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Riggs Head maps
Historic maps of Riggs Head and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Riggs Head maps
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Riggs Head area books
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North Yorkshire memories
Happy Childhood Holidays
Scarborough holds so many happy memories for me as most of my family holidays were taken there. Having a kindly aunt and uncle to stay with made it the most enjoyable place to be. I still like to visit the old haunts whenever I am able to visit the town and unlike many places, it does not seem to change for the worse.
Scarborough Holidays
All our family holidays when I was a child were taken at Scarborough, where my parents and I stayed with two spinsters who were old family friends, in Whin Bank. I suppose I first went in the early 1960s, and my last visit was 1973. I loved those holidays, whether taken during the summer, or occasionally at Easter: roaming along the cliff top birdwatching, or with a bucket-and-spade on the beach and ice creams, seeing "The King and I" in Peasholm Park (what year was that?) and a young Tom Baker in a Noel Coward at the Theatre in the Round, or journeying inland to the lovely Moors or down to Spurn Point (birding again!). The walk through Raincliffe Woods and by Throxenby Mere was a pleasant ritual. Occasionally we would venture to Bridlington or Filey or Whitby, but we 'knew' that Scarborough was the best!
Cynthia
Wow, nice to see this picture of my Grandfather, Will Appleby in his rowing boat "Cynthia". He used this boat to take passengers from the beach and did so until he was 77 years old. The boat was licensed to carry 7 passengers, and fares were a shilling for adults and sixpence for children for a 30minute ride!
Happy Days
Having been so lucky as to spend my childhood in a big house in Royal Avenue and spending many long summer evenings playing cricket on the beach with my grandad I have always wanted to return to Scarborough. In particular the Zoo & Marineland hold many memories - unfortunatley there isn't a lot of info about this special place. I remember the laughing clown on the north bay that my cousin was terrified of (as he's now a barrister he's conveniently forgotten). Not forgetting the magical lights at Peasholm Park. I also remember the old grannies waiting for the wrestling to start - for some reason this sticks in my mind.
I'm now in my mid 40s and now live in Wales - however I am relocating back to Scarborough later this year - at last. Better late than never
National Service
In 1955 I was posted from Catterick Camp to Burniston Barracks Scarborough. I believe the barracks have now gone.
It was sited on one of the best vantage points, over looking Peasholm Park, the castle, and views towards the harbour. I thought it was the best posting that I had during my two years as a National Serviceman.
The strange thing that I was unaware of at the time, was that my great grandmother was born not far away in Rillington. Now how could a London lad like me have known a thing like that? I may have had relatives close by.
Her name was Anne Blenkin, just in case there are still family members around.
Great Days
I was also posted to Burniston Barracks from Catterick Camp with the Royal Signals 5 AA Signals Reg. as an OWL and was married just up the road from the barrack's at the local church. Dickie Dors was the paymaster and also we had a great singer there by the name off Jimmy Jack, he was from Scotland.
39th Signal Regiment at Annual Camp in Scarborough
I signed up for the Territorial Army and was posted to the Royal Corps of Signals in 1967. but after serving for two years in the Manchester area I relocated to London and - just my luck - one of my first annual camps with my new 39th Signal Regiment was back up north in Scarborough!
The barracks were just about OK but the off duty hours were spent in the surrounding glorious countryside. My girlfriend at that time was Elizabeth and I guess it was all those off-duty hours we spent together that quickly led to our engagement in the summer of 1970. We married the year after and here we are in 2008 thinking of our ruby wedding anniversary coming up in 2011 !! Strange to tell but I have never been back to Scarborough although Elizabeth, by then my wife, did return with the regiment a year or so later.
