A lovely view of the front at Redcar in the 1930s, showing the pier; I remember going dancing there but there was no pier left then. Derick Pearson has memories of the pier: “The white building just past the pier on the left was the Pastime Amusement centre on the promenade. Seems it was more busy there than the high street at that time.” Alan Etherington remembers: “We used to go to the truncated pier in the early 1960s to dance the night away to Danny Mitchell’s orchestra. He had a large black Alsatian that was seen around town with him. I saw him in the Post Office and he asked for a dog licence (takes you back, eh?) and the counter clerk said, “Well that depends.” Danny smacked the counter and said “Hup!” and the dog leapt up to put his paws and face on the counter. “Yes, that’s fine,” said the assistant and proceeded with the licensing.”
Image courtesy of Mike Holliday and others, thanks to Derick Pearson and Alan Etherington for the updates.
I have a memory of visiting a cinema at the sea end of the truncated pier and seeing the James Bond film ‘Thunderball.’ The underwater sections had a soundtrack of real waves crashing under the building. This was about 1966 or 1967. Very surreal!