War graves are a very common site in virtually every cemetery in the country, but its more unusual to see one for a woman.
20 year old Jean Scargill was one of 24 members of the Women’s Auxilliary Air Force who died in Yorkshire during the war. She was killed when her truck was hit by a Halifax bomber on Marston Moor on 8 July 1943.
The gates of St Cuthberts are a listed building in their own right. The feature a skull and crossbones topped with a roman oil lamp.
The mounting step near the gate is thought to date from around 1763
The are many stages to this wall, built to surround the kitchen gardens of Kirkleatham Hall, some dates from the 17th Century.
I recall this being a council garden centre in 1980s when I was a child but its since become overgrown, although there was some activity in the buildings at the back, suggesting something is happening.
Chomley Turner, nephew of Sir William Turner built this school at a cost of £1000 in 1709 thought to be designed by Robert Hooke (although Wikipedia says he died in 1703). It remained a school until 1864 when that moved to Coatham Road in Redcar.
The building was later used for convalescing soldiers in World War 1.
It opened as the Old Hall museum (even though it was never the home of the squire) in 1981.
These two houses by the railway crossing at Longbeck were built in 1865 by the North Eastern Railway Company. As with the pair in Redcar this dates them to 4 years after the line was extended from Redcar to Saltburn.
Again left has faired a little better, retaining its arches over the windows and doors, although unfortunately both are now pebble-dashed.
These two houses by the railway crossing on Redcar Lane were built in 1865 by the North Eastern Railway Company. This dates them to 4 years after the line was extended from Redcar to Saltburn
The house on the left retains much of its original character, while the one on the right has been completely obscured by moderns windows, doors and peddle dash.
I’ve been happy to contribute to this project to erect a new monument to Alpha Place.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of a glass plate negative of a family outside a house, never thinking they could ever be identified.
Now thanks to the efforts of Norman Dunn the picture made it into the Shields Gazette and has been identified by their readers as the rear of Cardrona House in Cleadon Village.
The people in the photo have been identified as David Rioch and his family, they built the house in 1901. He died in 1911 and his wife Agnes Rioch continued to live there until 1919
Since my last visit some new items have appeared in the square.
I imagine the lady with the flower basket is part of the “Northumbria in Bloom 2012″Â bid and the crown for the Diamond Jubilee.
I think the sign behind from Eston Residents Association getting lifetime membership to the Yorkshire Society is also new.
There are two sundials on the wall inside the Almshouses. The first has the motto “Every Hour Shortens Life”
The second has the equally rousing “Work today & play tomorrow”
The sandstone is heavily weathered and I believe its the intention of the almshouses to have them repaired in the future.