Thanks to Beryl Morris for this postcard view of the wood taken from down beside the beck.
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Mr. Charlie Stokoe and Trevor at the Central Garage when they dealt with SAAB cars.
Another view, looking east, along West Road taken after the houses on the south side were built. A note on the back of the card says, ’1914 I should say. The gas lamp post could be one my grandfather made. He made the first one for Loftus …….. made the gas lamp burners.’ (I don’t know who wrote the note).
This is the first postcard that I’ve seen of Cliff Crescent. I remember when it was counter service in the Co-op, but not as far back as this when the door was on the corner.
”Haugh Bridge, Water Lane” is written on the back of this card, but we don’t think it is. Could it be the footbridge at the bottom of Slater’s Banks, taken from the field? The ’Private Wood’ was felled and cleared round about 1970 and has since regrown.
On the back of this card it says ’Photo by T. C. Booth, Loftus, Yorks’. Rev. T. Colledge Booth was the Pastor of Loftus Congregational Church. He came to his first pastorate at Loftus in June, 1897, when the church was in the building on North Road.
1920 when this vehicle from Crow’s fair ran away down Mill Bank, penty of people there to give advice. Vehicles running backwards down Mill Bank was a common occurance many years ago.
A lovely photo of the bay c. 1910, kindly loaned by Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, but look at the smoke from the works no clean air in those days.
A lovely view of the cliffs and the sea, there is Hummersea bay, Skinningrove and Cattersty, the jetty can be clearly seen and the smoke tells us where the ironstone works are. Hummersea Farm can also be seen, as can the shine of ”snilah ponds” in the centre of the image. ”Snilah ponds” are believed to have been the settling ponds for Hummersea Alum works. Thanks to Eric Johnson for the update.
I bet this was quite a classy photograph when it was new, before age faded the image somewhat. Hummersea Farm was originally built for the Manager of the Alum quarries and works, the farm house being built to the right in an ’L’ shape layout. Elsie Hart was brought up on this farm. Thanks to Ray Harrison (son of Elsie Hart) for the update. John |
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