Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 21 April 2021

  • Cleveland Hills

    Cleveland Hills

    A peaceful rural scene. How different it would look today if the giant oil companies had found “black gold” in the 1930s. A forest of oil derricks and nodding donkeys? In 1938, the Gulf Exploration Company began drilling for oil in the Cleveland Hills. 30 men were employed, seeking the oil that the jet miners…