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Skinningrove: Facebook History and Other Unreliable Gossip

Yesterday’s descent of Hummersea Cliff into Skinningrove. Terraced houses cluster around Kilton Beck where it meets Cattersty Sands. Rocky breakwaters hold back the North Sea, which is doing its level best to reclaim the shore. The wooden shoring in t ...

https://www.fhithich.uk/2026/04/09/skinningrove-facebook-history-and-other-unreliable-gossip/

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The Lost Path of Jackdaw Crag

Just along the coast from where the Cleveland Way passes by the mineral railway, far too close to the shear drop for comfort, past the Charm Bracelet sculpture the cliff becomes deceptively less steep. Here walkers might breath a sigh of relief. Yet somewhere below, hidden from view, lies Jackdaw Crag, no doubt once favoured by its clamo ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/11/16/the-lost-path-of-jackdaw-crag/

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Pig-Iron to Steel: Skinningrove’s Industrial History

Have you ever pondered the origins of Skinningrove, nestled in this sheltered valley leading to the North Sea? What led to its establishment there? I certainly have.

Back in 1873, when the Loftus Iron Company first erected two blast furnaces on that hill overlooking the valley, the iron-smelting industry was alread ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33468

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