This new statue in triibute to local ironstone miners, was unveiled on 6th April 2019 by children from Skelton Primary and Craig Hornby, director of ‘A Century in Stone’
The project was organised by the Friends of Skelton Community Orchard – FOSCO with the sculpture being created by Bill Harling.
A third set of carved Badgers installed in Brotton in May 2018 by the Brotton Improvement Group. These are opposite the ironstone miners cottages at New Brotton.
This collection of carved doves was erected by the Friends of Redcar Cemetery with the help of a Tesco Bags of Help grant.
Another sets of badger sculptures installed in Brotton in May 2018 by the Brotton Improvement Group.
At the junction of the High Street and Saltburn Road
One of several sets of badger sculptures installed in Brotton in May 2018 by the Brotton Improvement Group.
They are chainsaw sculptures by Steve Iredale and now stand at every approach to the village.
This mosaic was installed in September 2017 as part of the Skelton Townscape Heritage Project
It was researched, designed and produced by the combined efforts of Skelton Villages Civic Pride, Redcar & Cleveland Council’s Community Development staff, the Skelton History Group, pupils at Skelton Primary School and Community artists Helen Jane Gaunt and Derek Mosey.
Skelton Through The Ages 1086 – 2017
This piece of art by Karl Striker was originally on the barrier that used to prevent access to the jetty before it was renovated and made safe.
It looks like the artists complete version also has a sand castle, but that never featured in this version.
The solider was first erected in 2014 to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War 1.
Woollen medals knitted by the Great Ayton Knit and Knatter group are put on the soldier on the day each one was killed, also a minutes silence is held at the village war memorial on the exact centenary of their death.
The project will continue into 2018 by which time all 50 who were killed will have been remembered.
Commander John Robert Francis “Frank” Wild CBE RNVR FRGS was born in Skelton in 1873.
Quoting Wikipedia :-
Frank Wild took part in the following Antarctic expeditions:
In 1901 he was a member of Robert Falcon Scott’s crew as an Able seaman on the Discovery, along with Ernest Shackleton who was then a sub-lieutenant.
He was with Shackleton on the Nimrod Expedition 1908–1909 and was a member of the team that crossed the Ross Barrier and Beardmore Glacier at a record latitude of 88º23’S.
In 1911 he joined Douglas Mawson’s Aurora expedition and was in charge of the western base on the Shackleton Ice Shelf.
He served as Shackleton’s second-in-command on Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–1916).
He was second-in-command of the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (1921–22).
Frank Wild was also awarded the ‘Polar Medal with Four Clasps’
On 29 September 2016 this statue by sculptor William Harling was unveiled in the Ringrose Orchard by Mr Anthony Wharton.
The wave was constructed from local sea glass by Stuart Langley for the 2015 Lumiere Festival in Durham.
The frame was constructed by MIDS, who’s premises it now stands outside.
