Show on map Sir William Turners school stood here from 1869 to 1963
Who knows what inspired the demolition of this attractive building to be replaced with the current Redcar library ‘shed’
Update August 2011 : The Library is currently being demolished, perhaps this plaque will reappear on the replacement building ?
Show on map The Victoria Pier was built in 1875 and intended to be 2000ft long, the Griffin and Corrymbus collided with it in a storm in 1874 before it was even complete and it was shortened by 200ft.
The pier had two two pavilions, the first an indoor skating rink. The second pavilion located in the middle of the pier, was for band concerts.
In 1898 the Birger collided with the pier, splitting it in two and leading to its closure closed.
In 1923 the end of the pier was renovated and a glass and metal pavillion placed on top.
In 1928 this was in turn demolished and the New Pavilion Theatre built which finally became the Regent Cinema in the 1960s
 
Show on map The original 1846 Redcar railway station was located just near the town clock, its long gone and the site is now a modern building. However one of the new Redcar Heritage plaques has very recently been erected there.
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The location can be seen marked as “Central Hall” in this previous post about the railway cottages
Show on map Redcars much loved penguin colony created by “The Great British Bollard Company” moved from their old location with the building of the new bandstand
 
There were temporarily removed to a ‘secret’ location in 2006 for the filming of Atonement, as apparently no concrete penguins were present during the Dunkirk evacuation.
UPDATE : As of August 2012 the penguins are gone again. I don’t know whether they will return to the sea-front when the redevelopment is completed.
UPDATE : The penguins are back in a new location in 2013
Show on map Continuing todays theme of recently demolished buildings, in Jan 2009 the old college was demolished after completion of the shiny new one
I don’t think the 1963 structure will ever be remembered for being a beautiful lost building, but i’m sure lots of people will have fond memories of their time there.
Show on map I visited this one a couple of months back for the pillbox nearby, it was in pretty bad shape already heavily vandalised and gutted by fire.
Some time in early February it finally seems to have been demolished to make way for a new health village (whoppee)
Show on map The village of Warrenby was pretty much wiped from the face of the earth in the late 1970s, although people lived there as late as 1983.
The Warrenby Hotel remained standing and during my childhood was the Turners bus depot and in more recent times a car workshop.
On the evening of Friday 13th February 2009 a Morrisons truck reversed into the building which brought about a major collapse, it looks certain the building will now have to be demolished completely.
On Tuesday 3rd May 2011 the old hotel caught fire and it looks highly likely it will be demolished now.
I returned in the middle of May to find the hotel is no more.
Show on map Outside the council offices on Fabian Road are two ironstone obelisks, reported to be 2.5 tonnes in weight.
 
The inscriptions say ‘Cleveland Ironstone Eston Mine’
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A 2004Â news report that says the pillars were moved to the site of the old hospital, so perhaps there are two more ?
UPDATEÂ : As of the demolition of the council office in 2012 the obelisks have moved from this location.
Show on map The 265m long French aircraft carrier Clemenceau arrived on the Tees on Sunday 8th Feburary 2009, drawing a very large crowd at South Gare.
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It was towed from Brest by the tug Anglian Earl which moved it into position to be dismantled by Able UK on the North bank if the Tees.
 
Show on map A short series of posts inspired by looking through my older printed photos, before going digital and before this website existed.
I’m afraid I don’t remember the date this happened, but I got informed about it due to my job. The general public however were unaware and it must have come as a big shock to the people driving down the Trunk Road that day.
I suspect it was this event recorded in a corporate report I found online.
The old Lackenby open hearth steelmaking building at Teesside, which was built in 1953, was demolished in 2004. The building contained over 20,000 tonnes of structural steel and cladding, which was then recycled at a rate of about 1,000 tonnes each week over a five-month period.
 
A friend of mine has the whole thing on video, which i’ve now got on YouTube (no sound unfortunately)
