Feb

5

2010

PANKHURST Emily Miss Suffragette

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Yes, they even came to Redcar (twice) with their messages Monday 28th June, 1909, and on Thursday 31st June 1909. Miss A Pankhurst was the main speaker at the meeting which took place on the beach, with Mrs Pankhurst herself speaking at a meeting which was held in the Central Hall, on the Thursday. The...

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Feb

5

2010

PEOPLE – PLIMSOLL, Samuel.

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The premise of Marks and Spencer in the High Street was where a man called Samuel Plimsoll stayed regularly. The site was once a well known chemists shop trading under the name of Crow’s. A past time of Samuel Plimsoll was walking along the beach each day. He took a great interest in the amount...

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Feb

5

2010

PEOPLE – LOCKE T.W.S. Colonel. JP

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COLONEL. T.W.S. LOCKE (J.P.)  1830 – 1924 Colonel Locke was a bachelor, and served in the Crimean War (1854 – 1856) as a surgeon. Records show that he resided at 2 Nelson Terrace in 1913. It is not known at the date of his arrival in Redcar whether he was still a practicing surgeon, but...

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Feb

5

2010

PEOPLE – WARNER, Jack. (Film Star)

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JACK WARNER In March 1941, the then well know police officer film star Jack Warner visited Redcar, In aid of the War Weapons Week fund raising.

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Feb

4

2010

PACCITTO Family

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PACCITTO FAMILY Home of the Lemon Top Paccittos’ Espalande, Redcar. Home of the ‘LEMON TOP’ Ice Cream The Paccitto family first came to the United Kingdom, in 1897/1898, (104 years ago) from Italy. Their first visit was understood to be temporary, and they returned shortly back to...

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Feb

4

2010

PEOPLE – CAWTHORNE, Nathanial.

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An American author travelling apparently around the North East Coast came to Redcar on 26th, July, 1859, in the quietness that was Redcar at the time, he worked on his final great novel “The Marble Faun” Accreditation Cleveland Standard. Where the Novelist Stayed Nigel Hawthorne    There...

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Feb

4

2010

PEOPLE – HUNT Rex Masterman Sir

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 Sir Rex Masterman HUNT Born 29/06/1926@ Redcar Educated (Head Boy) Coatham Grammar School, Redcar Gained a B.A. @ St Peter’s College, Cambridge   Entered Royal Air Force and served from 1944 – 1948 Flight Lieutenant, and fighter pilot flying Vampires, Tempests and Spitfires.   1951 Started...

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Feb

3

2010

PEOPLE – TURNER Charles. Sir

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         SIR CHARLES TURNER Sir Charles Turner married Teresa Newcomen in 1796, but died in 1810 leaving the Kirkleatham Estates to his wife. She married Henry Vansittant in 1812 and had him a daughter Teresa Vansittant, who married her cousin Lt. Arthur Newcomen. They had two sons and two daughters....

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Oct

5

2009

COBBOLD – David (The Redcar Cabbie who they did not want in gaol)

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Accreditation This interesting true story about a Redcar Cabbie who they did not want to keep in gaol, is provided by the Cleveland Standard 1934. Old Redcar Cabby’s Amazing Tramp From Newton to Durham Gaol Astounding New Year Resolution Mr David Cobbold is a man in a million. He’s the...

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