East Cleveland Image Archive

From a booklet of picture postcards, this shows the pier at Saltburn (with a length of 1250ft!), possibly in the period 1924-1939, Marine Parade also shows to good advantage. The original pier was some 1500ft long, but was shortened following an incident with a motor launch in 1874.

A photograph often taken today, although now the skyline is much busier with the heavy industry at Teesmouth and the huge blast furnace.

Thanks to Callum Duff for the update.

A lovely sepia photo of Huntcliff, now known to be from ”Skelton in Cleveland Website” produced by Bill Danby.

The scene is an exploratory dig at the Roman look out station on Huntcliff [the site has now disappeared by erosion]. From Bill’s website we are informed that at the excavation ”25 coins were found there, the earliest showing Constantius 337 – 361 and the latest dated to 395 – 408.
The fort-like station was square with thick stone walls and a 20ft ditch.
Excavations revealed a well, 14 feet deep and 6 feet wide, in which were 14 skeletons, leading to suppositions of a successful attack by the Anglo-Saxons.Roman pottery, an iron axe, a bronze vessel and a jet finger ring were also found.” 

Thanks to Bill for updating us on this aspect of our local history.