Normanby Community Garden contains a number of unusual bits and pieces such as some organ pipes and a roller, presumably made by locals.
 
 
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Normanby Community Garden
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Show on map Show on map Smiths Dock War Memorial, Smiths Dock Park
Show on map This War Memorial was erected in 1922 by the Smiths Dock Company in memory of their employees killed in WW1, it was later reused for the victims of WW2. Names can be found here
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An identical one exists in North Shields (the other dock the company used) which is a listed building.
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Flora Street – Eston
Show on map The unusual bricks on Flora Street were reused from South Bank Town Hall which caught fire in 1903 was struck by lightning in 1909 and demolished in 1910.
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Ironstone Reminders – Mansfield Road, Eston
Show on map The two small parks at the end of Mansfield Road have had their fences decorated with reminders of the areas mining past by the Eston Residents Association
The panels depict miners tools, tubs, a midge lamp and a horse drawn tub.
Inside the parks are a couple of much older plaques from March 1951. One from Councillor J.T. Cook and the other J. Finegan (who the town hall is named after)
Only one of the two oak trees remains today.
Ironstone Reminders – Eston Square
Show on map The Eston Residents Association have put in a lot of effort to make sure the towns mining past isn’t forgotten.
A ‘book’ in the middle of the square gives a history of the town.
A number of plaques adorn the railings and seats around the square.
A replica ironstone tub stands in a nearby flower garden
A plaque on the Eston Institute shows miners laying the foundations of the buildings some time around the turn of the century
Eston Station
Show on map The location of Eston Station is marked by a planter erected by the Eston Residents Association.Â
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The station was used for passengers between January 1902 and June 1929
Craig Hornby adds that it ran goods deliveries to Eston until 1964.
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Mine Tub – Skelton Primary School
Show on map Mine tubs are popular with local councils for flower arangements and art installations, however most are modern interpretations that use a lot of artistic license.
This one looks much more like the real thing and could well have some original parts.
 
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I’ve tried to contact the school for any details of its history, but they are yet to respond. I’m hoping it has some link to the nearby Longacres mine.
A High Tide in Short Wellies, Saltburn
Show on map This steel sculpture by Ray Lonsdale is located outside the Artsbank in Saltburn
Whatever your opinion of the art, its size alone is certainly impressive.
Update : The sculpture is no longer at this location, at the end of 2011 it moved to Whitby before going to Filey after being purchased by Maureen Robinson
Mirage Mirror Boat – Coatham Marsh
Show on map This one is an art installation by Tees Valley Arts
Its pretty hard to get near, that photo is on 12x zoom but the local wildlife seems to like it.
Update : The work is called work “Mirage†and made by Tony Charles
Waterfall Bridge and Monument, Wilton Castle
Show on map Despite a visit to the library I can find out nothing about this monument at the edge of the wood overlooking Wilton Castle, no plaque or inscriptions seems to be present.
Close by in heavy undergrowth is the remaining parapet of Waterfall Bridge, this looks like it was a feature of the formal gardens of the Wilton Castle and i’ve read it was still useable with care in the 1950s. A waterfall exists further up the gill, although obscured by trees now.
 
If anyone knows anything more about these two places, or knows of a photo of the bridge intact I would love to hear from you.
Wilton Castle is just below the location, in the shadow of the chemical works.
 
Update 6/5/2011
Craig Hornby, director of “A Century In Stone” sent me the following info :-
I was told by Doug Kneeshaw a mine horse driver about 20 years ago that the bridge was wooden and very rickety! And the monument was to old man Lowther’s favourite donkey!!! (The Wilton castle being the family home of the Lowther family until ICI bought in the 1940s). There is a large gravestone to one of them in Wilton cemetary and it says Secretary of State for Ireland or something …how’s that! Doug Kneeshaw 1920-2000 and featured in ACIS. filmed 1989 with big hoss at California Stables where he lived back in the day as his dad was mine hosskeeper.