Local newspapers have been recording events for morethan 150 years. Scarborough and other Yorkshire libraries have good collections of the old papers, often on microfilm. Readers can be booked and research combined with a good deal of entertainment. Here are a few items from Victorian editions of a newspaper called the Scarborough Gazette. Life was a little different then.
10.08.1848 Galvanic ring mania at Scarborough
24.08.1848 Model of Ancient Jerusalem showing at Oddfellows Hall
12.10.1848 Burial mound to be opened on the Northstead estate
19.10.1848 Cholera
26.10.1848 Wombwells menageries in Walkers Field
8.11.1848 Two coffins found in south transept of St. Mary's church
28.10.1852 Tenders invited for Scarborough Market Hall
31.05.1855. Foresters anniversary at Thirwall's Fleece inn
21.06.1855 4, 5 & 6 Hanover Place for sale £250 each
28.06.1855 New Victoria Hotel to let, with pleasure ground
12.07.1855. A detachment of the 6th Regiment of foot arrived
26.07.1855. Advertisement for an Isle of Man holiday
30.08.1855 John Park of Scarborough sends letter from America
8.11.1855 Henry Wilson' s letter from Australia on "the Drink"
31.07.1856 John Uppleby of Crescent house obituary. Ex Town clerk
04.09.1856. Account of a visit to the Aquarium
04.06.1857 1000 attend a temperance meeting
28.06.1860 Rocks being blasted away in front of the Spa
07.02.1861 Scarborough ratepayers association formed
28.02.1861 New Museum extension proposed
25.10.1860 Merchants row improvements discussed
19.01.1865 Mummy shown at Mechanics institute
02.02.1865 Steam corn mill to let in Seamer lane
09.03.1865 Shore to shore tunnel proposed, North Bay to South Bay
08.06.1865 Scarborough and Whitby Railway Company prospectus
15.06.1865 Burton Christy minstrels at the Spa
29.06.1865 The Valley Bridge
14.09.1865 Scarborough Regatta
12.10.1865 Visit of Queen Emma of Hawaie
26.10.1865 Foundation stones laid for Borough Gaol
