K6 Phones Boxes, Middlesbrough

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This line of phone boxes behind the Town Hall are a Grade II Listed Building
K6 Phones Boxes, Middlesbrough
They no longer contain any telephones and have been adopted by the council. The K6 was designed by Gilbert Scott to celebrate King George V’s silver jubilee in 1935

Middlesbrough Town Hall Plaques

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This foundation stone was laid by Ald. Isaac Fidler. Mayor of Middlesbrough 24 October 1883. G.G. Hoskins F.R.I.B.A Architect. E. Atkinson. Contractor
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Isaac Fidler was 28th Mayor and appears to have been a stonemason. A capsule exists under the foundation which contains a map of the town, corporation year book, coins, newspapers and a copy of Middlesbrough and Its Jubilee .

The ballfinial stone on the spire of the tower of these buildings was fixed by councillor Thomas Sanderson, Mayor of Middlesbrough, 29 December 1887. G.G. Hoskins F.R.I.B.A Architect. E. Atkinson. Contractor
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Thomas Sanderson was 33rd Mayor.

This town hall and municipal buildings were opened by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales 23rd January 1889. Raylton Dixon Esq J.P.D.L. Mayor. George Bainbridge Esq, Town Clerk. G.G. Hoskins Esq F.R.I.B.A Architect.
Middlesbrough Town Hall

The Prince and Princess of Wales in 1889 became King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1901. Raylton Dixon was a shipbuilder and 34th Mayor of Middlesbrough.
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Old Fire Station, Redcar

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This small building was once the fire station for Redcar.Old Fire Station, Redcar

I don’t know exact dates it operated but its marked on an 1894 map.

One fire engine that may have been stationed here was a 1937 Leyland Cub that currently resides in a museum in the Nethelands.

Johan Van Bogg

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Photos by Johan Van Bogg

C1268 Sign, Upleatham

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Road signs for C-Roads are something of a rarity as they shouldn’t really exist. Nothing below a B-road is supposed to be named on signposts.
c-road
Generally if they exist its probably an administrative error, and here’s a local example.

Warrenby Stench Pipe ?

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Prompted by a comment about yesterdays stench pipe, I realised I had photographed another over a year ago and never used the photo.
Warrenby Lamp-post
I think at the time as I was undecided whether it was a stench pipe or an old lamp.

Its possibly shown in the right background of this old photo and theres nothing on top to indicate a lamp (although it could be a telegraph pole related to the railway line behind)

Stench Pipe, Locke Park, Redcar

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It’s nearly been a year since I last spotted a ‘new’ stench pipe in Redcar, so its quite unusual that this one is somewhere i’ve driven past every morning since 2008.
Stench Pipe, Locke Park, Redcar
Its identical to the one at the other corner of the park, but has lost its upper section and been filled with concrete.
Locke Park Stench Pipe, Redcar

Mine Kibble – Cragg Hall, Brotton.

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Although there was an ironstone mine immediately adjacent at Cragg Hall, this is modern and is presumably also from the shaft sinking of Boulby Potash mine in the 1970s like the nearby grab.
Kibble, Cragg Hall, Brotton
The link appears to be Peter Roberts, ex-manager of Boulby who lived in Brotton (sadly he appears to have passed away just a couple of years ago)
Kibble, Cragg Hall, Brotton
For comparison, here’s the 1800’s ironstone kibble at Pinchinthorpe.
Codhill Kibble

1893 Mystery Stone, Loftus

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This stone near the base of a wall on North Road bears the date 1893, I have no idea of its origins or if it came from another building.
1893 Stone, Loftus
Perhaps there was once a water trough like this other dated stone just near the Market Place.
1884 Trough, Loftus