Category: Whitby Blog

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

Endeavour Whitby Holiday Cottage
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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 scoop unfortunately !
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Whitby scoop unfortunately !

I think I might have to seriously consider how my blog is coming over, I’m picking such glamorous and exciting subjects !Previously we had my “rubbish day” story and then my more “mobile muck up day” and now I’m possibly I am superseding them all with my “Whitby pooper scoop” entry!
 
Unfortunately it has been the [...]

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Déjà vu, tramping the yards of Whitby !

They say that nothing worthwhile having in life is easy, so does that mean because good results can be hard to achieve sometimes the end doesn’t justify the means? I don’t think that’s usually the case, if you work hard you usually get an easier lifestyle long-term, it just doesn’t seem like it sometimes when [...]

Whitby fans on  Facebook, about stories and pictures from your past in Whitby.
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Whitby fans on Facebook, about stories and pictures from your past in Whitby.

This is a spur of the moment posting on Whitby fans on  Facebook, about stories and pictures from your past in Whitby.
About 20 years ago Pauline and myself were in Whitby for the Regatta. We were having lunch in the Black Horse pub on Church Street, when a hippy style guy in his 30s called [...]

The human brain, a strange thing
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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 [...]

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