Hidden Teesside

Seven Red Plaice by David Kemp was unveiled on Wednesday October 16th 2002 when the Regents Walk development was completed.

This sculpture of the hospital with a nurse and miner was unveiled in June 2010

It was made by blacksmiths James Godbold of Egton for the Eston Residents Association, it is located on the site of hospital which closed in 1980 and has since been demolished.

Update 17/8/2010 - Hardly two months gone and the sculpture has been already been vandalised 

The Tees Link footpath starts/ends here and connects the Cleveland Way with the Teesdale Way

I can’t find an specifics about this one, but strongly suspect its by local favourite Andrew McKeown

The Anish Kapoor sculpture Temenos is nearing completion

A few facts a figures on the scupture.

Middlesbroughs old football ground Ayresome Park was demolished in 1997 and a housing estate built on the site. A penalty spot is marked by a bronze football on a road called “The Midfield”

Its parts of a number of pieces called “Trophy Room” by Neville Gabie

A series of chainsaw carvings by Steve Iredale are being errected at various points in Errington Woods. Here are the first batch that I found on a recent visit, I shall return to find the rest later

Hedgehogs in the Car Park

Owl on the lower path

Heron at Peters Pond

Squirrel on the higher path

The 6th set of Jim Roberts boots i’ve found, but theres still one more out there. This is the start of the Teesdale Way which goes to Dufton in Cumbria,

Scoresby and son were arctic explorer who mapped much of the east coast of Greenland and took the Resolution to within 510 miles of the North Pole in 1806. Scoresby Snr invented the barrel crows nest, a reproduction of which is in the Whitby Museum. Scoresby Jr is known for his work developing ships compasses. They are depicted in a crows nest by Kevin Storch.

Moored nearby is the Grand Turk a modern replica of the frigate HMS Blandford built in 1741, it has appeared on TV in the Hornblower series

The weather is preventing me getting much new, so time to dig into the archives for some photos from the summer.

‘World Fruit’ is a series of exotic cast iron fruits and vegetables by Andrew McKeown

They can be found in the grass at the edge of Ayresome Gardens towards Linthorpe Road.

This mosaic by Derek Mosey, Helen Gaunt and the village community depicts various aspects of Skinningrove such as the mine and the “merman” legened, it was erected during 2009

The small park also contains the Sylvania Anchor, which was used to help refloat a ship stranded at Skinningrove for six months, it was retrieved from the sea in 2001 after spending 100 years buried.

This mosaic was originally constructed in 1963 for Rosecroft School in Loftus, when that was demolished in 2009 it was moved here. Its 18ft by 9ft and weighs 4.5 tonnes.

The original artist Philippa Threlfall who was 23 at the time and is now 70 visited to see its new location, one of the councillors involved in the move was actually one of the school children who collected the stones and fossil from Skinningrove beach 46 years earlier.

The boat and chainsaw carved figures appeared some time in mid 2008.

Despite the enigmatic name, a previous owner points out its just Super spelt backwards

This mosaic memorial to Mo Mowlem by John Todd was unveiled on 23rd October 2009, It was funded by £12,000 of public donations.

 (its location makes it tricky to photograph whole)

Subject matter includes local steelworks and racecourse, doves for the Northern Ireland Peace deal and the Houses of Parliament

 The 1930s boating lake has recently been redeveloped at a cost of £850,000

23 local scenes from 1994/1995 by the blacksmith Chris Topp from designs by Stephen Abbey, Humphrey Holland, Richard Albanese and Pete Douglas. , situated between the Regent cinema and the boating lake.

They all contain letters which form a riddle (answers on a postcard)

I had no information on this, but have received the following from June Murray, Secretary of Stanghow Residents’ Group :-
The Blacksmith was made from old horseshoes by Graham Wattis, a retired welder from Stanghow. It was commissioned by Stanghow Residents Group and erected in July 2008 opposite the site of the old forge (now a house named the forge).

This attractive commemorative village name sign carved by Phil Townsend depicts numerous mining scenes on tiles made by local children, hopefully a new generation now won’t forget why the town exists.

This recent plaque next to the mine site, records the date of the sinking of the first shaft in 1873 until the closure of the mine in 1962

Nova Scotia was the name of the piece of woodland that existed at this location before the mine was built

Right next to the crossroads is a modern recreation of a mine tub.

The internet has so far given me no information on who made them.

The statue of ironmaster and mayor of Middlesbrough John Vaughan was sculpted by George Anderson Lawson and unveiled on 2nd June 1884.

There are four metal panels on the sides of the statue depicting various mining and industrial scenes.

This is all that remains of Henry Bolckows residence, built in 1856. The original building showing the collonade can be seen here

The house burnt down just before it was due to be demolished in 1960, it is now the site of the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum. and has some interesting Totum Poles outside. Northwest Coast Canadian totem pole by Tim Paul and Richard Hunt (1979) and Community totem pole by North East carver David Gross (2006) 

Also theres the Marton Moai made with stone from Aislaby

Finally a short distance to the west, stands a garden temple