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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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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
My Family
My name is Phillip Robinson. My parents Tom & Eileen lived in Priory View, East Harlsey, in the late 60's. My uncle Charles Derrick McGookin has a plaque inside the village church dedicated to him. My grandparents from Robinson and McGookin are buried in the churchyard.
I also remember the landlady from the Cat & Bagpipes, which I believe to be the only public house named this in the country!
I now live in Darlington, however often return to the village to visit the area and the church.
A memory of East Harlsey contributed by phillip robinson
Memories
I was born in East Harlsey in 1946 and was educated in the village school which of course is now a private house, or is it two. I remember there being two classrooms and, if my memory is correct, the teacher was a Mrs Lyle?? I seem to remember we called her "jam pot". At that time the shop was run by a Mrs Topham, not sure of the spelling.
My grandmother was the caretaker of the village hall as she was for about 25yr
and as a child I remember playing in the hall and on the back lawn. I often helped my gran clean which was great fun. Polishing the dance floor and dashing through from the house with ...read more here
A memory of East Harlsey contributed by peter clark
Extracts From Chop Gate & Cleveland books
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".
The pier, one of the few surviving Victorian piers in the country, has recently undergone extensive restoration. It is now
shorter than we see it here, as its extremities were swept away by the ferocity of the North Sea. At the head of the pier we
can see the cliff lift, still operating today, transporting passengers from the town down to the sea front.
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".