire de Wissant) and Margaret Peel (Anne de Rosty). Can anybody assist in placing them within our photograph? Image courtesy of Loftus Youth Club.  Another of our images from Loftus Youth Club, dating from the 1950s. Can anybody identify the two young men and the reason for the excellent balsa wood glider. Joan Jemson suggests: “I think the young man with the glasses is Michael Jackson who used to live in Westfied Terrace, Loftus, can anyone verify this? It’s not very often I am right and I could be wrong again.” Image courtesy of Loftus Youth Club, thanks to Joan Jemson for that update. |
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