Alan Davidson

Whitby History and living in the old yards

Living in the Whitby yards of yesteryear
What life was like in Whitby, in the old yards when the town was not a tourist attraction but a working fishing port. I was given permission to photograph and use material from the Whitby Museum which I thank for their help http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/
Also drawing the yards of [...]

Albert T Pile 1882 – 1981 drawing the yards of Whitby before they had gone for ever !

I was in the Whitby Museum again on Friday with my ongoing mission to try and find some old pictures of the yard where my cottages in Whitby. Unfortunately once again I wasn’t successful but I did find some books which describe what life was like living in the fishing yards of Whitby during the [...]

Whitby history starting by the yard

I spent a couple of hours on Saturday walking around Whitby’s Museum and with an entrance fee of £3.00 it was to say the least good value for money. There’s many interesting categories like information about Captain Cook and his travels, costumes from bygone eras, fossils and geology, paintings, photographs and the list goes on [...]

The human brain, a strange thing

I’m a big fan of Whitby and I have numerous websites, Facebook and Twitter accounts dedicated to the old town. Anyway about a year ago I was talking to a friend who like myself is Into search engine optimisation, which sounds extremely boring but it’s actually quite challenging and fun in some ways. It’s the [...]

The Life and Times of a Television Extra and who you meet

I have been spending a few hours over the last couple days making some little films on the computer, which are started because I wanted a little film of my holiday cottage in Whitby.
And then I quite enjoyed the process so just for a laugh I thought I’d knock out a few silly videos.
The first [...]

Do NOT get cheated by an unscrupulous Electricians!

I went to a old ladies house recently and was absolutely horrified by the fact that she was about to have a very expensive, not to mention very invasive rewire on a bungalow. This lady was obviously in a late 70s and I’ve been a widow for almost 10 years and she was exactly the [...]

Whitby History and living in the old yards

Living in the Whitby yards of yesteryear
What life was like in Whitby, in the old yards when the town was not a tourist attraction but a working fishing port. I was given permission to photograph and use material from the Whitby Museum which I thank for their help http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/
Also drawing the yards of [...]

9900 looking but not for me !

One of the reasons that Whitby is so popular nowadays is that it has a very healthy schedule of events which occur during the summer months. This has been building up over the years and now there’s something happening nearly every single weekend to attracting tourists. That’s great but it’s strange that if you try [...]

Robert S Baker a gentleman.

I was about to write my blog about the final chapter on my great rubbish get rid of escapade and then I thought back over my  previous blogs and thought, oh my god there is just too much of this mundane subject matter, but unfortunately it is my recent reality so here goes…
The fact is [...]

Endeavour Whitby Holiday Cottage

Whitby Holiday Cottage for Self Catering Holidays

Visit the website Whitby Holiday Cottage
This charming former old fisherman’s residence, situated in the very heart of the old town of Whitby only a couple of minutes stroll from the harbour.
The cottage sleeps up to six people in total. Four on comfortable memory foam mattresses but also the facility [...]

Whitby Whitby Search Engine Optimisation

 
Do you want more customers on your website? If so take a look at Whitby Search Engine Optimisation

Search Engine Optimisation specialists for Whitby North Yorkshire, and surrounding areas. Website www.whitby-seo.co.uk/
If you are a business owner in Whitby or surrounding areas we can get your business website high up the search engine rankings where you [...]

Good old technology :-)

I used to read all types of psychology books when I was younger because I was always fascinated by the thought that the main thing that influences your life is how you think about everything.
You know the old question is the glass half empty or half-full?  And the argument of what influences your life the most, [...]

AD Alarms.CCTV and Electricans Est 1983 in Bradford and Whitby

 CCTV cameras offer both a very powerful visual deterrent, especially if the monitor is left in a visible public area, like the check-in part of the hotel foyer. And they also offer a very practical deterrent, in the fact that everything is being recorded and you can monitor it from any location..We also install security [...]

A mobile muckup !

I was installing CCTV into a hotel in Whitby this week, and everything was going well until I got to the end of the job when they asked for a telephone speech dialer which basically rings up to 9 different telephones if the security alarm is activated. They wanted one of the more expensive ones [...]