2014 May « East Cleveland Image Archive

Emma Pearson on Mrs. Yarker
Emma Pearson on Mrs. Yarker
Derick Pearson on Mrs. Yarker
Emma Pearson on Mrs. Yarker
Lynda cocks on South Loftus High Town
Neil Graham on Smithfield House Loftus
Derick Pearson on Furnace Cottages, Carlin How
C. Cook on Easington Post Office
Alan Radford on Guisborough Grammar School Form 1 Alpha – 1966
Dale Elliott on The Saltburn Cafe 1
Dale Elliott on The Saltburn Cafe 1
janet wilson on Grinkle Hall
kevin shields on Help – 1951 Festival of Britain?
Martin Raan on The Saltburn Cafe 1
Joe Dove on Red Lion Place, Redcar?
David Peacock on Is Your Name Here?
Richard M Fairclough on Silcoates School, Saltburn
karen hall on Furnace Cottages, Carlin How
Keith Bowers on Smithfield House Loftus
Kim Cartwright on Loftus Junior School 1969/70.

Miss Pybus at Russland School

Miss Pybus, Headmistress of Saltburn’s Towers School is pictured c.1940 at Rusland Hall, this was where the Towers School was evacuated in World War II. After the War started, but before the school was evacuated, the boarders used to be taken into the vaults of the Zetland Hotel to shelter when the air-raid sirens sounded. She also remembers having ”midnight feasts”, but with food in short supply thanks to the war, they used to eat toothpaste! Jose Mawson, was a pupil at the Towers from 1937 to 1941; and was there when the school was evacuated to Rusland Hall in 1940. Her great friend was Patricia Burn; other friends were Elizabeth Leathly-Shaw, Hilary Toy, Anne Clinkard, Heather Dorman, Pamela Radge, Marie Locke, Rosetta Bolton, and Joan and Pam Howell (whose parents were in India). After an outbreak of illness thanks to the Rusland Hall drains being unable to cope with the large numbers of people when the school was evacuated, my mother and her sister Helen left the school in 1941, and my mother subsequently attended Durham Girls’ County School. Jose Mawson has memories of the Headmistress, Miss Pybus, had a little white dog called Zeppi, and that all the boarders used to be invited round to Miss Pybus’s house (next door to the Towers) on a Sunday, where they were each given a ”Dainty Dinah” toffee!

Image and information courtesy of Amanda Stobbs.

Towers School Clothing List 1937

This Towers School Clothing List was supplied to Jose Mawson’s mother prior to her attending the school; it makes interesting reading. Included in the list is the bedding pupils would need for boarding. Jose Mawson, was a pupil at the Towers from 1937 to 1941, and was there when the school was evacuated to Rusland Hall in 1940. She remembers that they used to have different colour exercise books for different subjects. Her daughter Amanda Stobbs tells us: “ I remember being given a much larger red one to draw in when I was a small child. Don’t know what became of it, though. One blue backed book still survives because my mother used the spare pages to record her wedding presents! The gold logo on the front is quite spectacular compared to nowadays – also the fact that it’s hard-back.”

Image and information courtesy of Amanda Stobbs.

Arlington Street in Snow

A good clearance has been made of the pavement, it positively shines. Obviously road traffic was not as heavy, judging by the pony and cart on the opposite side of the road; as well as the people standing in the road way.

Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson & Keith Bowers.

Peace Celebrations 1918

One of the series of postcards celebrating the 1918 Peace Celebrations, taken by George Skilbeck (possibly from the upper front room of his premises on Zetland Road). This is the head of the procession with the band leading a vast number of people. The clothing of all indicates more relief that the horror is over than a joyful occasion it commemorated.

Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers.

Loftus Views

Three images grouped on a Richardson postcard view of Loftus; all have featured in other images on the Archive. Particularly interesting is the central image of the railway station with multiple tracks between the platform, allowing trains to pass.

Image courtesy of Margaret and Michael Garbutt.

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