Four young speed merchants if the caption is to be believed! We asked who are they and where are they? Derick Pearson believes the image was taken on Brotton Road in Carlin How: ”Looking from the entrance of the Carlin How ambulance station on Brotton Road; Stonehouse’s garage would be on the right and the second part of Brotton road would be to the left. The raised railtrack in the rear going to the left toward Crag Hall and Warsett hill.” We said we would like to have the identity of these ”speed kings”; Alan Franks tells us: “The young fellow on the right is my Dad, George Franks. Derick is probably right for the location, my Dad lived at Carlin How, first at Queen Street, then Brotton Road (Oxford Terrace then). His Dad, my Grandad worked on the Fab Shop and was killed there in 1924. His Mam lived with us until she died in1955, we lived in Redcar then.” Can anybody assist with any other names?
Image and additional information courtesy of Alan Franks and thanks to Derick Pearson for naming the location.
The young fellow on the right is my Dad, George Franks.Derick is probably right for the location, my Dad lived at Carlin How, first at Queen Street, then Brotton Road ( Oxford Terrace then). His Dad, my Grandad worked on the Fab Shop and was killed there in 1924. His Mam lived with us until she died in1955, we lived in Redcar then.