This is now believed to be visitors (and relatives of the miners in this image. Hence this visit to an iron ore mine in walking out clothes! All the same a very good image of the travelling drift at Upleatham, we are unsure as to why the tub would be on its side though! Paul Anderson tells us: ”The people to the far right are my great, great, great grand parents John (Jack) and Jane Pinchin of 86 Dale Street, New Marske. The photograph is circa 1915-1920. They came up from Manningford, Wiltshire in 1881 looking for work and had 12 children. There are still members of the Pinchin family in New Marske today. ”
Image courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum and thanks to Paul Anderson and Steve Pratt for the updates.
According to the information we have (Jane and John were my great-great grand parents)
From left to right – Jane Pinchin, Edgar ? (husband of Lillian), Lillian ? (Pinchin), Tom Pinchin – holding horse, ? – leaning on wagon, John Pinchin, Mary Pinchin.
David William pinchin These are my grandparents.
My father was Jack Pinchin .
Thanks to Anne Peacock at the Skinningrove Iron Museum, we’ve determined that Edgar is Francis William Edgar Fellows, who married Lillian (Lily) Pinchin in 1907. Presumably, given that this appears to be a family photograph, the unidentified man leaning on the wagon was also a member of the Pinchin family, although he remains unidentified at the moment.