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A family camp at Tocketts Mill near Guisborough
I had a lovely weekend "up north" to attend a family party in Middlesbrough as my wife's brother-in-law Robert Arbin was celebrating his 60th birthday.
As it was summer we thought it would nice to camp and we found an attractive camping and caravan park at Tocketts Mill just outside Guisborough. Elizabeth and I camped in our old familiar festival tent and our son David camped with his then fiancee Amanda in their spiffing new tent nearby. The site was lovely, and made our weekend in Guisborough pleasant. There was a TV room and I remember watching an international football match and drinking a cool beer!
What a nice site and what nice people in Guisborough! ...read more here
Contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Cleveland memories
A family camp at Tocketts Mill near Guisborough
I had a lovely weekend "up north" to attend a family party in Middlesbrough as my wife's brother-in-law Robert Arbin was celebrating his 60th birthday.
As it was summer we thought it would nice to camp and we found an attractive camping and caravan park at Tocketts Mill just outside Guisborough. Elizabeth and I camped in our old familiar festival tent and our son David camped with his then fiancee Amanda in their spiffing new tent nearby. The site was lovely, and made our weekend in Guisborough pleasant. There was a TV room and I remember watching an international football match and drinking a cool beer!
What a nice site and what nice people in Guisborough! ...read more here
A memory of Guisborough contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Upleatham
We lived in Upleatham, my gran, grandad and my mum and dad. I was really young and my grandparents had lived there for a long time. We lived in a row of houses as the centre of the village and my grandad worked in the local saw mill and had other jobs. We had no electricity and no running hot or cold water. We had an outhouse at the back of the house up a hill. It was really cold going up there in winter! No bathroom and the men used to shave in the kitchen using the sink. I remember that grandad had the kind of razor that he sharpened on a leather strap.
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Upleatham Church
I remember that The Green Howards (Army) did a renovation on the church some years ago. It could be anywhere between 1960 / 1970 ish, but I do remember that as a philatelist, a First Day Cover was issued and I bought one. Unfortunately I sold on my collection, so can't pinpoint that event. I know that they did a great clean up job, whitewashing the inner church and doing a general tidy up. I have recently been up to take my own photographs for my church 'Newsletter' as I do write up places of interest as a feature.
If anyone could furnish me with facts about the church I would be pleased to hear from them. My email is jim.humphrey@ntlworld.com
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A memory of Upleatham contributed by Jim Humphrey
Extracts From Guisborough & Cleveland books
The only remnants of the Priory now standing are a 12th-century gatehouse and the east end of the 14th century church. Near the Priory is the church of St Nicholas, which contains the Brus Cenotaph, on which are carved ten knights representing members of the family. Robert de Brus died at Guisborough in 1145.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
In July 1740 a number of the inhabitants of Yarm were brought to the Guisborough Sessions, accused of riotous assembly. Will Artis was ordered to be taken hence to Whitby and ‘thence on board some of his Majesty’s shippes of warr’. Will’s punishment was to be added to the press gang quota.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
Guisborough is the ancient capital of Cleveland. It was here, during the reign of Elizabeth I, that the first alum works in England was opened. In May 1822, a spring was discovered about one mile to the south west, and Guisborough climbed aboard the spa town bandwagon. To the faithful, the spring was said to relieve rheumatism and bilious complaints and was an excellent diuretic.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
In 1748 cattle distemper was raging nationwide amid horned cattle. At Guisborough, an order was issued prohibiting the movement of all live cattle, even with a certificate. Farmers were compensated for losses, as the court ordered that Will Cass be paid 37s 6d for killing a cow suffering with distemper.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
Founded around the year 1119 by Robert de Brus (Bruce), Second Lord of Skelton, Guisborough became very wealthy. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1289, but the Augustinian canons rebuilt on the grand scale. At the Dissolution the annual revenue of the Priory was £628 3s 4d.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".