Take a look back at Skinningrove blast furnace before its closure

For just over a decade from 1946 steel firms on Teesside, West Hartlepool and Skinningrove accounted for 80 of the steel output in the north and 16 nationally. But the industry was a regular victim of the cyclical nature of the economy, with b

Mural marks the day Skinningrove

Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum reveals £1m plan

A Teesside mining museum has revealed plans for a new £1m visitor centre. The Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum in Skinningrove wants to replace four old buildings to create the new complex. Museum manager John Moore said a new education centr