It's All A Bit Fishy

Monday 28th June

The Promenade along the seafront at Bridlington has a retaining wall decorated with tiles depicting fish, a link to the (now dwindling) fishing industry in the town.

There are two types of tile, a single large fish and a pair of smaller ones.

Most of the fish are facing, or swimming, to the right (North to South).

However, a single large fish swims against the flow!

This was previously thought to be the only fish on the whole promenade facing the 'wrong way'.

But I found a pair of the smaller ones going against the flow too!

Postbox Cosy

Sunday 26th June 

Tuesday May 4th

(Star Wars Day!) 

Sunday 28th March 

I don't usually travel into the big city that often but on the last couple* of occasions that I have, I noticed that someone has been knitting hats for Filey's postbox. 

* That's a 'pub couple' 

(ie. "just popping to The Bull for a couple of pints") and not a literal couple (eg. only 2).  

Why don't Polar Bears eat Penguins?

...... because they can't get the wrappers off!! 

Spotted on the promenade wall outside the Sealife Centre (pyramids), North Bay Scarborough. 

A penguin has arrived, leaving with a little back sack. More or less positioned outside of the penguin enclosure (on the left, behind the fence with the 'Pirate Golf' sign). 

It has been signed by 'Wade' and is in a 'Banksy' style. 

A Wade Banksy. 

A Wanksy. 

The Continuing Village Pump Collection.

.......except that Newark is a town. 

May 2021.

At the edge of the market square is this pump.

The wooden post to the right was used, back in the day, to tie bears to for baiting purposes. 

The medievals were a set of bastards towards animals, sometimes.

Mind you, they were just as bad to themselves. 

Mantraps were deployed liberally amongst the estates of the Landowners to deter poachers who, not only became stuck in agonising pain waiting to be found and released but would also receive a proper kicking when they eventually were.

Any deserters during the Civil wars of the 17th Century would be made to wear the pin lined glove when they were 're enlisted'. 

The pins were not particularly sharp, but were heated to at least red hot, branding the wearer as a coward and a traitor for all to see.

Forever.

During the Civil War several castles were under seige for quite some time. Scarborough Castle was one, and issued its own currency for the duration. 

The skeleton was originally thought to have been a bloke, but it turns out that they are actually the bones of some giant woman.

Or something. 

Newark is home to the National Civil War Museum (photographs) which, it has to be said, was a fairly poor effort.

Maybe it was something to do with Covid and social distancing (most things are at the moment) but there really was no excuse for charging an entrance fee to see it. 

If it was free, I'd still be wanting my money back. 

Newark does have multilingual signage, however. 

The bottom photo is of one such sign in both English and Dog.