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Without any shadow of a doubt, there is no w in Runswick. “As an east Cleveland local going back nearly 70 years, I and my contemporaries always pronounced Runswick without sounding the w , as did our predecessors,” says Colin Robson. Malcolm McCallum agrees: “Having grown up at Runswick in the 1940s and 1950s, I remember the w being silent and newcomers soon being told this.” “Pronunciation of Runswick Bay has definitely got a silent w,” says Alison Nelson. “I live in the village and have never heard anyone local pronounce the w. “And as for Staithes, the locals and elders pronounce it as “Steers”.” ....