Skinningrove Memory Walk

Posted on 27th April 2018

The day dawned fine if not a little cold for our final memory walk at Skinningrove.  After remembering what an industrial environment Skinningrove would have been in the 40’s and 50’s with the mine still operating and the iron works

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Margrove Valley Memory Walk 12 April 2018

Posted on 13th April 2018

The walk started from our headquarters which was the former margrove park Village School. We started by looking at various records relating to how children learnt about nature including a former head teacher that took children on nature walks to

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Marske cubs interview their grandparents March 2018

Posted on 30th March 2018

After the beavers it was the turn of the two cub packs to interview their grandparents about their childhoods.  Very lively discussions developed a wide range of subjects including playing outside, what grandparents got into trouble for, what they had

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Clarkson’s Wood Memory Walk 29th March 2018

Posted on 30th March 2018

We started our walk listening to tales of collecting geese eggs for pocket money on the old reservoir and looking at old photographs of the shale tips from the ironstone mines.  Kenny recounted stories of playing on the shaleys and

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Skelton Memory Walk 15th March

Posted on 16th March 2018

On a bright but cold day we met at Skelton library to begin our memory walk. We were very fortunate to be joined by Peter Appleton a local historian who kindly shared his knowledge of the local history. After visiting

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Loftus Narrows 15th February 2018

Posted on 16th February 2018

A lively bunch met at Loftus Leisure Centre and we headed off towards the school. Here we heard about school gardening clubs, pig clubs, rosehip collecting schemes and how the caretaker would lend you his ladder if you wanted an

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Loftus Coast Memory Walk 1st February 2018

Posted on 13th February 2018

On a cold and blustery morning we met at Loftus Market Place and heard about the  famous Race between a Lion and a Lamb before setting off up to North Terrace. At North Terrace we heard about: the terrible winter

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Margrove Landscape History Workshop

Posted on 22nd November 2017

Today’s workshops  geological element explored how the last glaciation affected the East Cleveland landscape and its later use by man.  This was followed by an examination of information from the Doomsday Book which highlighted just how many of our villages

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