May

10

2010

REDCAR – Impressions of More Than One Hundred Years Ago

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Accreditation Cleveland Standard 02/05/1936 Impressions of Redcar More than One Hundred Years Ago “ONE STREET BUILT ON BOTH SIDES” Keen Rivalry with Coatham    When the sands between Redcar and Coatham were a mass of struggling men is long past, but it is a mile stone in the history of...

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May

9

2010

REDCAR – Vessels in Peril

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Redcar

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Accreditation Cleveland Standard 28/02/1937 VESSELS IN PERIL REDCAR Mountainous Seas B.B.C. S.O.S.    The firing of maroons from the Redcar Pier at six o’ clock on Sunday morning startled most Redcar residents from their beds and braving the terrific storm that raged outside many rushed down...

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May

9

2010

PEOPLE – GREATHEAD, Henry – Career (Zetland Lifefboat)

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People & Characters

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Accreditation Cleveland Standard 29/02/1936 ZETLAND LIFEBOAT INVENTOR’S CAREER Loss of Life Arouses Public Spirit HENRY GREATHEAD’S WORK The boat was designed and built by Henry Greathead the notable South Shields boat builder who was recognised as being the ‘inventor of the Lifeboat’. An...

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May

8

2010

REDCAR – Eighteen Ninety (1890) and Before That

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History General

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Accreditation Standard 03/04/1937 EIGHTEEN NINETY – AND BEFORE THAT! Some Interesting Facts Recalled    Readers who were interested in the account old Redcar in 1874, given by Mr. W. Walburn, may find further points worth notice below. The Sacred Heart Catholic Church was built in 1874 at a cost...

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May

6

2010

ZETLAND – Lifeboat – The

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Lifeboat

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Accreditation Cleveland Standard 20/03/1937 THE ZETLAND LIFEBOAT A Talk by Dr. Robinson    Dr. A.S. Robinson, chairman of the local branch of the National Lifeboat Institution gave a most interesting lecture on “The Zetland Lifeboat,” the boat that has saved over 500 lives, in the Albion...

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May

3

2010

REDCAR – Whit 1935 Weekend

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Accreditation Cleveland Standard 15/06/1935 Redcar’s Whitsun Week-End 1935. _______________________ VARIOUS TYPES OF STREET MERCHANTS _______________________ (SPECIAL TO THE STANDARD)    Last Saturday a miraculous transformation took place in Redcar. At twelve o’clock in the morning all...

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May

3

2010

CHARACTER – Smudge Man

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  “SMUDGE” MAN A photographer who carried one of the crudest cameras to be seen. An Aptus ferrotype camera, and the man usually working it was technically known as an itinerant photographer. He would  tell you to keep still whilst he maneuvered into position, and before you had time...

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May

1

2010

PEOPLE – GILL George William Mr. – The Man Who Returned From The Dead

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Accreditation Cleveland Standard 19/01/1935. REDCAR MAN “WHO RETURNED FROM THE DEAD” Presented with Naval Long Service Medal YOUNGEST HOLDER OF SUCH AWARD Aboard Ship Reported Sunk With All Hands    Dubbed “The Man who Returned From the Dead,” a Redcar man who, some years ago...

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