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Power Boats
The wooden clinker built boat, painted white in the lower right of the picture, was one of a pair of fast boats that the late Arthur Shippey and Tom Louis ran from coffee house end steps. They would call loudly ""half hour trips round the bay now"" -- ""come on down"". Tourists were happy to pay 1/6d for the pleasure of getting soaked to the skin.
As a small boy living close to the harbour in Baxtergate, I was well known to Arthur (who lived next door) Tom liked a drink in our pub, so I was always allowed to take a free ride when things were quiet. I can tell you that this was a huge thrill.
I ...read more here
A memory of Whitby contributed by Jim Evans
The swing bridge.
This is a swing bridge - it swings horizontally. It actually swings out in two halves to rest over the pointed timber structures that can be seen in the river. These timber structures are known locally as 'dolphins' and are sometimes used when maintenance of the bridge arms is required. The large building on the far side of the river at the end of the bridge to the right is the Dolphin Hotel. Presumably it takes its name from the bridge dolphins.
A memory of Whitby contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
The Peart twins.
The children are twin boys. Matthew Peart on the left and Robert Peart on the right. Robert was drowned at the age of twenty when he was swept overboard near St Petersburg on 19 July 1908.
A memory of Whitby contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
The Peart family.
This is the Peart family. Amelia the eldest aged 17 holds her baby brother George. Next to her on the rock is Robert Leadley Peart and at her side is Robert's twin Matthew. Next to Matthew is Jane (known as Ginny) and then Tom.
Ginny was born 18th September 1884 and was six years old in this photograph.
Robert (on the rock) was drowned aged 20 on 19th July 1908 after being swept overboard at St Petersburg.
George was also drowned in the sinking of HMS Hogue on 22nd September 1914. He was 23.
There were also two other brothers not shown in the photo - David who died aged 53 years on 11th July 1925 and William who ...read more here
A memory of Whitby contributed by Susan Storr
Extracts From Ellerby & Cleveland books
These buildings date from the 19th century. At that time the group of buildings was a smallholding with a bar. To the far right there was a barn, and the bar was situated to the right of the central farmhouse. Although the interior has now been completely altered, the exterior remains very much as it was in this photo.
An extract from from"Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories".
The Dock End has yet to be
cleared out and made into a
safe haven for the fishing
fleet boats in bad weather.
This last can be seen seventy
years later in the picture of
the railway station (W81011). Behind the schooner
‘Astrea’ we can just see the
Angel Vaults; the Angel Hotel
was an old coaching inn. A
close-up examination of the
photograph reveals that one
of the buildings in the
background on the right was
Harker’s Wholesale Jet
Ornament Manufactory.
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".
The swivel section
of the stone bridge
built in 1835 to
replace the old
Dutch-style
drawbridge opens
to let a ship
through. Then, as
now, crowds
gathered to watch
the operation.
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".