Ray’s parents, Margaret and Norman Bennison Conn, at Boulby Cottages.
(Image courtesy of Mr. Ray Conn)
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Grandmother Katie Easton holding a very young Ray Conn at 6 Boulby Cottages. The cottages, known locally as Tin City, were listed in the 1911 census as Iron Cottages. They were built to house some of the miners working at the Boulby Ironstone Mine. The first ones were occupied by the end of 1906. They were semi-detached bungalows built from corrugated iron sheeting on timber frames, standing on concrete foundations. The Boulby Mine finally closed in 1934 and over the next few years the tenants moved out and the cottages were demolished. Ray has told us that tin sheets and timber went to Wards Farm at Roxby and were used to build a large shed. (Image courtesy of Mr. Ray Conn)
’Old’ Mr Newton at the rear of the ’Tin City’ cottages. The bungalows had wash-houses at the back with coppers for heating the water. Two of them can be seen on the right of the picture. (Image courtesy of Mr. Ray Conn)
The children from Boulby Cottages all dressed up to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Sitting in the front row, from the left, are Stan Fletcher, Lance Easton, and John and Raymond Conn. Do you know any of the others? The framework that can be seen on the cliff top, behind the second and third child at the left, is the tower of the aerial ropeway for Grinkle Mine. Shale was tipped there. (Image courtesy of Mr. Ray Conn)
Some of the residents of Boulby Cottages dressed up to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Back row: ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, ??, Grace Easton (nee Simpson). Front row: Betty Day, ??, ??, Margaret Conn (nee Easton). Can you add any more names, please? (Image courtesy of Mr. Ray Conn and thanks to Celia Kentfield for the update.) |
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