East Cleveland Image Archive

Fred Brunskill tells us: ”The photo was taken of this lady in 1886 as she went along the unmade promanade. The tall building on the right is Somerset House which was midway between Moore St. and Bath St. On the beach can be seen some bathing machines possibly the ones operated by Mr Skinner.”

Thanks to Fred for that update.

A long time ago you could see a sight like this on Redcar beach, not any more, notice the sailing ships on the horizon today we would see tankers.

The poster says it all, why isn’t there a pleasure park at Redcar now?

This is the pleasure park and the caption tells all.

A lovely shot of the front at Redcar in the 1930s, showing the pier, I remember going dancing there but there was no pier left then.

So you think that sand yachts are modern!

This beautifully quaint contraption took V.I.Ps, Military servicemen and Lighthouse crew out to the Lighthouse and Gun installations at the end of South Gare.

Don’t remember the stray looking like this a lot different to the stray today.

A very evocative image of old Marske.  A group of Victorians taking the air while a fisherman digs for worms in the foreground.  Still a very photogenic view to this day, largely unchanged except for the addition of a tractor or two.  Maybe with the regeneration that is taking place in Marske we’ll see the old bandstand and gardens back again!