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Streets &
Buildings Picture 1
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Pickering Market Place in
1886. The two boys in the
foreground are Masters Parkinson
and Trousdale. The Spirit Vault,
owned by Scarborough and Whitby
Breweries, was built as a bank in
1868. It later became a corn
merchants and barber's shop
before being demolished for road
improvements in 1958. Note the
round water pump to the left. The
old Shambles, at the top of
Pickering Market Place, were
demolished in 1857 and the Vaults
built on the site in 1868. The
building was conveyed from The
Crown to Pickering Urban District
Council in 1950.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 2
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The row of shops on the right
of Pickering Market Place was
known as Kings Row,seen here c.
1870. The man standing in the
shop doorway is believed to be Mr
Massheder. Note that there is no
second storey (now in place) on
the shop below the Bay Horse Inn,
also that the street is cobble
stoned.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 3
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Pickering Market Place in
1908. Joe Taylor is on the left
with is dog, Patch. On the right
is Bert Wren, horse dealer. In
the distance is Police Sergeant
Bland. Apart from some of the
shop fronts and the door into
what is now Midland Bank, little
has changed. Picture By: Sidney
Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 4
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This group of men are standing
outside James Pickering's shop
(with thatched roof)at the top of
Pickering Market Place. It is now
the site of Horsleys butchers
shop. From the left they are:
Fred Pickering (barber), James
Pickering (grocer), J. Berriman (
a carrier from Cropton) and John
Pickering (son of James) They are
pictured prior to 1912 as later
the shop was owned by T. Johnson,
who removed the thatched roof,
replacing it with pantiles, and
altered the shop front. The
reason Fred Pickering has a
bucket is that he is about to
cross the road to the cast iron
water stand pipe in order to
collect his drinking water.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 5
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Market Place, thought to be
pictured in 1902. The shops are
from the left: English
Chemists;Fowler and Srigley,
grocers; Pickering post office;
Watson's grocers; Candler,
ironmongers and Wentworths
butchers. The man with the turnip
cutter (one of the goods for
sale) is George Cooper, who
worked for Candler the ironmonger
and took over the business when
Candler went bankrupt.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 6
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Mr Charles Randall stands
outside the Spotted Cow public
house in Whitby Road. with its
thatched roof. He accidentally
drowned in a rainwater tank in
the bungalow gardens in Whitby
Road on 17 April 1921
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 7
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The Vaults, at the top of
Pickering Market Place. This
building stood for ninety years.
At this time it houses Trousdales
Cheap Stores. Among those
pictured are Harry Wilson and Jim
Sheffield.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 8
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Eastgate, looking west, this
early street scene shows, on the
right, T.W. Hebdens Besom Works
(this sign can now be seen at
Beck Isle Museum),Pickering
police station and a butchers
shop, later to become Kitty
Burrells cafe. On the left is a
water pump. All have since been
demolished. (Boak & Son)
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 9
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Eastgate. Children play around
a water pump, near cottages which
are now Greystones cafe. The pump
was the communal water supply for
the street. Notice the child
standing on the road - this is
the main road to Scarborough.
Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 10
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Hungate, c. 1905. The police
station can be seen in the centre
- it was demolished, along with
the cottages on the left , in the
1960s.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 11
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Old Cattle Market. Later to
become known as Smiddy Hill. The
advertising notices on the right
are painted onto the gable end of
the building and read 'Boak &
son printing' and 'Whiteheads
nerve cure, one shilling'. Both
of these were Pickering traders.
The two wheeled cart (with shafts
in the air) awaits repair outside
the blacksmith's shop and the
small brick building on the right
( near the sales notices) are the
gentleman's public toilets. They
have since been demolished and a
butcher's shop now stands on the
site.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 12
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Pickering War Memorial Hall,
as it was originally built - a
corn mill. The large chimney on
the right was removed and the
roof lifted in 1922. The mill on
the right was steam powered
whereas the mill on the left (now
converted into flats) harnessed
the water power.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 13
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The High Hall, Castlegate. The
front of the house is pictured,
the rear faced onto Castlegate.
This was the home of the
Michelson family, the local
squires. The house was demolished
when it became derelict,
following use by the army after
the Second World War. Rosamund
Avenue now occupies the site.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 14
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Billy Colly, Pickering barber,
stands on the right. The shop
situated at the top of Market
Place, now houses the Yorkshire
Building Society office.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 15
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Coopers ironmongers shop in
Pickering Market Place. Many of
the items for sale are displayed
outside the shop on the Market
Place footpath. The site is now
occupied by Thomas cake shop.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 16
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Pickering Post Office in the
Market Place (now Boots the
chemist). The man on the left is
thought to be Mr F. Burn, who was
appointed postmaster in Pickering
in 1902.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 17
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Market Place. It's Monday,
market day in the early 1930s.
The man on the left in leggings,
sitting on his handcart, is Jim
Hubbard, who had a nursery in
Whitby Road. The two men on the
right (in flat caps) are Eric
Taylor, who later became a
builder, and Ernest Grimmer. The
young man standing behind
Longsters van. next to the
lamp-post, is Leonard Maymen, who
died aged only twenty-two years.
Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 18
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Burgate. On the left behind
the children is the Commercial
Temperance Hotel and on the right
, Hugills Temperance Hotel.
Further up on the right hand side
is a sign for Fitch. This
property was to be demolished in
the late 1930s and the Castle
Cinema built on the site. The
property on the extreme left is
part of Marfitt's tallow candle
works, which can now be seen in
the Castle Museum, York.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 19
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Beck Isle Museum, home to the
Sidney Smith collection of
photographs. The house was
originally the home of William
Marshall, who converted it into
the first agricultural college in
England. William Marshall died
before it opened and it became a
private residence and was
occupied by a succession of local
doctors, the last being Dr
Murphy. ( L. Shaw ) (20)Mr Maw
carries a bucket of water from
Pickering back up Castle Road,
this being his only water supply.
The cottage on the right has
since been demolished. Picture
By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 20
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Mr. Maw carries a bucket of
water from Pickering Beck back up
Castle Road, this being his only
water supply. The cottage on the
right has since been demolished.
Picture By: Sidney Smith.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 21
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William Scales stands in the
doorway of his shop in Park
Street in the early 1930s. The
lock - up shop on the left was
occupied by Ben Lyon,
tobacconist, and the shop on the
right was occupied by Jack
Goodall, painter and decorator,
who lived above the premises .
There is a clock in the case to
the left of the shop, the hands
of which were set manually to
indicate the departure of the
next bus to the villages. The
buses parked opposite the shop,
in Park Street. Picture By:
Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 22
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Market Place, showing the
Vaults in the early 1940's. There
is an advertisement for Lost
Patrol, showing at the Central
Cinema.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 23
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Birdgate. Beer is being
delivered to the Black Swan
Hotel. Boaks printing works is
also pictured and on the left is
Taylors tobacconists shop. The
man standing on the right of the
doorway ( to the left of the
photograph ) is Ted Hutchinson.
Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 24
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Bridge Street in the 1030's.
on the right is the Rose Inn
selling Roses fine winning ale
from Malton. The landlord at the
time was Jack Sheader who
returned from the First World War
with severe facial injuries, but
continued to manage the public
house. The pub was subject to
regular and sever flooding from
Pickering Beck. Notice the
railway crossing gates, which
closed every week day morning
from 8.45 to 9am to enable
railway trucks to be shunted into
the railway goods yard, now the
site of the Ropery Road Car Park.
Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 25
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Pickering Railway Station,
showing the prize winning garden
and the roof that was to be
removed in 1953. The station was
built to a design by G. T.
Andrews, eminent architect of the
period, and opened in 1847.
Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 26
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Old Pickering. The church
tower and spire are seen from the
entrance into the Black Swan
yard, in Birdgate. Smith has used
the gable ends of the two
buildings to frame the church.
Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 27
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Castle Road. Mr. Arthur
Bradley is carrying two buckets
of water on a yoke from Pickering
Beck up to his cottage. The whit
cottage on the right of the road
has since been demolished along
with the gas light on the left.
Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 28
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A man walks his horse up
Smiddy Hill. The name was
formerly Smithy Hill, named after
the blacksmiths shop that
occupied the building on the
left. Strickland & Son,
grocery shop is on the right.
Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 29
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Smiddy Hill, by Posthill,
stationer of Pickering. On the
left, behind steel railings, is a
"For Sale" sign in the grounds of
Low Hall - now the Forest And
Vale Hotel. On the right is the
Horse Shoe Garage, operated by
Robin frank and Gordon Deal, with
its petrol pumps and AA sign.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 30
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Market Place, Pickering. this
tranquil street scene shows
Market Place in the 1930's.
little has changed apart from the
demolition of the Vaults, in the
background, and the Scarborough
and Whitby Breweries off-licence
on the right foreground. Picture
By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 31
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Keld Head. A lone cyclist
looks into Keld head Spring, one
of the main water sources of the
Pickering area. it is hard to
believe that this is the main
road through Pickering to
Scarborough. Picture By: Sidney
Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 32
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Market Place. In the
foreground are Broughs Shop,
Robinson's, a barbers, a butchers
and The Bay Horse Inn, selling
Russells Ales of Malton. Picture
By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 33
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Castle Road in Pickering, also
showing (on the right) houses in
Undercliffe. Pickering Railway
Station water tank and sidings
can be seen on the right. The
station was built and opened in
1847. Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 34
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The top of Eastgate in the
1930's. The shop and cottages on
the right were demolished to make
for the building of a roundabout
in the early 1960's. Sidney
Smith.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 35
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This wrinkled old photograph,
glued onto canvas, is unique as
it shows Pickering Police
Station, courthouse and cells at
the bottom of Kirkham Lane. Also
pictured is the butchers shop
which later became kitty Burrells
cafe. All these buildings, along
with Wilf McNeils house and the
blacksmiths shop, were demolished
to widen the road and improve
access to RAF Fylingdales early
warning station during its
construction in the early 1960's.
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 36
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The entrance to Pickering
Castle, with the custodian's
cottage on the left. The
Sheffield family was last to
occupy the cottage before it was
demolished. Picture By: Sidney
Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 37
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Newbridge. This shows the
limestone kilns and railway
trucks filled with lime, ready to
leave Chadwicks Quarry. Most of
the cottages at this time were
occupied by quarry workers and it
was a very successful little
community with its own pub and
mission room, which acted as a
chapel. Picture By: Sidney Smith
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Streets &
Buildings Picture 38
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Train Lane. The five cottages
on the right of the picture have
been demolished and a car park
now stands on this site. Picture
By: Sidney Smith
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