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Guisborough Forest and Walkway Carvings

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There are numerous wooden carvings immediately around the car park area of the visitors centre.
Guisborough Forest and Walkway
These owls are the same as those in Errington Woods so must be by Steve Iredale
Guisborough Forest and Walkway
His work is generally animals, so this is most likely his too.
Guisborough Forest and Walkway
This one seems a little more basic, perhaps some sort of workshop of kids ?
Guisborough Forest and Walkway
This walker is Steve Iredale again and dates from the Diabetes UK Great North Walk in 2010
Guisborough Forest and Walkway
This final carving of a face into a live tree is very interesting.

Codhill Kibble

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A Kibble is a large iron tub, usually used for hauling material in a mine shaft. This one is thought to be associated with the Codhill / Hutton ironstone mines
Codhill Kibble
Codhill Kibble
The history of the Codhill Kibble is unclear as it was found near Highcliffe Farm part-filled with concrete, it was moved to Guisborough Forest Walkway after preservation work.
Codhill Kibble

Loftus Primitive Methodist Chapel

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This Primitive Methodist chapel dates from 1870 and was just across the road from the 1876 Wesleyan chapel.
Loftus Methodist Chapel
Sadly this building is currently disused, vintage photos of it are uncommon as most seem to be looking past it in both directions.

Newton Memorial Chapel, Loftus

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Newton Memorial Chapel was built in 1876, it was named after the Reverand Robert Newton of Roxby (1780 – 1854) who was a travelling Wesleyan minister.

Newton Memorial Chapel, Loftus
The chapel was hit by a German bomb on Saturday March 15, 1941.

A house stands on the site now, but parts of the graveyard can still be seen on the land behind that.
Newton Memorial Chapel, Loftus

Loftus Stonemason Sculpture

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Mayor Olwyn Peters unveiled the sculpture on Wednesday 18th April. Designed by artist Steve Tomlinson of Stokesley and cast by Geoff Robinson in Liverton Mines.
Loftus Stonemasons Yard
The location was the site of Arrowsmiths Monumental Mason Yard from 1905, owned later by Edgar Colbeck until the late 1960s
Loftus Stonemasons Yard
Against the neighbouring buildings are a number of fragments of carved masonry from the site.
Loftus Stonemasons Yard

Loftus War Memorial and Fountain

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Loftus War Memorial was unveiled on 11th November 1922, it was designed by B J Wormleighton and erected by C Hebditch.
Loftus War Memorial
Two panels list the casualties of World War 1
Loftus War Memorial
Loftus War Memorial
A third panel holds the World War 2 additions.
Loftus War Memorial

Interestingly the first name Herbert Armsby has been erased because he actually returned home 8 years later having claimed he lost his memory (although he did return home shortly after an amnesty was declared on deserters)

The fountain below carries the inscription “THESE LAID THE WORLD AWAY AND POURED OUT THE RED SWEET WINE OF YOUTH, GAVE UP THE YEARS TO BE OF WORK AND JOY AND THAT UNHOPED SERENE THAT MEN CALL AGE” which is a line from The Dead by Rupert Brooke.
Loftus War Memorial Fountain
There is an additional plaque from 2002 dedicated to Stanley Hollis who was the only person to be awarded the Victoria Cross on D-Day 6th June 1944.
Loftus War Memorial

He is also commemorated as one of the only three locals to be awarded the VC on a memorial in Middlesbrough Town Hall

Captain Cook Pub, Middlesbrough

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The Captain Cook is a little lonely at the moment, stuck out in the partially redeveloped St Hildas area of Middlesbrough it closed in 2010.
Captain Cook, Middlesbrough
The pub is said to date from around 1840 and was designed by Robert Moore.
Captain Cook, Middlesbrough
The current facade is dated 1893 and features the Vaux breweries blackbird motif.
Captain Cook, Middlesbrough

Oddfellows Hall, Loftus

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Oddfellows is a 200 year old friendly society still in existance today.
Bringing together people from different guilds and trades  they were important in the days before the welfare state.

Oddfellows Hall, Loftus

The hall dates from 1874 but was unused for many year and has since been converted to flats