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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.
Skinningrove Station – ironically at Carlin How!
Who were the two people in the photograph?
What more can I say about this photo? Once again thanks to Pem Holliday
This is Kilton Mill, before the ”new” Mill Bank was created. Kilton Mill at the bottom of Mill Bank, called such because it used Kilton Beck water, which was diverted from Kilton Beck at the Long Dump, just downstream from the Culvert. (thanks Tony and Norman - rodders)
Torrential rain fell in the area on the morning of the 2nd July, 2000, half the month’s usual rain in just six hours. The cloudburst caused flash floods and the water swept down the valleys into Kilton Beck, carrying fallen trees and branches along with it.
The photo shows the old bridge, between the trees, just below Kilton Mill. The logs and debris jammed against the bridge and blocked the beck.
(Thanks to Kathleen Hicks for the set of images and information).
The logs jammed against the old bridge created a dam and the garden of Kilton Mill filled with water.
This photograph was taken less than five minutes after the log jam at the bridge gave way.
The surge of water flooded over the road. Geof Robinson used his digger to make a barrier to try and prevent the water from flooding Overman’s Cottages.
Then he rescued people in the village from their bedroom windows, in the digger’s bucket.
This is the last photograph taken before the water surged, literally in minutes through Skinningrove, leaving devastation in the wake.
The garden opposite Overman’s Cottages was flooded by the beck water and the shed destroyed.
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