Loftus History
Derick Pearson Collection
Derick has kindly allowed me to add these photographs to the site.
All Photographs are copyright to Derick Pearson.
Some of Dericks images are spread across the site, mainly streets
This bus crash happened on Loftus Bank.
The Old Congregational Church in North Road, Loftus.
Church Bank and Haugh Bridge, South Loftus to Loftus, New Town Lane.
South Loftus Lane and Haugh Bridge
No not the steep Bank which you drive up , but the inside of 'The Bank' at Loftus.
A view down to Loftus from Loftus Station Yard. The Station Hotel end gable is facing on the right, and the foundry and a row of allotments are on the hillside to the left.
Loftus Station Yard
'Captain' the Clydesdale horse and sheepdog 'Nell' on Hummersea Farm with Mr Tom Hart and Mr Coates to the rear, c. 1936. Four or five Clydesdales were kept at Hummersea to do the heavy work.