Underground Exploration in the Esk Valley – 12th March 2018

Posted on February 28, 2018 by chris.twigg

CLEVELAND INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY LECTURE
Underground Exploration of some of the Mines in the Esk Valley

By Simon Chapman author of Grosmont and its mines
Monday 12th March at 7:30 pm
Saltburn Community Centre Hall

In recent years members of the Cleveland Mining Heritage Society have been clearing, identifying and exploring some of the mines along the Esk Valley. This is a rare chance to see some images and hear about the work undertaken by the group in association with the landowners. Simon Chapman, author of Grosmont and its Mines, Commondale Mine etc. will tell the story of some of these mines and give a glimpse of a moment in time long since hidden.

Letter from the Front – Friday 23rd March – Loftus Town Hall

Posted on February 28, 2018 by chris.twigg

Explore Our Heritage In Loftus Town Hall
Letters from the Front
An Illustrated talk by Mr Peter Appleton from Skelton History Group
Friday 23 March 2018 â€‹
7 for 7.30pm
Loftus Town Hall
TS13 4HG

Everyone welcome – free entry – Tea and Coffee (but donations towards costs welcomed!)

This is the first in a short series of local interest talks for 2018 organised by Loftus Town Council with the active support of local experts, mostly held on the 4th Friday in the month

RAF Croft Memorial

Posted on February 23, 2018 by chris.twigg

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This sculpture of an airman stands by the side of the Northallerton Road at Dalton-on-Tees.

Per Ardua Ad Astra
In memory of and to honour those who served at Croft during World War II.
Dedicated by the members of 431 Iroquois and 434 Bluenose R.C.A.F Squadrons. 6 Group Bomber Command. 26 September 1987. The sculptor was Helen Granger Young

King George V Fountain and Trough, Hurworth-on-Tees

Posted on February 10, 2018 by chris.twigg

This Public drinking fountain and horse trough was erected in 1911 for Alice and Maude Scurfield to commemorate the accession to the throne of King George V

The fountain head is badly damaged, with just the pipe remaining

The fountain no longer run and has been used as a flower bed.

Alice Scurfield died just a couple of years in 1913Â and (Rose) Maude in 1936