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A lovely Skilbeck postcard of Skinningrove loaned to us by Mrs Waton. Looking closely, what are the buildings on the left hand side going up the cliff road. Come on you Grovers tell me what they were.
Harold Richards tells us: ”I have many happy memories of Skinningrove, I was born there in 1944, and lived with my Gran and Grandad in Chapel Street. As a kid of 12 or 14 years I used to knock around with Arthur Breckon, also of Chapel Street; his dad Teddy Breckon was in the Coastguards in the mid 1950’s. I was told more than once by Teddy Breckon, the large brick building on the right of the photograph beside the road going up to Dickie Bothroyd’s farm, was a mortuary. This was used if anyone had been washed up on the sands who had drowned. I remember this building well made of old red bricks and a large wooden door. My Grandad was Jack Richards (an image of him is on the Website – in the pit with a rat on his knee). My Gran, Amy Richards was a member of the Skinningrove Women’s Institute for many years. I left Skinningrove in 1980, when the heart was ripped out of the village as the houses in Chapel Street and the High Street were demolished; as well as Cliff Street, etc. To me this was very sad, as the houses would still have been stood now.”
Thanks to Harold Richards for that reminder about the mortuary, there was also believed to be a ”Fisherman’s Association?” building at the foot of the hillside road. Can anybody confirm this fact.
A lovely shot of Cattersty sands and the cliffs, taken by C.O. Smelt who I think used to have Skinningrove post office. The postcard is believed to date form 1931?
(Postcard courtesy of Mrs Waton)
Once again we see Primrose Hill starting to be demolished, with the works towering in the background.
Skinningrove before it was re-built, looks like a good dry for the washing. Thanks go to Eric Johnson for the photo.
It is rather a cloudy dark moody photo loaned to us by Eric Johnson but a lovely photo never the less. Taken from an unusual position shows the works off very well.
Taken from Carlin How this shows the valley off nicely, but sadly Primrose Hill is starting to be demolished. Again thanks go to Eric Johnson for the photo.
Well not really as someone else must have been there to take this wonderful photo loaned to us by Eric Johnson. It looks so calm and peaceful away from the noise and the dirt of the steel wotks on the cliff top.
Colin Hart tells us: ”the picture is Dereck(Midge)Purver on his boat Lynn. I spent many hours along with his son Brian fishing and potting on the same boat.”
Thanks to Colin for the update.
Not in very good shape by the look of it the mines certainly did some damage to property in 1938.
As Raymond says:
”This one is of Skinningrove Valley circa 1963. The old track bed of the line to Loftus/Whitby can be clearly seen with the track lifted from the BR closure (well before it was re-laid for CPL) and in the distance the pair of old Gas holders at Skinningrove. Note the lack of trees that now obscure this view.”
The concensus of opinion is that this is the first junction of the zig-zag, with the ’tail’ of the first section coming off the photo at the bottom (originally to run under the viaduct, but after the viaduct was in-filled, stopping short just before) – thanks Colin and Russ – rodders
(image courtesy of Raymond Brown)
This photo shows how Skinningrove was built in the valley with the gas works, gasometers and the mine buildings showing on the right hand side.
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