Definitely Picton. My father was a signalman at this signal box. It is true that the gates would be closed if a police car approached Stan’s Nightclub. Stan Lane was a big drinker himself, drinking 100 pints in 100 pubs in London inside a week.
Albert Herrington from Willey flats used to be the signalman on the crossing. We used to pedal up there. He let us in to watch when he closed the gates and he had to look out at all the trucks to make sure the axles weren’t overheating on the trucks.
This is Picton Station. I”ve got to correct the last comment, the railway cottages have not been demolished, but modernised to make modern appearing homes.
I agree with all the above comments, this is Picton Station. The photo is taken from the once branch to Whitby looking towards Yarm and probably in front of the railway cottages now demolished.
I”ve read with interest about Picton Hotel. I have just come across some information that my mother wrote about her family history. Her mother, Ann Harwood (nee Reed) was born at Picton Station in the Station Hotel which her father owned. This would have been about in the 1890″s. He was an overseer and waywarden for Picton and also a rates collector. My mother was born in 1922 and lived at 30 Yarm Lane, Stockton where her father had a fruit shop. They then went on to live at Oxbridge Cemetry, where her father was then the cemetry caretaker. She left there in 1944 when she married my father Ronald Callender.
yes this defiitely is the station at picton, it must have been taken at least 20years ago, i can tell this because on the left of the pub is now an extension which was put on by my parents Malcolm and Judy Lewis, when they owned the pub. My husband and i , Andy and Jayne Kitchen now own it, the family have been here for 18 years now.they bought the pub from peter and val smith.my mum bought the station house after ernie moved and she turned it into a house and a flat and rented them both out, then she sold them on to daniel robinson,the son on a local farmer, we then bought the garden from mum to make it into a beer garden, the house was then sold to a family called Tate, who sold it to the family who now own it, Peter + Janine Snowdon who are altering it dramatically.we are still at the pub which hasn,t altered much over the years, although i would disagree with the previous comment, it is definitely not a typical estate pub with no soul it is absolutely the opposite, a warm, welcoming pub with lots of character and one of the few “real”pubs left around here, selling real home-made food and good beer, we are now in the good beer guide as well, (sorry to go on but i had to defend myself) we have many old photographs in the pub of the station over the years and if anyone would like to see them you are most welcome. Jayne Lewis Kitchen.
My sister Vera married Ernest Artley both lived in Stillington Ernest being the son of Stillington”s Station Master. Ernest got the job as Picton Station Master and they moved there in 1957 and lived there for 43 years till 2000.I remember going to help them to clean the house prior to them moving in, for the first 18 months or so electricity was provided by generator before they got onto the main grid. In those days the Station Hotel was run by Dennis & Daisy Hall till the Lanes came probably mid sixties. Dennis also worked as porter/general hand around the station he would weigh and bag coal for delivery to the surrounding areas, which was done with a British Railway”s lorry. The coal was brought into the goods yard by rail and dropped into bays on to the ground and had to be shovelled from the ground into the weighing scoops. The small building on the left of this picture was the weighbridge and the other small brick building was used to store and prepare the paraffin lamps for the signals. Further back from that was a large warehouse mainly from memory for such things as cattle feed which also had to be delivered to the farms. In the early to mid sixties Ernest bought his own flat tray truck and I used to help him on nights and weekends to deliver coal & coke around Hutton Rudby, Swainby, Osmotherley, East and West Rounton the list goes on. It was dirty heavy work but surprisingly enjoyable meeting such a mix of people especially the farmers, and such a beautiful countryside. I think one of Ernest”s highlights would have been having the Queen and Prince Philip with the Royal Train stay overnight in the Picton sidings, this was the second time for him to play host to the Royal couple as he had them stay overnight at Redmarshall when he worked there. Ernest was also heavily involved with the Crathorne cricket club for many years; they now live in Northallerton but have many fond memories of Picton as I do myself. I was a Stillington lad till I got married and lived in Inkerman Street in Stockton for 2 years then moving out to Durham Lane Eaglescliffe, 3 doors along from the Eagle Hotel. I worked at Darchem Engineering in Stillington from 1954 to 1970 before emigrating to Australia, I worked with a lot Teesside boys and girls and enjoy reading your comments on this site
This is definitely Picton level crossing. My sister and brother-in-law (Simply Landscaping) run an ‘architectural reclamation’ yard from the land next to the crossing – which encompasses both of the small outbuildings shown on the left of the photo – these buildings are still standing! The land belongs to Network Rail and was used as a storage yard before its current use. They also lived for a short time in the Station House several years ago.
My Fathers best friend Fenwick lived at Picton, I remember going to visit early one Sunday morning in the early sixties. His wife Olga opened the door and said Fenwick was at the pub, my father said Oh its a bit early to which Olga answered not realy he went last night. (both old Tilery boys)
Thats right Brian – Picton signalbox (now demolished) to the left of which is the old Station house & then the Station pub. The railway line is the line from Eaglescliffe to Northallerton (the old Leeds Northern Railway)& is still in use today, there was once a railway junction here, just behind where the photographer is standing – the main line to Northallerton continued south while a line to Stokesley & Battersby (& eventually Whitby) branched off to the east.
Brian Swales – Brian almost certainly. The pub, the Station, was tennanted by an old couple in the 60″s Stan & Kath Lane. It was an eccentric place at that time serving Camerons, if memory is correct, from trestle stillages in the kitchen. Lock ins were common & the signalman would shut the gates if he saw a police car coming. Last time I was in Teesside visited but it had become a smart, soulless estate pub.
Yes I think it could be Picton with the junction for the line to Battersby via Trenholm Bar level crossing on the A19, Sexhow and Stokesley branching off.
Definitely Picton. My father was a signalman at this signal box. It is true that the gates would be closed if a police car approached Stan’s Nightclub. Stan Lane was a big drinker himself, drinking 100 pints in 100 pubs in London inside a week.
Albert Herrington from Willey flats used to be the signalman on the crossing. We used to pedal up there. He let us in to watch when he closed the gates and he had to look out at all the trucks to make sure the axles weren’t overheating on the trucks.
When the Lanes owned the the pub it was nicknamed Stans Nightclub as we used to frequent it after hours, drinking as long as you were buying.
This is Picton Station. I”ve got to correct the last comment, the railway cottages have not been demolished, but modernised to make modern appearing homes.
I agree with all the above comments, this is Picton Station. The photo is taken from the once branch to Whitby looking towards Yarm and probably in front of the railway cottages now demolished.
I”ve read with interest about Picton Hotel. I have just come across some information that my mother wrote about her family history. Her mother, Ann Harwood (nee Reed) was born at Picton Station in the Station Hotel which her father owned. This would have been about in the 1890″s. He was an overseer and waywarden for Picton and also a rates collector. My mother was born in 1922 and lived at 30 Yarm Lane, Stockton where her father had a fruit shop. They then went on to live at Oxbridge Cemetry, where her father was then the cemetry caretaker. She left there in 1944 when she married my father Ronald Callender.
yes this defiitely is the station at picton, it must have been taken at least 20years ago, i can tell this because on the left of the pub is now an extension which was put on by my parents Malcolm and Judy Lewis, when they owned the pub. My husband and i , Andy and Jayne Kitchen now own it, the family have been here for 18 years now.they bought the pub from peter and val smith.my mum bought the station house after ernie moved and she turned it into a house and a flat and rented them both out, then she sold them on to daniel robinson,the son on a local farmer, we then bought the garden from mum to make it into a beer garden, the house was then sold to a family called Tate, who sold it to the family who now own it, Peter + Janine Snowdon who are altering it dramatically.we are still at the pub which hasn,t altered much over the years, although i would disagree with the previous comment, it is definitely not a typical estate pub with no soul it is absolutely the opposite, a warm, welcoming pub with lots of character and one of the few “real”pubs left around here, selling real home-made food and good beer, we are now in the good beer guide as well, (sorry to go on but i had to defend myself) we have many old photographs in the pub of the station over the years and if anyone would like to see them you are most welcome. Jayne Lewis Kitchen.
My sister Vera married Ernest Artley both lived in Stillington Ernest being the son of Stillington”s Station Master. Ernest got the job as Picton Station Master and they moved there in 1957 and lived there for 43 years till 2000.I remember going to help them to clean the house prior to them moving in, for the first 18 months or so electricity was provided by generator before they got onto the main grid. In those days the Station Hotel was run by Dennis & Daisy Hall till the Lanes came probably mid sixties. Dennis also worked as porter/general hand around the station he would weigh and bag coal for delivery to the surrounding areas, which was done with a British Railway”s lorry. The coal was brought into the goods yard by rail and dropped into bays on to the ground and had to be shovelled from the ground into the weighing scoops. The small building on the left of this picture was the weighbridge and the other small brick building was used to store and prepare the paraffin lamps for the signals. Further back from that was a large warehouse mainly from memory for such things as cattle feed which also had to be delivered to the farms. In the early to mid sixties Ernest bought his own flat tray truck and I used to help him on nights and weekends to deliver coal & coke around Hutton Rudby, Swainby, Osmotherley, East and West Rounton the list goes on. It was dirty heavy work but surprisingly enjoyable meeting such a mix of people especially the farmers, and such a beautiful countryside. I think one of Ernest”s highlights would have been having the Queen and Prince Philip with the Royal Train stay overnight in the Picton sidings, this was the second time for him to play host to the Royal couple as he had them stay overnight at Redmarshall when he worked there. Ernest was also heavily involved with the Crathorne cricket club for many years; they now live in Northallerton but have many fond memories of Picton as I do myself. I was a Stillington lad till I got married and lived in Inkerman Street in Stockton for 2 years then moving out to Durham Lane Eaglescliffe, 3 doors along from the Eagle Hotel. I worked at Darchem Engineering in Stillington from 1954 to 1970 before emigrating to Australia, I worked with a lot Teesside boys and girls and enjoy reading your comments on this site
This is definitely Picton level crossing. My sister and brother-in-law (Simply Landscaping) run an ‘architectural reclamation’ yard from the land next to the crossing – which encompasses both of the small outbuildings shown on the left of the photo – these buildings are still standing! The land belongs to Network Rail and was used as a storage yard before its current use. They also lived for a short time in the Station House several years ago.
My Fathers best friend Fenwick lived at Picton, I remember going to visit early one Sunday morning in the early sixties. His wife Olga opened the door and said Fenwick was at the pub, my father said Oh its a bit early to which Olga answered not realy he went last night. (both old Tilery boys)
Thats right Brian – Picton signalbox (now demolished) to the left of which is the old Station house & then the Station pub. The railway line is the line from Eaglescliffe to Northallerton (the old Leeds Northern Railway)& is still in use today, there was once a railway junction here, just behind where the photographer is standing – the main line to Northallerton continued south while a line to Stokesley & Battersby (& eventually Whitby) branched off to the east.
Brian Swales – Brian almost certainly. The pub, the Station, was tennanted by an old couple in the 60″s Stan & Kath Lane. It was an eccentric place at that time serving Camerons, if memory is correct, from trestle stillages in the kitchen. Lock ins were common & the signalman would shut the gates if he saw a police car coming. Last time I was in Teesside visited but it had become a smart, soulless estate pub.
Yes I think it could be Picton with the junction for the line to Battersby via Trenholm Bar level crossing on the A19, Sexhow and Stokesley branching off.
Could this be Picton?