Saltburn Station Subway

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The railway lines at Saltburn originally extended directly into the back of the Zetland Hotel as can be seen in this 1950s photo from the East Cleveland Image Archive.

There used to be a pedestrian subway to get under the lines at the rear of the main station.
Saltburn Station Subway
I recall this as a child (early 80s) but cannot remember exactly when it was filled in although this sign on the wall to “Please Be Tidy” is still visible
Saltburn Station Subway
There is a beam stamped with the date 1865, but it cannot now be seen as the area is within someones private garden.

yogi59 has kindly allowed me to use the following photo which shows the subway being filled and the date stamped beam.

Saltburn Subway being filled in

Pearson Brothers tiles, Saltburn

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This tiled doorway can be found at 21A Milton Steet, some investigation on the ghostsignsuk page has uneathered its from Pearson Brothers who were a drapers.
Saltburn 'Brothers' tiles
Reports from the time suggest they went bankrupt in 1928.

The Original Saltburn Yarnbombing

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These knitted books appeared by the library way back in October 2011, long before the bigger Olympic or Diamond Jubilee pieces. They are still there as of 2013.Saltburn Library Yarnbombing
At the time no-one really knew what to make of it and the term ‘yarnbombing’ was never mentioned in the press report.

Saltburn Foreshore Smugglers Mosaic

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This new mosaic depicting Saltburns smuggling heritage was created by Helen Gaunt and Derek Mosey (who created the five mosaics at the station) with help from Huntcliff School students, Turning the Corner (TTC), Saltburn Foreshore Committee and UK Steel Enterprise.

Saltburn - Foreshore Mosaic

North Eastern Railway stone, Saltburn

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This ‘NER’ stone is in the kerb outside Saltburn Railway station.
Saltburn Station NER Stones
The station was originally opened in 1861 by the ‘Stockton and Darlington Railway’ which became part of the ‘North Eastern Railway’ in 1863 but it could date from then until 1923 when the ‘North Eastern Railway’ became the ‘London and North Eastern Railway’

Saltburn Station OS Benchmark

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Ordnance Survey Benchmarks exist all over the country, but the network is no longer maintained due to modern technology like GPS, so slowly they are getting lost and removed.
Saltburn Station OS Benchmark
This form is a called a ‘Flush Bracket’ and 0294 is recorded as exactly 46.7167m above sea level.

Langman Chemists Ghostsign, Saltburn

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This old sign is in remarkably good condition on the pale Pease bricks.
Saltburn - Langman Chemist Ghostsign

The shop below is now a Boots, suggesting it got bought out into a chain at some point.
The journals of David Taylor have him working as an errand boy there in 1906.

Middleton Taylor’s manufacturing Chemists and Pharmacists of Station Street, Saltburn, that was my place of employment. The shop is still a chemists, now owned by Mr Langman

Melliships Tiles, Saltburn

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This mosaic doorway stands outside what is now Keith Sports, but was once the Saltburn grocer, wine and spirit merchant of W. Melliship.
Saltburn - Melliships Tiles
Melliships is listed on Milton Street in the 1890 Bulmers directory and its listed on the 1899 Tetley advert below

1899

Harry Gallagher tracked down this entry from the London Gazette which suggests they went bankrupt around 1917.

bankrupt

Saltburn Christmas Yarnbombing

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I’m a little behind with this as the knitted baubles appeared in December, but still in place as of February 2013
Saltburn Christmas Yarnbombing
There was also a knitted lady with a turkey below the Christmas tree, but I missed that.

Saltburn Olympic Yarnbomber Graffiti

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This piece of ‘graffiti’ appeared near the location of the Olympic Yarnbombing on the pier, although it later had a protective plastic cover installed to protect it (a touch ironic don’t you think)
Saltburn - Yarnbomber Graffiti

It is the work of Karl Striker although as of early 2013 the protective plastic has gone and it looked like the wall may be about to be repainted, as the Iron Ammonites were also down.

Saltburn - Iron Ammonites - In Storage