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Maps
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Memories
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All Saints Church/White Swan Hotel
My parents and I moved to Hunmanby in 1950, from Scarborough. I was 11 yrs old and attended the elementary school on Stonegate. We owned the 'Stonegate Farm' across the street, which was my father's farm. I ...Read more
A memory of Hunmanby in 1950 by
Hornsea Convalescent Home
I was in there at least twice. I was about 11yrs old. I was in for bed wetting. Don't know why it was necessary? I have some bad memories but I also met some nice people as well. I recall a nurse called sister Hartley. When ...Read more
A memory of Hornsea
Slough As A Kid
I was born in Slough in 1961, living there until 1972, after my father, Jim Butler, died in 1970. We then moved to Scarborough in North Yorkshire. My memories of Slough are of living on Norway Drive, Wexham Court estate. We used to ...Read more
A memory of Slough by
My Formative Years In Woodhouse Eaves
My name is Tony Walton and I have many fond memories of Woodhouse Eaves. My family moved to the village in 1942 when my father was stationed at Beaumanor. I had two brothers, Brian and Peter and ...Read more
A memory of Woodhouse Eaves by
Shops
My family lived on the road approaching Monk Bar (behind photographer) from about 1950, through the 1980s and my Dad is still there, so this was our route into the City. The shop facing on the Right was for many years Bulmers secondhand shop. ...Read more
A memory of York in 1960 by
Miss Holbrook
Fond memories, it set me up for later life, I recall a Miss Holbrook. Attended St. Peter's School in Scarborough.
A memory of Throxenby in 1958 by
Only When It Was Very Cold
My Dad, Ray Hall, was born in Hutton. His dad John Hall was a tailor and his cousin May Hall ran the post office. I would come to the village as a child and often played with Basil, who lived with May. One winter I ...Read more
A memory of Hutton Rudby in 1952 by
Childhood Memories
I was born in Calverley in 1948. I lived with my mother, father and brother (Ernest). I attended Calverley Church School. I played down in the woods most of the time, with my brother and our friends. My brother was a bully ...Read more
A memory of Calverley in 1956 by
Hornsea Convalescent Home
I was in there at least twice. I was about 11yrs old. I was in for bed wetting. Don't know why it was necessary? I have some bad memories but I also met some nice people as well. I recall a nurse called sister Hartley. When ...Read more
A memory of Hornsea
From Kendal To The New World.
My roots in Kendal go very deep indeed, my Great Grandfather was James Dawson Garnett who was born there in 1851 on Lake Road and married Elizabeth Sherrin a local girl in 1871. Their son James Langhorn Garnett was my ...Read more
A memory of Kendal by
Captions
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Designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, the architect of the Grand Hotel, Scarborough and the Leeds Town Hall, this splendid structure joined Ben Rhydding Hydro in putting Ilkley firmly on the water cure map.
The building of Scarborough Castle began around 1135.
Thanks to the terrain at Scarborough, two other tramways were built; one near the Grand Hotel and another at St Nicholas Gardens.
Writing in the 17th century, Dr Witte claimed that Scarborough water was a cure for apoplexy, epilepsy, catalepsy and vertigo, and that it cleansed the stomach, opened the lungs, and cured asthma, black
Stone from the same quarry was used in the construction of the seafront at Scarborough.
At the start of the war, Scarborough declared for the King; this was unusual, in that most of the eastern part of England favoured the Roundheads.
In the year of this photograph, Whitby is poised for a summer influx of new visitors via the new Scarborough to Whitby Railway, which opened on 6 July 1885.
The very first cricket match played here in 1890 was between Leeds and Scarborough.
The very first cricket match played here in 1890 was between Leeds and Scarborough.
In the year of this photograph, Whitby is poised for a summer influx of new visitors via the new Scarborough to Whitby Railway, which opened on 6 July 1885.
destroyed in a fire before the films, 'The Dangerous Edge' and 'Smugglers Cave', could be publicly shown, although before the disaster the actors did see a preview at the Londesborough Cinema in Scarborough
Once the railway arrived in 1885, the manorial village of Scalby grew into a genteel Victorian suburb of Scarborough.
Further afield, he was also the architect of the imposing Grand Hotel in Scarborough (1862).
The broad pathway on the left was the main route through the Park, leading from Scarbrough Avenue to Sea View Road, and is now the line of the present Park Avenue.
In 1902 the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co leased land from the Earl of Scarbrough, and in 1906 the Maltby Main Colliery Co was formed.
The Tower was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee: this view was taken on 11 August 1899, and shows its formal opening by the Countess of Scarbrough.
A new town was laid out from 1876 by the Earl of Scarbrough; in 1881 it acquired a splendid pier, seen here and unrecognisable to the modern visitor.
The Tower was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee: this view was taken on 11 August 1899, and shows its formal opening by the Countess of Scarbrough.
In 1902 the Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co leased land from the Earl of Scarbrough, and in 1906 the Maltby Main Colliery Co was formed.
This view shows the resort still in its genteel phase under the Earl of Scarbrough's strict control.
Lumley Avenue, with its chestnut trees and wide verges and roadway, is typical of the streets comprising the original grid layout of the Earl of Scarbrough's 1870s town plan.
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