16 Albert Street, Fleetwood.

22nd August 2008. The house with the white door was once the home of Jane Couch AKA 'The Fleetwood Assassin' - former three times Women's Boxing Champion of the World (2 x Welterweight & 1 x Lightweight). She was born in one of the upstairs front bedrooms. Sadly, the council have not issued a blue plaque.

How unlucky is that? #2.

15th August 2008. West Cliff area of Whitby. Taken out by the Luftwaffe this time.

Caedmon's Cross.

15th August 2008. St. Mary's Church, overlooking Whitby. Commemorating the monk Caedmon who invented rock n' roll apparently. Resident of the nearby abbey, our hero used to regularly visit the local nuns and keep then entertained by singing prayers to them (yeah, right.....) using psalm music. Never having being done before, he is credited as being the father of English song. ....and we all thought that was Ozzy.

St.Mary's Church.

15th August 2008. Whitby. Alcove to the side of the church which tells it's own story, really. I think incest may be involved but, there you go....

West Beach Whitby.

14th August2008. The sun is shining,the surf's up and the horizon is all to cock. Nice sandcastle though...

The Wellington, Scarborough.

12th August 2008. Usually pubs are called The Wellington in honour of the 1st Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, and his battle honours, most notably at Waterloo. This one, however, takes it's name from the twin engine bomber designed by Barnes Wallace complete with suitable sign showing them being 'bombed up' prior to giving the Reich a good pasting.

Not quite London....

13th August 2008. Stone lions at Hornsea. Originally intended for display on the plinths at the (then) newly built Trafalgar Square in London, they ended up back in Hornsea after rejection. I think there was a problem with scale when they were finished and delivered to the Capital.(A sort of Spinal Tap/Stonehenge moment).

RAF Carnaby

13th August 2008. Lancaster Road on the Carnaby Industrial Estate. A perfectly straight, two mile long road which is now home to commercial units. 65 years ago this was a wartime Emergency Landing Ground for crippled bombers limping back from raids over Germany. Literally the first bit of clear ground once the North Sea had been crossed. Other roads on the estate are named 'Halifax', 'Wellington' and 'Merlin Way'. 

Anne Bronte's Grave.

12th August 2008. Once of Haworth, Anne Bronte lived in Scarborough until she died aged 29. Her grave is the best tended in the graveyard of St.Mary's Church in the town. She used to have a house on the site of the Grand Hotel.

Hairy Bob's Cave.

11th August 2008. In the Castle Dykes area of the North Bay of Scarborough is Hairy Bob's Cave. Not sure exactly what it is, but it looks like a fallen piece from the Castle, maybe as a result of the naval shelling received during The Great War. Anyway local vagrant, Hairy Bob, used it as a store/place to hang out....hence the name. If you look closely you may be able to spot a Hairy Bob,

The Diving Belle.

10th August 2008. At the seaward end of the harbour jetty in Scarborough you can find The Diving Belle. Not only a play on words, but the first of a series of public art works planned for display around the town. Designed to reflect the role as the First Seaside Resort, all have a similar theme. This fiesty young lass is about to take a header into the North Sea. The lighthouse is behind her, whilst in the far left background you can just about make out Scarborough Castle.

The Bathing Belle.

10th August 2008. The second in the series of Scarborough Belles is outside the Brunswick Shopping Mall in the town centre. Dressed in old style bathing attire (the Victorians were good at building bridges but crap at bikinies) this Belle is entering the water in a more restrained way...little toe first.

In the corner of some Yorkshire field.....

9th August 2008. Garrowby Hill memorial near York. Finally tracked this down after years of searching. It marks the point of impact of a Halifax bomber which crashed on a training flight in heavy cloud during the last war. It basically flew into the top of the hill. All of the crew were killed along with the driver of a milk wagon which was travelling along the road at the time. How unlucky was that? No traffic for miles in any direction and the one vehicle there is gets taken out by a heavy bomber.