Great Ayton, Brookside c.1960
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Great Ayton is one of Cleveland's prettiest villages. It was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century round-the-world explorer. Brookside runs alongside the River Leven, where the young Cook may have played as a youth, and in the background is the Victorian spire of All Saints' parish church.
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A Selection of Memories from Great Ayton
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Great Ayton
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The three cricketers are myself, (from Skelton), Fred Yates (seated, Nunthorpe) & John Wilsdon (Battersby), none of whom attended the Friends' School! We were classmates of the Headmaster's middle son, Nigel Reader & used to make free with the facilities during the holidays. Bicycle polo, cricket, fishing, rafting & racing a 98cc motorbike around the grounds were our favourite activities. Happy days, despite the long bike ride there & back.
I vividly remember my first day at the old school. I was taken by my granny (my mother had just died). We had to hold hands in dancing. I also remember an unfortunate girl (called Heather?) who had awful excema, and being the only one who would hold her hand!
When my parents moved to Ayton in 1954 they were, unusually for then, strict vegetarians. Cockerills reacted to the request for whole foods and fresh produce by my mother, and this then became their standard stock. Happy memories browsing all the tempting foodstuffs!
Tracing my family history and led to Great Ayton. My G/mother..Anne Eliza Stabler and my G/father Frederick Henry Stabler lived in Church St...... now Guisbro Road??? Found her unmarked grave recently in graveyard. Died March 1933. Frederick Henry was born in Canada in about 1885, but I cant find out much about him. My father Frederick John married my Mother..Ethel Noble in 1942 ...see more
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