Thursday 18 October 2012
Monday 15 October 2012
Monday 8 October 2012
The Butter Cross Scarborough
The last remaining medieval street cross. Not sure if that's the last in Britain or in Scarborough. There's not much cross left in either case.
Naval Gun #4
Filey Sea Cadets (TS Unseen).
Outside the cadet building is this British built deck gun. It was originally part of a French ship which was captured by the Germans in WWII who moved it onto one of their own vessels.
The recipient German ship was subsequently captured by the French and the gun relocated back onto a French boat.
Before the story could become too silly, the French ship was sunk off Filey Brigg, (probably by a German ship looking for a new deck gun....), where years later it was salvaged by a local fisherman who took it into Scarborough Harbour, further along the coast.
It was given to Filey Sea Cadets & transported by Fork Lift Truck (a rather precarious & entertaining journey by all accounts) to their Filey base.
Now painted back to prevent vandalism by local youths, it was once highly polished metal & brass.
I know this because, despite the lack of a descriptive plate, the driver of that very Fork Lift Truck popped out & told us the tale!
Outside the cadet building is this British built deck gun. It was originally part of a French ship which was captured by the Germans in WWII who moved it onto one of their own vessels.
The recipient German ship was subsequently captured by the French and the gun relocated back onto a French boat.
Before the story could become too silly, the French ship was sunk off Filey Brigg, (probably by a German ship looking for a new deck gun....), where years later it was salvaged by a local fisherman who took it into Scarborough Harbour, further along the coast.
It was given to Filey Sea Cadets & transported by Fork Lift Truck (a rather precarious & entertaining journey by all accounts) to their Filey base.
Now painted back to prevent vandalism by local youths, it was once highly polished metal & brass.
I know this because, despite the lack of a descriptive plate, the driver of that very Fork Lift Truck popped out & told us the tale!
Saturday 6 October 2012
Smugglers Apprentice
Following on from the purchase for the towns of Scarborough and Filey of the sculptures 'Freddie Gilroy' and 'A high tide in short Wellies' a further piece has been bought for Scarborough.
This is 'The Smugglers Apprentice' and is supposed to reflect the history of the town.
A town full of criminals, obviously.
Thursday 4 October 2012
More Pill Boxes at Cayton Bay
... towards the Northern end this time. Views from inside each box. The heavily weathered painted sign reads "Clothing Optional Beach".
Wednesday 3 October 2012
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Staithes
To the north of Whitby. Just like Cornwall, but not hundreds of miles away.
The embankment above the house in the middle picture contains a stone parapet, from which the old railway line crossed the estuary on a wooden trestle bridge. It arrived on the near side more or less where the photo was taken from (behind which are the old station buildings).
Monday 1 October 2012
'Ow's about that, then??
I took the photo of the plaque (Blogger seems to publish them in any old order.....) hours before the Scarborough News took the 'graffiti affected' one.
Within the space of a week we had the naming ceremony of a thoroughfare, the putting up of wall plaque, a newspaper revelation, the defacing of Wall plaque, the removal of Wall plaque and the reversing of the naming of the thoroughfare.
'Savile's View' is now back to being 'Bird Cage Walk'.
Looks like Scarborough doesn't want to be associated with Sir Jimmy anymore.
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