Dr David Pendleton: Author 'On the Tracks of the Flying Scotsman', available now from all good bookshops ... are there any bad bookshops?
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Hats scarves and blankets.
And they have the cheek to call this blazing June.
Another nithering day at Scarborough.
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Yorkshire dominated with the bat yesterday @ScarboroCricket. One of the county's greatest-ever batsmen was F.S. Jackson, in 1905 he stayed on Filey's Crescent whilst taking part in the famous Scarborough Cricket Festival.
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I’m on my way home from a wonderful day at North Marine Road. If you’re not in love with this beautiful cricket ground, here’s why you should be.
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County cricket returns to North Marine Road tomorrow when Yorkshire take on Warwickshire. To celebrate the 'official' arrival of summer, we take a look at one remarkable man's gift, the iconic pavilion of Scarborough Cricket Club. open.substack.com/pub/davidp…
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Just another summer’s day in Filey, 1907: A Russian aristocrat, the wife of the Governor of New Zealand, a wealthy American heiress, and three international princes line up... for a sack race.
Read the true story of when the global elite took Filey.
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It's a piece of history just a couple of inches wide, but the medal represents an act of bravery on the waters of Cayton Bay during World War One
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Members of the Scarborough Sub Aqua Club 83 have taken images of the wreck of the minesweeper Orianda. I've added them to the story of the wreck and its rediscovery.
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A second wreck has passed into the care of Scarborough Sub Aqua Club.
Here is the story of the Lady Ann, torpedoed off Scarborough during WW1. open.substack.com/pub/davidp…
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The Scarborough Sub Aqua Club recently became legal owners of the wreck of the Orianda. She was lost in a dramatic explosion whilst sweeping mines off Cayton Bay in 1914.
To celebrate the club becoming custodians of the wreck, here is her story.
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Dodging the bank holiday crowds by watching Scarborough v Folkton & Flixton.
Watching club cricket in a county ground is a bit odd at times, but I love it.
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The last royal holidaymaker at Filey was Princess Katherine of Greece in 1936. Within a few years, Britain would be at war. Post-war Filey changed dramatically. The royals and the super-rich now favoured the Côte d'Azur and the Italian lakes.
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Filey's Crescent is facing a crisis. North Yorkshire Council's tax on second homes has resulted in many properties being placed on the market. The redevelopment of the Hylands has stalled. Paintwork is peeling off the facade of Royal Crescent Court.
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The blitz of Scarborough in March 1941 caused a tragic loss of life. 118 North Marine Road was destroyed in the raid.
Here is the story of that night and its aftermath—now updated following my day spent in Scarborough Cricket Club's archive.open.substack.com/pub/davidp…
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Following a day rooting through the archive @ScarboroCricket, I've updated my piece on the club's war memorial.
In the minute books I found the discussions that led to the erection of the memorial at North Marine Road.
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My office for the day. Scarborough Cricket Club’s archives. Researching the first Indian team to tour England in 1886; the discussions in 1919 of erecting a club war memorial; the bombing of the houses in 1941, the site of which today’s offices are sited.
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