Accreditation Cleveland Standard 08/02/1935    MR. R. H. WHITE Hon. Secretary, Redcar Ratepayers Association    No one understands him. He barely understands himself. Does not try to in fact – merely accepts all other things that worry certain people. Very self confident, undaunted, has never...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 09/03/1933 ALDERMAN WILLIAM METCALF, J.P. HIS VARIED AND INTERESTING CAREER – A KEEN SPORTSMAN AND GENIAL FRIEND By HUGH W. COOK    Alderman William Metcalf, J.P., Ex Mayor of Redcar, is a hard working citizen, a keen sportsman, and a believer in moderation in all...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 02/09/1933 Upleatham and it’s Ancient Church Is it the Smallest in England ? By Joseph F. Hurst, North Ormesby    Standing by the roadside about three miles or so from Redcar, is a small stone building. Of the thousands who pass by in the summer months, how...

  The Friends of Redcar Cemetery    The Friends of Redcar Cemetery are a group of volunteers who work in close co-operation with the local authority, correctional institutions and many others to create an atmosphere of peace in a place which is pleasing to the eye and a place of natural beauty.   ...

COUNCILLOR J. E. BATTY (EX- MAYOR OF REDCAR) By HUGH W. COOK, Redcar    In a recent interview with Councillor John Emmerson Batty, who has lived in the town 47 years, I was strongly impressed by his remarkable memory for details. He told me a score of little unknown facts about Redcar. Councillor Batty,...

Accreditation The Standard 1936 Pulpit Used by John Wesley GUISBROUGH RELIC AT WARRENBY    An old pulpit, in excellent condition stands unused in the school room of the Warrenby Wesley Church. From it John Wesley preached stirring addresses, but not at Warrenby. No record is available of a visit of...

Accreditation The Standard 1936. REDCAR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS “WAR CLOUDS HANGING OVER US” Councilor Cruddas The provision of adequate home defence was mentioned at a meeting of the Redcar Town Council on Thursday night, when delegates were chosen to attend a meeting of...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 1935 “Give me Old Redcar” Mrs. Crossley Looks Back 80 years    “Redcar is completely spoilt. Give me old Redcar.” This is the plaintive cry of an old Redcar woman who was born and bred in the town and has spent all her days here, as did her...

Review of Fishing In Redcar (1935) Lobsters Fetch High Prices    Fishing during 1935 has been on the whole more successful than 1934. The seas have not been as rough and boats have been able to get well out and make catches before nightfall. The anglers on the Pier are perhaps the most fortunate as...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 18/01/1936 THE LAST OF THE FRAZER’S Death of Redcar’s Grand Old Lady ______________    In the early hours of Wednesday morning (15/10/1936) a 90-years-old Redcar woman passed quietly away, the last human link of the of the Frazer family who played an important...