Sinderhope - Circa 1911

The old gate house at Sinderhope, built in 1838 to collect tolls on the Allendale-Allenheads turnpike road. In the first years of the 20th century, Henry Robson (left) was in partnership with Jack Reid as joiners prior to the Great War. Note the coffin behind them!

Henry was called up to the Royal Flying Corps but his joinery skills meant he was of great value in repairing the wooden-framed aircraft of the Corps and thus he was spared the horrors of the trenches.

After the Great War, Henry worked in Sipton Mine.  Subsequently his son, Herbert Robson, worked in a shop in this old gate house.

Information supplied by William Robson, a descendant of Jack Reid.