WHERE CAN WE GO? Rain or shine we are sure you will find this a good selection. Walks, cinemas, stage productions, travel etc. There is quite a number at the present time, and the list will be added to as the site moves along. While we make every effort to ensure our listings are both accurate and...

  The famous Zetland Lifeboat housed in its museum Lifeboat Museum, Esplanade, Redcar Photograph F Brunskill Redcar has the oldest surviving lifeboat in the world ‘The Zetland’. She came to Redcar in 1802, and was in service for some 78 years saving over 500 lives. The Zetland...

Books and Magazines for Reference   Book Title Author ISBN Aspects of Teesside Discovering Local History Maureen Anderson  1903425190 Ham Salad and Other Tales (St Peter’s Church)     Images of England Around Redcar Shelia Barker ISBN 0-7524-3704-6 Through...

         At present our shipwrecks lists Part 1 to 3 contain vessels that have come to grief (for whatever reason) on our notorious coastline – Hartlepool Bay – Estuary of River Tees, Redcar to Staithes.                   ...

     Welcome to THE TIME LINE     Here at REDCAR PAST & PRESENT We are always on the look out for more information for our Dates to Remember Pages.  We hope that our older citizens, can relate/recall some of the events of the past before they...

Please take Note. Newspapers mentioned on this site.      The web master of this site, has made enquiries to trace the owners/copryright (at the time of publishing, and present day) of the following newspapers. They bear the name of the Cleveland Standard Newspaper, and...

From an article written by Hugh W. Cook in a series “Cleveland’s Ancient Villages” in the Northern Weekly Gazette dated June 3,1925 Redcar’s Interesting History Before William the Conqueror brought his fighting hosts to England, Redcar must have existed although we get no separate entry for...