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1912
February - From now until April there was a national coal miners strike. This eventually forced Asquith's Liberal Government to pass a Minimum Wage Act. In the meantime it led to stoppages in other industries that relied on coal - railways and of course in this area the manufacture of iron and steel. If you could not work in those days, there was no income and many families were in distress. March - North Skelton Mission - A choir was formed and - the interior appearance of our Mission has been greatly improved by the addition of |
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the oak reredos from the old Church. We have also been provided with new prayer books and hymn books - thanks to the generosity of some friends in the South of England.
7th March - Mr W H A Wharton of Skelton Castle formed a Central Relief Committee for Skelton Parish comprising the
following members:-
1. Boosbeck Rd, Cleveland St and Harker St - J M Garner, C Bringloe, J W Richardson, J Codd, J Judson and E Smith. |
![]() [This photograph was kindly contributed by Julie Felgate.] |
6. North Skelton and Ground Hills - R Morgan, W Page, G Trathan, J Mott, E Bowes, J Smith, W Bowers, G Todd, J Featherstone
and S Walker.
The Central Committe met every week up to May the 4th to receive the reports of the Local Committees and decide on the
amount of relief to be given out.
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April - Parish Magazine. Rector H Mackworth Drake -
As I write we are in the midst of a very great crisis in our Nation's History. a crisis which must mean practically starvation to many. Please God by the time you get this the strike will be a thing of the past, though I fear it is quite impossible that our ironstone mines should be at work again by then. April. Sinking of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean.
April - Church Lads' Brigade -
One of the most interesting Field Days in the History of our Company was held at Marske on Easter Monday. |
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The idea was the Skelton Company was to defend Marske and prevent Coatham from entering. The Cycle Corps will commence its runs in May 1st. June - The Rector, Mr H Mackworth Drake records in the Parish Magazine that Mr Hubbard scored his first century for North Skelton Cricket Club. The Skelton Church Lads' Brigade Cycle Corps made runs to Castleton, Middlesbrough and Runswick Bay. 14th July - North Skelton Mission. - The Mission Room was packed on the occasion of the dedication of the Organ from the Old Church to the service of God in its new home.
2nd July. Skelton Park Pit.
20th July.Skelton Shaft Pit. |
![]() Bottom Row - Henry Bennison, centre and Fred Appleton, extreme right. [Two versions of this photograph have been donated, one by Peter Appleton, Grandson of Fred; and the other by Michael Bennison, Grandson of Henry.] |
He and another miner were "turning away a working 11 feet wide out of a split which had just holed into the goaf; They had fired three shots during their shift, the last one being fired only five minutes prior to the accident; It probably loosened some timber, as when the deceased was pinching down some "dogger" forming the roof it suddenly came away, together with a large block of ironstone; The latter rolled off some stones and pinned Brock against a prop before he could get clear; His mate had suggested the use of some planks placed on a tub in the form of a scaffold, on which he could stand, but he thought he could manage without; His mate's suggestion would no doubt have been safer; The deceased died two days after'
2nd August - Church Lads' Brigade.
The Company met in the Church Rooms fully equipped for a week's camp at Whitley Bay. 1913 - The bodies of Captain Scott and his Antarctic exploration party are found |
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Suffragette throws herself before George V.s racehorse in the Derby and is killed. Building of Skelton drill hall. The Roman signal station at Huntcliff was excavated.
The Methodist minister, W G Taylor, who left this area in 1870 as a missionary, returned to Skelton to preach. |