Show on map Large areas of South Bank towards the railway have been demolished and are now covered by the A66, Asda and industrial estates. However a few original building survive such as the old police station on North Street
Its a fairly anonymous pebble-dashed garage now, but the carved sign is still visible over the door.
Show on map This beutifully carved plaque now adorns the side of a carpet shop.
As mentioned in a previous post the Middlesbrough Co-operative Society ceased to exist in 1969 when it became part of the North East Co-op, although I don’t have any details on when this branch may have actually closed.
Show on map This heavily eroded stone sign is located in the car park of Farmfoods, just outside Redcar Station.
I would love to hear any suggestions as to what it says, I can’t make out much more than ‘Wall’ at the bottom.
Show on map Despite regularly driving past I had failed to notice this in the last 12 years until I finally spotted this stone circle in a park.
On closer investigation the slate monoliths mark the hours on a sundial.
You stand on the appropriate footsteps for the time of year and then your shadow is cast towards the time.
Sadly despite only being just over 10 years old the area was covered in broken glass and the paths are getting overgrown.
There also some small mosaics of local scenes on the dial.
Show on map These tiles can be found outside Windsors although its often got a bench covering it.
BYB stands for Bentley’s Yorkshire Breweries, who operated from 1893 until being aquired by Whitbread in 1968.
Final plaque in a series of 11, erected by Arts UK to mark the areas ironstone history.
During the 1892 Durham coal miners strike the lack of coal forced the local mines into temporary closure, leaving the workers with no income. As Coatham Reservoir had become infected with typhoid, The Cleveland Water Company used the out of work miners as cheap labour to build Marske Reservoir.
The reservoir is now private property used by a fishing club
Show on map 10th in a series of 11 plaques, erected by Arts UK to mark the areas ironstone history.
In the summer of 1865 a local miner was caught returning from the first pub to be built in the area. He was threatened with the sack for breaking company rules, which forbade drinking while employed by the mine company. The pub, situated between Marske and New Marske, was never given a licence.
Show on map 9th in a series of 11 plaques, erected by Arts UK to mark the areas ironstone history.
In 1944 a fragment of a crashed German bomber was taken and hidden near here by two brothers. The rumour spread that an enemy spy had removed a vital piece from the crashed aircraft. Fearing they would be shot as spies they never retrieved the fragment from its hiding place.
Show on map 8th in a series of 11 plaques, erected by Arts UK to mark the areas ironstone history.
In a patriotic outburst, the local mine company named its ore mines after victories in the Crimean War – Alma, Sebastopol and Inkerman. They had all closed by 1923.
Show on map 7th in a series of 11 plaques, erected by Arts UK to mark the areas ironstone history.
Route of the first rail line to the mines. It was known as ‘the black lonnen’ by the Scottish miners and ‘the black lane’ by the English miners because of its covering of cedar ash.