East Cleveland's Industrial Heartland

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  • Local Industry
    • Loftus Alum Works
    • Ruston Hornsby Loco at North Skelton
    • Cleveland Ironstone Mine Shaft Depths
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    • The Alum Industry of North-East Yorkshire
    • Selby Hagg and Saltburn Alum Works
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    • Birk Brow damaged by subsidence
  • Activities
    • 3D modelling of mine remains
    • 3D Photogrammetry
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    • Small Mammal Surveying
    • Environmental Impacts of Ironstone Mining
    • Mine water discharges and invertebrate testing
  • People and Community
    • Ironstone Mining Songs
    • Upleatham (New Marske) Miners Payslip 1889
    • Closing of the Boosbeck Mines – 1887 – 1200 jobless.
    • Lingdale Ironstone Miners early 60s – Can you name any ?
    • Ironstone Miners Lodges and Banners
    • Kilton Pit Bravery Award 1956
    • Abraham Gray – South Skelton Manager
    • Cleveland Ironstone Bibles – Do you have one ??
    • Fred Appleton – Skelton Park Miner
    • Childhood Memories of Park Pit & It’s Miners by Les Haywood
    • Famine Stricken Cleveland – London Daily News 1892
  • Cleveland Ironstone Story
    • Part 1 – What is Ironstone ?
    • Part 2 – Where are the mines ?
    • Part 3 – Bord and Pillar Working
    • Part 4 – Ventilation
  • Miners Graves
    • St Nicholas Guisborough, Miners Grave
    • Marske Miners Graves
    • Guisborough Miners Graves
    • Kirkleatham Miners Graves

Month: May 2017

Skelton Park Miners

25th May 20172nd November 2023 Chris Twigg Leave a comment News, Skelton Park

A lovely vintage photograph taken at Skelton Park mine, sadly I have no specific names or a date. A couple of points to note, many of the miners are carrying their own ‘midge’ lamps with a naked flame, rather than a Safety/Davy lamp that many people expect to see. Local mines rarely had explosive gases (although the […]

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CIAS visit to Skelton Shaft – 20/5/2017

22nd May 20172nd November 2023 Chris Twigg 1 Comment News

Saturday 20th of May saw a large turn-out of Cleveland Industrial Archaeology Society and Cleveland Mining Heritage Society members on a visit to Skelton Shaft Mine, the site is on private property and requires the landowners permission to visit. After a short walk from Skelton Park mine via the old firing range, the powder magazine was visited first, this is […]

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Skelton Park Fatality – John Jefferson – 20 May 1875

20th May 201717th March 2017 Chris Twigg 1 Comment This Day in History

Aged 22, Platelayer, crushed by tubs, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 25 May 1875 Parish records image by kind permission of Teesside Archives.

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Stanghow Fatality – Edward Sellars – 16 May 1903

16th May 201728th February 2017 Chris Twigg 1 Comment This Day in History

Aged 25, Filler, he had lighted a powder shot and thinking the squib had missed returned to the face when the shot exploded and killed him. 1903 Mines Inspectors Report (Cd 2119), Durham District (No. 4) by R. D. Bain, H.M. Inspector of Mines, Page: 15 No. 213 on the list occurred at Stanghow Mines, […]

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Skelton Library History Fayre – Wednesday May 17th

15th May 201715th May 2017 Chris Twigg Leave a comment News

Skelton Library Wednesday May 17th 10.00am – 2pm FREE ADMISSION Displays from several community groups including: Skelton History Group Teesside Archives Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum East Cleveland Image Archive Skinningrove History Group And many more Skelton Library 01287 650487 skelton_library@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

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Carlton & Kirby Alum Works

13th May 20173rd April 2017 Chris Twigg Leave a comment News

Tuesday: May 16th – Carlton & Kirby alum works – Duration 3-3½ hours Meet at Lordstones café car park (NZ 523 030), at the top of Carlton bank, at 10:30am. This is a route which combines two out-and-back walks; firstly, we head west to visit the site of Carlton alum works, and then head east […]

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South Skelton Fatality – Robert Watson – 11 May 1883

11th May 20172nd November 2023 Chris Twigg 1 Comment This Day in History

Aged 61, Horse Man, while engaged removing two trucks he got his foot fast in crossing points and the trucks went over him, Buried: Skelton in Cleveland, All Saints on 14 May 1883 Parish records image by kind permission of Teesside Archives.

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Skelton Park – Before and After

9th May 20179th May 2017 Chris Twigg 4 Comments News, Skelton Park

David Stephenson has kindly allowed me to reproduce some photos he took at Skelton Park during the mid-1980’s. I have returned to the same points today and aligned the images as best I can, here’s the first one, you can use the slider to compare the two. The most noticeable difference is of course the […]

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Skelton Park Fatality – John Finchin – 07 May 1877

7th May 20171st March 2017 Chris Twigg 1 Comment This Day in History

Aged 50, Miner, crushed between two tubs

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Aysdalegate Railway Junction

5th May 20172nd November 2023 Chris Twigg Leave a comment News

One of the critical factors in the success of the industry in our project area was the construction of the Cleveland Railway, this was opened in November 1861 between the Skelton Old Shaft mines and Normanby Jetty, extending toward Boosbeck in 1862.  Branches were also constructed to Slapewath, Stanghow and Aysdalegate mines. With the construction of […]

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