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Rainbow Trout
Now a resident of Australia, I still have fond memories of catching a train to Kildale as a 13 year old and walking over the moors, and later, cycling from Thornaby through Commondale and back home. I remember laying down near a stream that passed under the road and trying to catch a couple of trout that stayed almost motionless as my bait bounced off their mouths. I also remember that there was a Saint Bernard dog in the front garden of one of the houses that always came up to see who was passing by. I have been trying to identify some places on 'google earth' but it seems a bit different to what I remember. I hope to revisit ...read more here
A memory of Kildale contributed by First Name Last Name
picnics on Roseberry Topping
In the 1960's we as a family nearly every year went for a day out getting the train from Hartlepool to the nearest station to Roseberry topping then there would be the climb to the top where we would have our picnic, we have photos of our picnics.
Anne Young
A memory of Roseberry Topping contributed by anne young
My childhood memories
The first house in Waterfall Terrace is where my grandparents lived for many decades. John and Ann Scott. I love that place.
A memory of Great Ayton contributed by Peter Parkland
Low Mills, Farndale
I remember staying at Low Mills with the Breckon family. When I first went there in about 1954/55 there was no electric and we went to bed by candle light. The toilet was a "dry closet" up several steep steps and across the vegetable garden.
My uncle who lived in Carlisle was Amos Breckon, son of Amos and Hannah.
I will always remember with fondness my stays in Farndale and by the time the family left in about the early 60s electric had been installed, but I feel sure the toilet was still across the garden.
I would love to hear from anyone who knew the Breckon family.
helen.strickland@virgin.net
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Extracts From Castleton & North Yorkshire books
Solid sandstone terraced houses line the Main Street of Castleton in Eskdale, on the northern edge of the North York Moors. On the left is the Robin Hood and Little John Inn, an unusual combination in an inn name, perhaps echoing the legend that the medieval man in green once used the bay which takes his name on the coast south of Whitby.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".
Church Lane leads to the
entrance to Skelton
Castle and also to the old
church, which was
erected in 1785. After
closing in 1904, it stood
empty for many years,
but it has been lovingly
restored and is now back
in use.
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".
Skelton Castle stands in beautiful grounds. Here we see the old moat, which was landscaped and, as shown here, included
an elaborate enclosed formal rose garden.
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".
Here we see the impressive
edifice of the Queens Hotel,
built in 1875 to cater for the
large number of tourists
who came to Saltburn for
their holidays in the late
Victorian period. In the
centre of the photograph we
see the entrance to the
railway station, again
bringing holidaymakers to
the town from different
parts of the country.
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".
People are strolling along the
Promenade at Saltburn, just as
they do today, to take in the sea air.
In the foreground of the picture we
see some fascinating early cars,
with a chauffeur attending to the
needs of his passengers in the car
to the right of the picture.
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".