East Cleveland Image Archive

Springhead Terrace viewed from an elevated position, possibly the property for many years occupied by the Gallilee family.
Eric Johnson believes the top house was known as the “belgians house”.

Thanks to Deick Pearson and Eric Johnson for updates.

There’s a lot of windows in these two houses – whose were they and do they still exist? (you can tell I’m not from Loftus can you?)

Richard Watson tells us: ”The houses in the foreground look like my mothers and the Gale’s on Micklow Lane. The side veiw shows a single lower ground bay window — a second floor bay was added before we moved in about 1961. The next block up was owned by Fred Hutchinson when I was young and the Colbecks lived in the one above that.”

The houses are on Micklow Lane, now surrounded by more recently built houses. Thanks to Bill for the information. Also to Richard Watson for the update.

A busy day on Arlington Street even though the snow is on the ground, there are two horses and carts.  The shop in the corner was owned by Tommy Wren, a dark musty kind of shop that sold everything or so it seemed when I was young.  A lovely gas light on the left hand side and no I don’t remember them.

Don’t think it’s fog or a fire I think it’s a fault in the photograph, but once again everyone stops for the photographer.  We do have a man in uniform, a policeman, don’t think he will be directing traffic as there is only one horse and cart in the scene, the road looks pretty dire with the pools of water, maybe it hasn’t been tarmaced yet.  What do you think?

The end of Loftus High Street looking towards the Market Place, we can see the shops; here there was a small general dealers, Mr Robinson’s bike and I think electrical shop, then came Finlays sweet shop.  Can we date it by the pram?

The gap in the wall on the right hand side, a horse trough that was fed by a natural spring.

Eric says ”the first shop has the name S. Jackson on the sign. Kelly’s Directory of the North Riding for 1905, states ’Jackson, Sarah (Mrs), shopkeeper, 43 High Street Loftus”. (so we know that it could be 1905 – rodders)

Ah a busy day in Loftus as the two vehicles go towards the Market Place, dating from 1986 (according to Martyn Richardson-he can remember the Saab parking in the Market Place at that time!). Thanks to Martyn for that update.

The image was taken from the form of Service produced for the dedication ceremony, held at 2pm on 11th November, 1922.

Light in the camera or a sunbeam rather spoils this photo, but we can still see the war memorial and the lions head pouring out water, with some of the older houses of Loftus in the background.

Loftus again looking east from the Market place, doesn’t look very busy, we can see that the Wesleyan chapel has gone and the car makes me think of the 50’s.  Am I right? do let me know.