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Portrait Picture
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Reverend G. H. Lightfoot, was
vicar of Pickering Parish Church
for twenty-one years. He died in
1092. He was photographed by H.
E. Watkin of Marine Parade,
Scarborough.
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Portrait Picture
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Mr. John Willy Dale,
wheelwright and general dealer,
stands outside his joinery shop
at 49 Eastgate. Next to him on
the stool is a new wooden wheel
for a flat cart or a horse trap.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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The vicar of Pickering,
Reverend Evelyn Drage MA, after
his marriage to Miss Una Hunt, a
novelist from New York and
daughter of Dr. F. W. Clarke of
Washington. They are pictured
outside the vicarage in Hallgarth
on 23rd August 1920
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Portrait Picture
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Pickering horse breeder, Frank
H. Stericker of Westgate House is
seen in his yard in Firthland
Road in 1912. He sold some of his
horses to the King of Italy who
granted him a license for beading
and supplying horses to the King.
(now in the Beck Isle Museum). He
died in 1913. Picture By: Sidney
Smith
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Portrait Picture
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The haymaker. George Lowe of
Pickering worked for many years
on farms as a labourer and in
later years as a nursery worker
for Rogers Nurseries. He died in
an accident one day after leaving
work on his bicycle, when he
collided with a motor car.
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Portrait Picture
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Grandad. Mr. Tommy Harper
lived in Westgate, Pickering. His
sister, Rose, was killed in
Westgate by Anthony O'Rourke, a
twenty-eight year old labourer.
He stood trial and though cleared
of murder was jailed for
manslaughter. This was the second
time in twenty months that a
capital charge had been brought
against him. Picture By: Sidney
Smith
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Portrait Picture
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An unknown gypsy woman selling
pegs is pictured in Dick Wood's
yard, in Outgang Road. The yard
was used by all the travelling
people who passed through
Pickering. Picture By: Sidney
Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Portrait of an unknown
itinerant. The chap played his
accordion and worked on farms in
the Pickering area. Picture By:
Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Good companions. This
brilliant portrait is of Rosie
Sherwood of Newbridge Cottages,
Pickering. She is trying to
entice a goat called Rockey. They
are pictured on the Quarry Tops,
on Newbridge Road. Picture By:
Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Morning mist in 1948. Mr.
Ernest Jackson, retired quarry
worker of Newbridge, stands on
the wooden footbridge. Notice his
trouser legs are tied below the
knees in the manner adopted by
many labouring men at that time.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Harry Bowler, also known as
Harry Pugsby, was one of
Pickering's well-known
characters. He looked like a
tramp but infact lived in a house
on Potter Hill, where he stored
everything from old newspapers to
spent matches. He was from a
wealthy family and would get
dressed up to attend his
brother's board meetings. He is
pictured outside Smith's Garage
in Park Street, Pickering.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Another of Pickering's
characters, Mr. William (Tweed)
Humble, is seen pushing a bath
chair loaded with sacks outside
Pickering Station in Park Street.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Mr. Robert Dobson poses with
the tricycle he made, in Kirkham
Lane, Pickering. He also made and
repaired agricultural tools and
implements. The tricycle can be
seen at the Beck Isle Museum.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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This little girl, just two
years old, is pictured as she
sits on her stool, looking at a
book. The girl is June Beaver and
she is sitting at the bottom of
Brant Hill in 1943. Picture By:
Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Rosie Sherwood, of Newbridge
Cottages, Pickering is pictured
with a sheaf of corn. She did not
own a head scarf of her own and
had to borrow a piece of cloth to
cover her head, to comply with
Sidney Smith's wishes when he
took this photograph. Picture By:
Sidney Smith.
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Portrait Picture
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Fred Pickup, a Pickering
butcher had a shop and yard in
the market Place. Fred is seen
here with a litter of pups. he
was a big man, reputed upon his
death to weigh twenty-six stone.
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Portrait Picture
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This candid photograph, dating
from the late 1940's or early
50's was taken from inside of
Sidney Smith's shop at 13 Market
Place, Pickering. it shows
shoppers admiring the photographs
on display. The shop has since
been demolished and the site is
now reoccupied.
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Portrait Picture
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A sheepdog called "Laddie" is
pictured sleeping in the
sunshine. The picture was taken
at Eddie Wardells, Hall farm,
Eastgate, Pickering.
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