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Whitby Photographic Memories
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- 79 photos on Whitby appear in 10 Frith books - View photos of Whitby
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Whitby memories
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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.
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
Contributed by Susan Storr
the Pearts
The little girl is my grandmother Jane Peart born 18 September 1884. Her nickname was Ginny. Her daughter, my late Auntie was called Jennie.
Beside her is my great uncle, Robert Leadley Peart who drowned at St Petersburg on 19 July 1908 aged 20 years.
Contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
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.
Contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
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
Contributed by Jim Evans
Extracts From Whitby & North Yorkshire books
With a little stretch of the
imagination one can visualise
the original medieval town
huddled below the abbey and
the church. The entire left
bank in the picture would
then have been uncultivated.
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".
Taken long before the days of amusement arcades and
the bandstand, this photograph shows that Pier Road
and the Crag consisted solely of dwelling houses,
probably occupied mainly by the fishing community.
Above them the newly built Royal Hotel (right) and
Kirby’s Hotel, erected to accommodate the growing
number of visitors, dominate West Cliff. On the
extreme right we can see the start of the building of
Khyber Pass, the new road leading up West Cliff.
West Cliff - Khyber
Pass, the Royal Hotel,
the Metropole, the
Spa, Royal Crescent,
the Park, the Museum
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".
This photograph
demonstrates clearly that
the River Esk is tidal, for it
shows vessels lying on the
river bed at low tide. The
collection of houses on the
left were built after the
advent of the railway in the
1830s, and though named
Fishburn Park, in honour of
the local ship building
family, they are known
locally as ‘The Railway’.
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".
This interesting view was taken from the western side of
the river from the site of today’s police station, and shows
many of the yards along Church Street. The topmost
block of seven houses is appropriately named Elbow Yard.
St Michael’s Church, demolished in the next century to
make room for a car park, can be seen in the centre.
At this time Church Street and its environs had a large
resident population (which moved in the ensuing century
to Helredale, the council estate), which provided both a
congregation for the church and pupils for its school.
East Cliff,
Church Street,
the Yards
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".
By now the advent of steam was apparent even in small
craft. Looming on the skyline is the back of the
Streonshalh Hotel; one can appreciate the extensive
view that the hotel guests would have had. The second
shop from the left is T E Clegg’s shoe shop; how many
fisher families could have afforded shoes?
The Harbour,
the Bridge, St Ann’s
Staith, Pier Road, the
Fish Market, the Piers
An extract from from"Whitby Photographic Memories".