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unusual facts about Redcar


Defunct football clubs in Sheffield

Their second attempt saw them having to qualify for the first round beating Redcar 6–1, South Bank 2–1, Park Grange 3–1 and Owlerton 5–1.


British Steel Redcar railway station

According to the SRA only 486 tickets to or from British Steel Redcar station were sold during 2004–05 as there is no public access to and from the station (it being located on Tata Steel Europe property) and it has a very limited service.

EDF Energy

EDF also owns and operates 2 wind farms, at Kirkheaton in Northumberland and the High Hedley Hope wind farm near Tow Law in County Durham, and is developing the Teesside Offshore Wind near Redcar, Teesside.

Fire and Steel Festival

Teesside Steelworks, which stretches from Redcar, where the largest blast furnace in Europe is located, to east Middlesbrough area are Europe’s largest steelworks producing steel for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Tyne Bridge, Auckland Harbour Bridge and many more.

The event was organised by Secret Millionaire David Jamilly and social entrepreneur and local boxing coach Frankie Wales, in conjunction with Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.

George Lynas

Born in Coatham, Redcar, Yorkshire, England, Lynas was a right-handed tail ender, who scored four runs in his three innings, averaging 2.00.

Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn

The last Jack the Lad concert took place in Redcar in July 1977, although several reunions culminated in an appearance at the Skagen Festival in Denmark in 1993.

June Laverick

June followed an acting career in theatre, film and television and after retiring from acting in her 30s June moved back to Redcar, marrying an ICI process worker and briefly taking over the licence of The Royal Hotel before returning south alone.

Marsk

Marske-by-the-Sea, a village in Redcar and Cleveland in north-east England.

Marske

Marske-by-the-Sea, a small town in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire

North Ormesby

The neighbourhood has in recent years seen something of a decline, with much of its original housing having long been demolished, partially as allowance for new developments, including, more recently, the erection of numerous new buildings and the restructuring of the A66 Redcar to Penrith trunk road which passes through the north of the area.

Oxenham Non-Connectors

Rosaly's New School is set in Goathland, Yorkshire, and At School with the Roundheads set at 'Redburn', an amalgam of Saltburn and Redcar.

Peter McWilliam

McWilliam died 1 October 1951 in Redcar and is buried in the nearby Kirkleatham cemetery.

Redcar and Cleveland

Coast and Country is the largest social housing provider within Redcar and Cleveland.

Shona Robison

Born in Redcar, England, she went to Alva Academy, and then gained an MA in Social Sciences at Glasgow University in 1989, and gained a Postgraduate Cert in Community Education, obtained in 1990 at Jordanhill College.

South Gare Lighthouse

There already were two navigation light towers built in 1829 and operating in Durham county at Seaton Carew and another at Hartlepool to guide ships clear of Coatham Rocks off Redcar and then onto the Fairway Buoy outside the bar of the river Tees.

Ted Briggs

Born on 1 March 1923 in Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire, Briggs first saw Hood at anchor off the River Tees when he was 12, and volunteered to join the Royal Navy the following day.

Tim Williamson

Reginald Garnet "Tim" Williamson (6 June 1884 in North Ormesby, Middlesbrough – 1 August 1943 in Redcar) was an English football player who made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough, scoring two goals, as well as 7 appearances for England.

Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway

The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (WRMU) was a railway line in North Yorkshire, England, built in the late 19th century, running from Loftus on the Yorkshire coast to the Esk at Whitby, and connecting Middlesbrough via previously built lines in Cleveland to Whitby.


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