Brotton memories
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Childhood Memories
My whole childhood, teenage years and early adulthood was spent in Brotton. I lived at the 'top end' between the Green Tree and Chemist Corner. I have many happy memories of life in Brotton - attending the infant/junior school and forging many friendships along the way. The boys used to do sword dancing and the girls used to dance around the may pole. St. Margaret's church was attended by most of my school friends on Sundays for communion and we later went onto the Sunday School and youth club. Many wonderful Sunday afternoons were spent on rambles with Mrs. Glover to parts of the countryside as far as Staithes. As kids we spent all our playtime outside until it was dark - we were never allowed to play on a Sunday and had to dress up in our Sunday best and not get dirty. We played hopscotch, marbles, whip and top - games that are no longer popular with kids. We went frog... Read more
Bottom of Our Street
This is looking down the street towards St. Margaret's church at the bottom on the right. The opening on the left leads to some bungalows on the left and further leads to the playing fields with swings, slides, sea-saws and football fields. (Now this leads onto an estate with new houses, hospital and school). Opposite the opening in the photo was located Brotton Hall Garage run by Bruce (garage now gone) selling petrol and doing car repairs. We lived in Cliffe Street which is just on the right of the photo next to the garage - this led to the Bowling Green and tennis courts and an open field where the travelling fair used to set up about once a year. Wilkinson's or the 'bottom shop' is just to the left of the picture and the local phone box was on the pavement next to that.
High Street Near Green Tree
This photo is taken looking from 'The Green Tree' along High Street towards Carlin How. The Methodist Chapel is situated on the extreme left of the photo before the Post Office. Next to the Post Office is 'Dollo's' shop, a small shop selling everything. A couple of doors down on the left is the shoe shop run by the Dunn family. Mr. Dunn also had a small cobbler repair shop next to the Fish Shop a couple of doors away from the Green Tree pub. A small sweet shop was next to the Green Tree too. If you travelled along High Street going to the top of the photo towards Carlin How you went down a big bank and the local cottage hospital is on the left hand side. Once on the bank, looking over to the left you would see Skinningrove Iron Works, railway line and the old fan house on the cliff top.
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My Dad's Family
As far back as I can remember I used to visit my gran in Carlin How. My dad and his brothers and sister grew up on Westray Street. I can remember the big common where they used to build the bonfire for Guy Fawkes Night. My dad Harold Appleton was the youngest son of Robert and Eliza Appleton. My dad had brothers named Johnny, Dennis, Leslie, Richard and Raymond and one sister, Floss. My Uncle Raymond used to fish from a cobble boat off the beach in Skinningrove. My aunt's husband and sons used to race pigeons from Skinningrove. My dad left Carlin How after he was de-mobbed in 1948 and worked at St Luke's Hospital in Middlesbrough where he met my mum. Carlin How has lots of memories for all of us. My dad also worked on the steelworks.
In 1941, my dad remembers going to school in Skinningrove and watching the German pilots use Skinningrove Beck to lead them to the target they were supposed to bomb.... Read more
Carlin How
I have many fond memories of Carlin How. My gran lived there, and I was born there. I was reading a quote from Jean Appleton Saul, her dad was my uncle. I am also part of that family and it brought back a lot of old memories, Jean was my bridesmaid in 1965. Later on they moved to Canada and sad to say I have not seen Jean or her brother Graham since they went. Hopefully one day I might hear from them but it was also nice to know she never forgot her family background. It brought back many happy memories, also some sad ones because the biggest part of that family are no longer with us. I still cannot believe how one click of a button brought back so many memories of someone I have not seen for many a year. Take care and God bless. Maureen Howard
Westray St And The Appletons
Hi, I was born in 1937 in Furnace Cottages but spent my childhood until 1954 living at 26 Westray Street. My gteat friend is Peter Libby who still lives there and who I manage to visit every year . Might I suggest you google Carlin How and look at the many photos in the archive. A site full of names and places. I think I recall the Appletons but it was all so long ago.
My Life
I lived at Railway Cottages in Carlin How with my grandparents and mum and dad, for a few years, after that went down to Rolingson Street where we stayed until I was 11. We used to go to the club close to the school. We left the house when my perants split up and the next door people had our house. I was very good friends with a girl called Susan Fox. By the way my name was Valerie Bartram.
Huntcliffe Cottages
On this photograph there is a little 'bump' on the horizon just below Warsett. That 'bump' is 3 railway cottages and my Dad lived in No. l with his parents and brother and sister around 1912 - 13ish when he was school age. He went to Brotton School where he met my mum. My grandad had the Signal Box at Huntcliff and then Carlin How and they then moved to Skinningrove. I was about 4 years old when Dad, Mum and I moved back to Huntcliff into No. 3. I loved my time up there. Our nearest neighbours were at Brough Cottage and the 3 farms round about were owned by Ventress, Williamson and Stephenson families. We had some rough winters when it was difficult to get to Brotton and to school and chapel but we had some wonderful summers too, when I got to spend hours outdoors, playing at the farm or in the fields. I used to catch newts, and frogspawn by the bottleful from pools in the... Read more
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