Accreditation Cleveland Standard 21/11/1936 Coun. J. R. Nixon Welcomed On Bench Mr Reuben Nixon Receives Congratulations    Two very pleasing ceremonies took place at Redcar Police Court on Friday afternoon when Mr. Arthur Pickering, chairman of the Redcar Bench, welcomed the Mayor of Redcar (Councillor...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 25/05/1935 Miss Betty Brown’s Enterprise “DANCING GEORGIANS” TO BE LAUNCHED    Betty Brown the promising young Redcar dancer, is to launch her own road show in a few weeks’ time. “Dancing Georgians” is the title she has chosen and...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard (28/09/1933) Redcar Literary Institute Sir Maurice Ball Unveils Portrait of His Sister “REDCAR WAS HER HOME AS FAR AS SHE HAD A HOME”    It gives as me great pleasure to think that in this room there is a memorial to her. She came to Redcar in 1870 when...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 11/02/1933 Councillor WILLIAM MORRIS “A Man of Many Parts” and a Redcar Benefactor By HUGH W. COOK, Redcar    Councillor William Morris of Coatham Redcar, is in deed a “man of many parts,” but in spite of leading a busy life he always finds time...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 30/01/1933 ALDERMAN WILLIAM CHARLTON MAYOR OF REDCAR HIS LONG ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE BOROUGH – AND HIS MANY GOOD WORKS. By HUGH W. COOK    ” A splendid record of honourable service in the interest of the community,” is my humble comment on the work...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 14/011933 SIR ALFRED PEASE, BART. (OF PINCHINTHORPE HOUSE) (By Hugh W Cook, Redcar)    Sir Alfred Edward Pease, Bart., the 2nd baronet, is the eldest son of the late Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease (1st baronet), the title having being created in 1882. Sir Alfred, who was...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 01/04/1933 Councillor Mrs. ISABELLA LONSDALE, J.P., C.C. (EX MAYOR OF REDCAR) DEPUTY MAYOR TELLS OF REDCAR’S FUTURE By Hugh W. Cook, Redcar.    Councillor Mrs. Isabella Lonsdale, the ex Mayor of Redcar, and the present Deputy Mayor of the seaside borough has...

Accreditation Cleveland Standard 29/02/1936 COUN. D. R. SEMPLE    One of the most handsome men on the Redcar Town Council looks smart in any old suit. A future Mayor of the Borough. Wanted to be an engine-driver but a fond parent smashed the youthful ambitions. A very kindly man at heart and a genial...

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...

  “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...