Show on map A short walk upstream from yesterdays culverts the stream once again passes under the A171
This stretch of the stream between Wileycat Beck and Waterfall Beck is listed as being Alumwork Beck, due to the site of the old alum works immediately to the south on what is now an off-road biking area.
Show on map Carlton Moor Gliding Club had its roots in the Newcastle Gliding Club founded in 1931, becoming the Newcastle and Teesside Gliding Club when it moved to Carlton Moor in the early 1960s. For reasons unknown flights seem to have ceased at the end of 2008.
I visited the site in late 2011 and although vandalised there was still quite a lot of equipment lying around, I kept it off this public website to avoid it getting pillaged by scrapmen or further trashed by vandals. A friend has visited at the end of 2012 and reports that sadly the whole place is now pretty much ruined and stripped.
Theres a large hanger, presumably for glider storage
And a club hut with a workshop
Kitchen
Also an office with books recording all the flights over the years
Including the final flight by G Terry and D Heslop on 5th October 2008.
There was also a seperate accomodation hut decorated much in the style of a 1970s semi.
UPDATE : As of April 2013 the buildings have been demolished and all traces removed.
Show on map As most of Teesside is currently under water, i’ll have to find something in my archives.
Carlin Hows Working mens club dates from 1910 which is recorded on the plaque outside.
Apart from a modern addition on the left, its pretty much unchanged from when it was constructed.
Images from near its construction, 50th Jubilee Year and old interior can be found on the East Cleveland Image Archive
Show on map This postbox was painted gold after Kat Copeland won gold in the women’s double sculls alongside Sophie Hosking.
There are a large amount of events this weekend allowing visits to sites that are not usually open to the public. Â http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
A few examples :-
Loftus Town Hall, one of the oldest in the region. Open day with self-guided building tour, display featuring industrial and working-life heritage of the area (alum, ironstone mining, stonemasonry etc). Saturday 8th September: 1000-1600
Middlesbrough Town Hall Tour, Take this rare opportunity for a guided tour around Middlesbrough’s Town Hall. The tour will include the chance to see the council chamber, civic portraits and civic silver, as well as the Victorian concert Hall with its rich history of architecture and performances.  Thursday 6th September: 1030-1200
PD Ports Open Day, A rare opportunity to take a look at the interior of this beautiful Edwardian building. Look around the board room of PD Ports in Queens Square.Friday 7th September: Tour 1100
Show on map This pale advertisement for Magnet Pale Ale is on the side of the Golden Lion in the centre of the village.
I don’t know how long Magnet Pale Ale was brewed, but apparently there was a big advertising push in the 1970s. I would say the sign is just about visible in behind the trees on the right of this 1967 Frith Photo.
Show on map The well at Upleatham looks like little more than a bus shelter these days.
Sadly the trough inside is dry and full of rubbish.
As can be seen from this old postcard it was once a much grander affair.
Show on map Challenging my readers has already worked in the past, so what do you make of this ?
It stands isolated on its own jetty with a ladder from the base, one to its door and one onto the top. It is adjacent to a jetty and the pillbox.
The only suggestion i’ve seen so far is some sort of decompression tank although the apparently lack of windows would have made it pretty awful to spend any time in.
UPDATE : Following Daves suggestion I checked the old maps, which I didn’t do in the first place for some reason. They have it labelled as “Seaton Snook Wharf Light (Double Flashing Red)” Presumably the actual light was on top and had been removed and inside I would guess was something electrical ?
UPDATE 2 : Thanks to Mike : The ‘tank’ once had a lantern fixed to the top. This was fuelled by bottled gas.
The gas cylinders were stored inside the tank and changed when necessary by the buoy attendant. During the 1960s this was James (Little Jimmy) Robson of Seaton Carew.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of a glass plate negative of a family outside a house, never thinking they could ever be identified.
Now thanks to the efforts of Norman Dunn the picture made it into the Shields Gazette and has been identified by their readers as the rear of Cardrona House in Cleadon Village.
The people in the photo have been identified as David Rioch and his family, they built the house in 1901. He died in 1911 and his wife Agnes Rioch continued to live there until 1919