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Gristhorpe, The Post Office And Memorial c.1950
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Away from the bustle of the main Scarborough road lies the secluded village of Gristhorpe. Looking down the main street, we see the old post office (right), now two cottages. The new post office is in the Bull Inn, to the right, next to the tin-roofed church of St Thomas. Outside Prospect Cottage a young girl is caught mid-skip (centre right). To the left behind the memorial is the old Hall. Gristhorpe Man, a Bronze Age skeleton unearthed nearby in 1834, is now in Scarborough's Rotunda museum.

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A Selection of Memories from Gristhorpe

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Tilly Biggins
The previous writer mentionedTilly Biggins who was my uncles stepmother. I stayed with her many times when I was very young. She was born in Victorian times and still dressed in lace up boots, long skirts and big hats. No running water in the cottage just a pump in the back garden where she grew her own vegetables. Earth lavatory outside and all the cooking done on a fireside oven and irons in the living room. The ...see more
Gristhorpe, the Village c1950
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Evacuees George And Jennie Barker
My brother and I were evacuees for 2 years. We stayed with a wonderful family, Mr and Mrs Braithwait and their daughter Eileen. My brother George went back many times as he loved it there, as he had got very on with a  5-year-old boy and they were always together. My brother tragicallydied in 1954. I went back to Gristhorp about 12 years ago to see this little boy (his name was Bobby, I have ...see more
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The Cottages
The cottage nearest to the telegraph pole was my grandmother's.  My uncles Ted and Bob lived there with her until they moved to Woodbine Farm,  Langtoft.  After they left, gran moved in with my family at the other end of the village, Meadow View, and Uncle Cliff and his family moved in until they in turn moved to the farm at the bottom of the village.  We think that the cottage at the forefront of the photo ...see more
Gristhorpe, the Village c1950
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