I know the beach is big but it must have been awesome...
In 1922 Marske beach was the place where Malcolm Campbell started to trial his land speed record in his Sunbeam V12. Stats: 350hp top speed 138.08 mph.
In 1922 Marske beach was the place where Malcolm Campbell started to trial his land speed record in his Sunbeam V12. Stats: 350hp top speed 138.08 mph.
I came across this heroic story while walking on the beach today. Someone had left a memorial note and some flowers.
This is the report about a tragedy that happened 110 years ago on the beach just below my house in Marske.
Disaster struck the Picknett family a few weeks before Queen Victoria's death in 1901. Early in the morning of 9th January 1901, the 200 ton steam trawler 'Honoria' was returning to Hull with a good catch of fish when she lost her bearings in stormy and foggy weather. Hoping to pick up a familiar landmark, her skipper edged nearer the coast. It was bitterly cold with heavy snow showers and around 2.30 in the morning the trawler ran aground opposite Cliffe House at Marske.
Her crew burnt distress signals and the coastguard called out Redcar Rocket Brigade and the Saltburn Lifeboat. Both went promptly to the rescue. The Redcar brigade soon had a line across, but this became fouled and the breeches buoy would not work. More rocket lines were fired and the Saltburn lifeboat was brought along the sands.
She was launched shortly after 5am. and managed to get alongside the stranded vessel, but in the darkness she fouled a rocket line and her bowman was pitched overboard. Fortunately his life jacket buoyed him up and, as he washed shoreward, he was dragged from the breakers by anxious spectators.
Seven Redcar fishermen heard of the boat's distress. They pushed a coble on its wheels the three miles to Marske to launch it nearer the stricken steamer. Not knowing that the Saltburn lifeboat had rescued the crew from the trawler, they launched their coble and rowed out through the heavy seas. They had only gone a short way when they also fouled a rocket line, which caught under the halyard pin on the gunwhale. In an instant the coble was upset and five men were thrown into the water. Two were snatched to safety, but Richard (Dick) Picknett and Thomas Hood's sons, John (Jack) and Edmund, were thrown overboard by the rough seas and drowned. The crew of the trawler was taken off by the Saltburn Lifeboat.
Just browsing through a 1913 copy of Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book - some amazing concoctions including Rook Pie, Baked Larks and Roast Plover - yum!
Looking through a 1981 Letraset catalogue brings back all the memories of using these products to produce artwork - looking back it must have been so inaccurate.
Did anybody ever use these head illustrations...
At Origin Creative we have Robin's classic 'Forum' chair (above) although he is probably best known for his famous polypropylene stacking chair.
The jury's out on the new brand identity for the Museum of Liverpool designed by Pentagram. What do you think? The project is the largest newly built museum in the UK for over a hundred years and is the world’s first “national” museum devoted to the history of a regional city. It's a pity that the Salford project is so behind.
Masterchef Pro - How many flippin logo's can you get into the vision of a programme then - one on the uniform, one on door, one on the window, one on the wall, one on that stainless steel thingy at the back - the art director needs shooting!
This was an amazing view - not sure how the rainbow managed to frame the blue sky bit!
