You can read the full story on the UNICEF site. Click [...]]]> Children from Whitecliffe Primary School ,in Carlin How, have created signs to let people in local villages know about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). These signs can be seen in Skinningrove and Carlin How.

You can read the full story on the UNICEF site. Click Here.

Here’s a sight not seen in Skinningrove for quite some years. Inspector Charlie Bell as you’ve never seen him before. He’s one of his ancestors as he appears in the new movie “Tommy and Barry Go Back”. Eric Bloodaxe will be handing out Viking ASBO’s. [...]]]>

Here’s a sight not seen in Skinningrove for quite some years. Inspector Charlie Bell as you’ve never seen him before. He’s one of his ancestors as he appears in the new movie “Tommy and Barry Go Back”. Eric Bloodaxe will be handing out Viking ASBO’s.

On Thursday 18th November children at Whitcliffe Primary School will re-enact a famous event from their Schools history. Actually [...]]]>

On Thursday 18th November children at Whitcliffe Primary School will re-enact a famous event from their Schools history. Actually the story relates to Skinningrove school but both schools have been amalgamated and children of Skinningrove and Carlin How all attend Whitecliffe. Whitecliffe has the logbooks of both schools going back over 140 years and one entry states; “school evacuated on the occasion of a Zeppelin sighted overhead. The children will re-enact this momentous event and Inspector Charlie Bell of Cleveland Police will play the part of the calm voice of authority leading the children to shelter in the mines (this actually took place too – many Skinningrovers took shelter in the mines during both world wars.  This will form the audio track of an animated film  “Tommy and Barry Go Back” to be premiered at Saltburn Community Theatre, Animex Fringe on February 10th 2011.                                                                                         

NB – the [...]]]> Here are two previews of the exhibition taking place on September 11th and 13th as part of the Heritage Open Day at Loftus  Town Hall. . Although we can’t do the 8  screens and speaker of the Octorama justice here, these two clips may give you a flavour of the event

NB – the audio and video content are separate  entities. They are independent of each other although occasionaly they  seem to synch. This is unintentional.

This clips now feature  pictures from the East Cleveland Image Archive and John Lawson, readings from the  Skinningrove and Carlin How Schools log books by children from  Whitcliffe Primary School and recordings by Skinningrove History Group  all put together in a soundscape by Steve Thompson. There are also  videos from Skinnimation, TVCM and the Straad Players.

The Museum will be open on both days from 10.30 – 3.30

Why not enjoy a ride on the bus and also [...]]]> Next weekend June 26th & 27th NewtonAycliffe Bus Preservation Society will once again bringing their vintage United bus, as featured in ITV’s Heartbeat TV programme, to the Skinningrove’s Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum.

The Museum will be open on both days from 10.30 – 3.30

Why not enjoy a ride on the bus and also take half price underground tour