This page features articles on this website that mention cobles.
1799 - a great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue
A great storm off Filey Bridge and a famous rescue in 1799 The following is an extract from John Cole's ancient history of Filey "History and antiquities of Filey in the county of York" published way back in 1828. It records some of ...
1861 - RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat.
RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat of 1861 On Saturday 28th September the new lifeboat at Scarborough was launched. The lifeboat was taken by public procession from the Railway Station down to the lifeboat house. It was christened and immediately t...
1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster
1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster One of the duties of the lifeboat is to escort fishing boats back to port during bad weather. Storms can whip up out of no where and the lifeboat would be there to help just in case. On the 8th December 1954 such...
My grandfather's house at 32 Sandside The following story was surrounded with great mystery. It was handwritten by a man who lived in an old folks home in Scarborough. One of the carers at that home gave it to the Scarborough Maritime Heritage...
Allen and Truman Scarborough fishing families
The Allen and Truman Scarborough fishing families The writer of this history did not leave his or her name. It is a family history which concerns one child - Alice Irene Allen. This article was I was introduced to Alice Irene in the cosy kitch...
Scarborough fishing families - The Allen family This page features articles which mention the Allen families in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top. Those towards the bottom will maybe just feature the name once. • ...
A Scarborough aprentice runs away to sea A story by John Wilson from Scarborough Sea Dogs by G Forest Frank. John Wilson was made an apprentice but tried to run away to sea against his fathers will I heard that Mr Hodgson wanted some lads for h...
Bathing Machines The sea water bathing movement favoured early morning immersion before the waters could warm up. Floyer’s essay to prove cold bathing safe and usfeul ran to five editions in c1702. Settrington’s engravin...
Scarborough fishing families - The Cammish family This page features articles which mention the Cammish fishing family in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top. Those towards the bottom will maybe just feature the name once. ...
Scarborough fishing families - The Cappleman family This page features articles which mention the Cappleman families in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top. Those towards the bottom will maybe just feature the name once. ...
Cayton Bay This page features articles on this site which mention Cayton Bay in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Cayton once. • A sumarine attack on Scarboroughs ...
Characters of the Filey fishing industry
Characters of the Filey fishing industry From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE "BUGGINS" - BONZO PARTNERSHIP Throughout the winter months, irrespective of weather conditio...
Coble boats of Filey, Flamborough and Runswicks Bay
The coble boats of Filey, Flamborough and Runswicks Bay Filey bay is famed for its coble boats with the slipway known as 'Coble Landing'. Its a beautiful site in the summer with the fishing pots stacked up on the little boats and tractors....
Cobles along the Scarborough and Filey coast
The Coble along the Scarborough and Filey coast This page features articles on this site which mention cobles in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention coble once. • Lo...
Cobles landing in a huge storm
Cobles landing in a huge storm This account is from Friday 10th December, 1954 at the time of the 1954 Scarborough lifeboat disaster. The huge seas which were reported here were the same that capsized the Scarborough lifeboat just 7 miles away. ...
Cobles sunk gravelling in Carnelian bay
Scarborough Cobles sunk gravelling in Carnelian bay Fishing cobles often used to do other work to help make ends meet. They would transport building materials of various kinds. Boats would go as far as Flamborough. The following article was taken ...
Community spirit in the Old Town in Filey
Community spirit in the Old Town in Filey From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd NOBODY EVER KNOCKED It isn't surprising that Filey Old Town developed a strong community identity. Th...
Cowling fishing family of Filey Scarborough and Flamborough
The Cowling fishing family This page features articles on this site which mention the Cowling and Colling fishing family of Scarborough,Flamborough,Filey and Flamborough in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Th...
Scarborough fishing families - the Crawford family This page features articles on this site which mention the Crawford fishing family in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention C...
The Dalton fishing family of Scarborough This page features articles on this site which mention the Dalton fishing family of Scarborough,Flamborough,Filey and Flamborough in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. T...
Entering Scarborough harbour This excerpt is taken from John Wilson's stories "Entering Scarborough in a north east gale." from a series of articles by G Forrest Frank. This was printed in the Scarborough Post in 1920 and is in a fil...
Ernest Dade Ernest Dade landed at Filey in October 1883. He wanted to get to Scarborough so went aboard another yawl which was ready to go. The skipper was a tall good looking man of sixty with no teeth. Also with him as crew members were his thre...
Scarborough fishing families - the Eves family This page features articles on this site which mention the Eves fishing family in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Eves once...
Filey and the gales of 1860,1867,1869, 1880
Filey and the gales of 1860,1867,1869, 1880 From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE GALES OF 1860,1867,1869 AND 1880 It was bad weather, however, which was the commonest risk to ...
Filey and the Great War - minesweeping and influenza
Filey and the Great War - minesweeping and influenza From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd Naturally it was at sea that Filey men were most involved in the First World War. All Filey fishe...
Filey and the sea This page features articles on this site which mention Filey or areas close by in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Filey once. • The history of ...
Filey fishermen in 1862 - yawls and cobles
Filey fishermen in 1862 - yawls and cobles Every place has its characteristic, and that of Filey is its hardy race of fishermen, stout, broad-chested, wide-shouldered; blunt and honest in speech, but kindly-hearted and open to every advance of tru...
The Filey Flither girls A few years ago Yorkshire TV released a program made by a husband and wife Glen Crawford and Ann Morell-Crawford. This documentary presented an evocative and haunting insight into the lives of the Filey flither girls. These...
The history of Filey Lifeboats From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE FILEY LIFEBOAT It was inevitable that Filey men should have been regularly involved with the Filey Lifeboat, eit...
Fish sold for manure This story appeared in a series of articles by Forrest Frank in 1920 in the Scarborough Daily Post - This story came from Captain Wilson When I was a lad, the fishing boats consisted chiefly of cobles that lined and trawled...
Fishermen of Scarborough and the U-Boats by Godfrey Arthur
Scarborough fishermen and the U-Boats by Godfrey Arthur An Article by Arthur Godfrey This year has seen the seventieth anniversary of the darkest days that Yorkshire fishermen have ever known, for in the three years of World War 1 beginning w...
Fishermen tell the politicians what they think in 1883
Fishermen tell the politicians what they think in 1883 In late September and October,1883 Scarboroughs fishing community was talking about a new Act of Parliament concerning the fishing industry. Yet more regulations had been put down and the fish...
Fishing cobble founders off Scarborough
Fishing cobble founders off Scarborough The following news story was provided by Marie Williams from Grimsby. It refers to William Jennison who was her Great Great Grandfather. The following news story appeared in the Glasgow Herald Newspaper 1...
Fishing farming and tourism in the early Filey - 1805
Fishing farming and tourism in the early Filey - 1805 Filey fishermen are mentioned in ancient documents long before any are known at Scarborough. Even today, some old Scarborough fishing families have Filey roots. And yet Filey was as much a farm...
Flamborough coble disasters An article from the Scarborough Mercury of February 5th 1911. entitled "DISASTROUS STORM - SCARBORO' RESCUES - LOSS OF LIFE AT FLAMBOROUGH - OTHER COBLE CALAMITIES" A sudden and very violent storm of wi...
Flamborough head fishing & RNLI
Flamborough head fishing and RNLI This page features articles which mention the Flamborough coast in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top. Those towards the bottom will maybe just feature Flamborough once. • Flamboro...
Flamborough head fishing community - superstition and bad luck
The fishing community in Flamborough head - superstition and bad luck Fishing communities were famed for their belief in the strangest superstitions. The local superstitions were well known. Anyone with any sense did not attempt to break them. Eve...
THE DEATH OF YOUNG FRANK BAYES, age 24, by granddaughter of James Ruffen Bayes On December 8th,1954 three scarborough Lifeboatmen lost their lives. Amongst them was young Frank Bayes. Local Ann Moncrief remembers this day well. Her uncl...
Gristhorpe Bay - privateers, rights to wrecks and periwinkles
Gristhorpe Bay - privateers, rights to wrecks and periwinkles The following excepts are taken from the history of Gristhorpe by Lady Diana Beswick. They feature many extracts from the diaries of William and George Beswick. The Beswicks have lived ...
Harwood and Bullamore fishing family history in Scarborough
The Harwood and Bullamore fishing familys This family history features the Harwood and Bullamore fishing families and was typed up by Ian Hollingsworth who had a keen interest in family history. He worked at the Scarborough Evening News and died i...
Harwood Brierleys description of Scarborough harbour at the opening of the 20th century
Harwood Brierleys description of Scarborough harbour at the opening of the 20th century Harwood Brierley described Scarborough harbour somewhat romantically at the opening of the 20th century . "Then come the tiers of the red roofed fishermen...
Scarborough fishing families - The Harwood family This page features articles which mention the Harwood families in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top. Those towards the bottom will maybe just feature the name once. &bu...
Henry Freeman - a famous Whitby lifeboat man
Henry Freeman - a famous Whitby lifeboat man Henry Freeman is a famous name in Whitby Lifeboat history. He was the sole survivor of the 1861 Lifeboat disaster. It all began on the morning of February 9th 1861. The people of Whitby woke up to a fie...
Herring fisheries in Scarborough
The herring fisheries in Scarborough This page features articles on this site which mention the herring fisheries in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention herring once. &bu...
Herring fishing in the North Sea, a history
The history of the herring fishing in the North Sea This article is based on an old history published in the local newspaper. This writer knew little of the migrations of herring. The science in those days was really quite basic. Fishing of her...
Here is the tenth "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the ...
Here is the eleventh "position paper" for the Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the ha...
Here is the second "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document, with others to come, is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of t...
Here is the third "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document, with others to come, is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects...
Here is the fourth "position paper" for the Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document, with others to come, is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history ...
Here is the sixth "position paper" for the 2012 Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the ...
Here is the seventh "position paper" for the Harbour Research project. Corrections and additions are welcomed. The purpose of the document is to seek people who will undertake serious research on aspects of the history of the harbour. ...
History of the Scarborough fishing industry
The history of the Scarborough fishing industry For hundreds of years the Scarborough fishing industry chugged along at the same pace. The fishermen paid tithes to the monastries for the right to fish the seas. The industry never really took off b...
Hunger at sea An extract from Memorials of Scarborough entitled 'An authentic narrative'. In the year 1808, the ship "Bon Accord," of Aberdeen, 131 tons, Alexander Morrison, master, sailed from Aberdeen to Paoicton, in Nova Sc...
Hurricane - the worst day in Filey's history
The worst day in Fileys history - a hurricane The Scarborough Mercury, of 2nd June,1860 reported a hurricane that hit Filey the previous Monday. It was truly "the worst ever" calamity to have hit the Filey. It came "so suddenly upon...
Instructions to sailors - Flamborough Head
Instructions to sailors - Flamborough Head Dutch fishermen came every year, for centuries, to follow the herring down the east coast. Their larger vessels were called busses and they developed very effective fishing techniques. Their merchantmen s...
Scarborough fishing families - the Jenkinson family This page features articles on this site which mention the Jenkinson fishing family in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention...
Tragedies in the Jenkinson fishing family in Filey From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd FILEY TRAGEDY - LOST AT SEA The risks involved in seafaring are horrendous. Yet with some justif...
Jenkinsons - Filey, a common ancestry.
The Filey Jenkinsons - a common ancestry From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd It would be expected in a community as closely related as the Filey fishing families there would be folk memo...
John Ley A Forgotten Talent by Johannes Erdmann John A. Ley, a Scarborough man, built splendid little yachts. Only one of them became famous when a German yachtsman sailed the 23-foot-sloop ‘Kathena’ around the world. But it w...
John Ley A Forgotten Talent by Johannes Erdmann John A. Ley, a Scarborough man, built splendid little yachts. Only one of them became famous when a German yachtsman sailed the 23-foot-sloop ‘Kathena’ around the world. But it w...
John Swift's first ever pleasure trip on a keel boat
John Swift's first ever pleasure trip on a keel boat THE CALLING OF THE SEA When I say "pleasure trip". This is not one the cruises on the passenger boats from the middle pier. This is the real thing! To get woken up at some unear...
Scarborough fishing families - the Johnson family This page features articles on this site which mention the Johnson fishing family in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Joh...
Kolberg lays a minefield off Scarborough
Kolberg lays a minefield off Scarborough Many people in Scarborough know a great deal of the German bombardment upon the town in 1914. A lot less is known about the problem of mines which beset the town for weeks afterwards. There were three ships...
Lady Dock - a small slipway on the North Bay's Marine Drive
The Lady Dock - a small slipway on the North Bay's Marine Drive At the beginning of the 21st Century the Marine Drive sea defences were reinforced. During these changes the 'Lady Dock' - a small slipway on the North Bay was built over....
The early years of the Scarborough Lifeboat This chapter first appeared in Godfrey Arthurs book the Scarborough Lifeboats Since medieval times, the town of Scarborough had been important to mariners for its "harbour of refuge", where ...
Losses amongst Filey fishing cobles
Losses amongst Filey fishing cobles From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd The coble is for its size, one of the safest boats afloat. But if hit unexpectedly by very heavy sea, it is as vul...
Lost with all hands The following story is based upon a real life account written by Forrest Frank based upon a story by Captain Wyrill. These appeared in the Scarborough Daily Post in 1920 as part of the 'Sea Dogs' stories by Forrest Fran...
Luggers and yawls in the Filey fishing industry
Luggers and yawls in the filey fishing industry From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd LUGGERS AND YAWLS When the Scarborough Register of Sailing and Fishing vessels began in 1786, offsh...
Scarborough fishing families - the Mainprize family This page features articles on this site which mention the Mainprize fishing family in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention...
Maritime Art archive file listing
Prospect of Scarborough - Maritime Art Archive File List of Contents. Contact us for more information (updated 2015) Artist Allbon, Charles Fredrick 1856-1926 (i) Artist Bailey, Peter Article by Adam Steel (ii) Battl...
There is a very extensive site maintained by Lars Bruzelius at Upsala, Sweden. His Maritime History Virtual Archives at: http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Nautica.html has many pages of information about maritime history, museums,...
Merrie Islington - sunk by a U-boat off Whitby
The Merrie Islington - sunk by a U-boat off Whitby Many of the articles involved on this site involve a personal journey. They link to someones family history which has been meticulously researched. This is one such article. I was contacted by a H...
Migrations of fishing families - Filey - Yarmouth and Ramsgate
Migrations of fishing families - Filey - Yarmouth and Ramsgate From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd MIGRATION OF FISHER FAMILIES The willingness of Filey fishermen to cover large dista...
Missing motor boat returns - Scarborough
Missing motor boat returns - Scarborough During the era of sail boats there was considerable danger. The coasts were littered with wrecks as wind and waves drove helpless crews ashore. With the invention of the steam engine boats were a lot safer....
Old Town and the fishing community - article list
Scarborough's Old Town and the fishing community This page features articles on this site which mention Scarboroughs Old Town or the fishing community in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bott...
Personal account of 1880 storm at Scarborough
Personal account of 1880 storm at Scarborough From a letter written by a schoolboy in the latter part of the nineteenth century printed in Rowntree's 'History of Scarborough'. I feel I must write you an account of what happened this...
Pilots or pirates This story appeared in a series of articles by Forrest Frank in 1920 in the Scarborough Daily Post - This story came from Captain Wilson: The procedure for pilotage into Scarborough Harbour was simple. On the Platform there we...
Poems songs and maritime art This page features articles on this site which mention poetry or singing in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention poetry once. • Sea shant...
Articles on this website that mention the harbour: 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster 1954 Scarborough Lifeboat disaster One of the duties of the lifeboat is to escort fishing boats back to port during bad weather. Storms can whip up ...
Port of Scarborough in the late 15th Century
The port of Scarborough in the late 15th Century An article on the port of Scarborough in the late 15th century by John Rushton Scarborough had been an active borough for about three hundred years. The old borough sited on a bounded plot west o...
Preachers trip on a Filey Herring yawl
A preachers trip on a Filey Herring yawl The Bridlington Circuit Methodist minister George Shaw wrote a fascinating first hand account of herring fishing on a yawl in his book "Our Filey Fishermen", published in 1867. He recounts how he ...
Radio 270 - pirate radio station off Scarborough
Radio 270 - pirate radio station off Scarborough Most people associate pirate radio with Radio Caroline but in truth there were pirate radio stations all arouind the UK. Radio Scotland went on air on New Years Eve. Then Radio 270 intended to start...
Ranter Chapel revival in Filey
Ranter Chapel revival in Filey From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd FILEY IS TAKEN! John Oxtoby was responsible for the great Christian revival which began in 1823. One of the first fa...
Ray Edmonds stories of the Old Town in Scarborough
Ray Edmonds stories of the Old Town in Scarborough Ray Edmonds lives in Princess Terrace and spent many years at sea. He has recorded some of his old stories on a DVD which has been placed on Youtube. If he had a pound for every time he passed ...
Religion to a young bottom-ender
Religion to a young bottom-ender St Mary's Church played a large role in the bottom of town in my younger days. Although granddad (George Jenkinson Mainprize born 1892 in Filey) "emigrated" to Scarborough from Filey " Little ...
Research - sunk with Filey men on board in 1925
The Research - sunk with Filey men on board in 1925 From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd The most famous tragedy in Filey's history must be the "Research" disaster of 25th N...
RNLI - Scarborough,Whitby, Filey
RNLI history - Scarborough,Whitby, Filey This page features articles on this site which mention RNLI or Lifeboats in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Lifeboat once. &b...
Robin Hood's Bay - articles on fishing, lifeboats and the village
Robin Hood's Bay This is a list of articles on this website that mention Robin Hood's Bay. Brigantines The Brigantine along the Scarborough and Whitby coast This page features articles on this site which mention Briga...
Robin Hood's Bay fishing in 1838
The fishermen and fisheries of Robin Hood's Bay in 1838 Views of ports and harbours By William Finden, 1838 - old text about Robin Hood's Bay fisheries The above is the name of a fine bay on the Yorkshire coast, between Whitby and Scarb...
Robinson family of Scarborough and Filey
The Robinson fishing family of Scarborough and Filey This page features articles on this site which mention the Robinson fishing in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Robins...
Rowing lifeboats in Scarborough
Scarboroughs rowing lifeboats THE ROWING LIFEBOATS OF THE RNLI The following history is reprinted from Arthur Godfreys book "The Scarborough Lifeboats" The RLNI began in 1824, but as we have seen Scarborough already had a well esta...
Scales family of Scarborough and Filey
The Scales fishing family of Scarborough and Filey This page features articles on this site which mention the Scales fishing in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Scales onc...
School children see their relatives drowned
School children see their relatives drowned This story appeared in a series of articles by Forrest Frank in 1920 in the Scarborough Daily Post - This story came from Captain John Wilson In southerly winds what was known as the Mosquito Fleet - ...
Schooners, Cutters, Yawls This page features articles on this site which mention Sailing ships in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention sailing ship once. • A voyage o...
Scarborough fishing families - the Sellers family This page features articles on this site which mention the Sellers fishing family in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Sel...
Scarborough fishing families - the Sheader families This page features articles on this site which mention the Sheader fishing families in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention...
Scarborough Shipbuilders Scarborough was a busy shipbuilding port. Nearly 42,000 tons of ships were made by Tindall's yard and 30,000 by other yards between 1742 and 1879.Pretty amazing really. Where did all that wood came from? The best year ...
Ships from Scarborough in the Yorkshire coastal trade of 1638-9.
Scarborough ships in the Yorkshire coastal trade of 1638-9 The port of Scarborough was born as a fishing community and remains one yet. That side of its life saw many ups and down over time. The rich story of line, trawl and drift fishing fro...
Speeton and its fishing and coastline history
Speeton and its fishing and coastline history This page features articles on this site which mention the Speeton coastline in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention Speeton once...
Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough
Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough Some stories of human interest from Bakers history of Scarborough • 1694 : John Collings was executed at Tyburn, York for stealing lead and copper from St Marys Church, Scarboroug...
Theakston's guide to the Scarborough fisheries 1866
Theakston's guide to the Scarborough fisheries 1866 THE FISHERIES. "To weary toil while others sleep, The sturdy fisher wends his way, To reap the harvest of the deep, He labours on till break of day." Varieties of Fish - Pa...
Thomas Hinderwell - History of Scarborough's fisheries
Thomas Hinderwell - history of Scarboroughs fisheries This article is taken word for word from Thomas Hinderwells History of Scarborough printed 200 years ago. FISHERIES The Fisheries would "be a profitable branch of trade at Scarboroug...
Tindalls the shipbuilders by John Rushton.
Tindalls the shipbuilders by John Rushton. The Tindall family were major contributors to the maritime history of Scarborough. A University student could usefully produce a thesis on the family. We can only offer a preliminary glance. There is a st...
Tommy Rowley - stories about loss of life at sea
Tommy Rowley - stories about loss of life at sea Life at sea is often dangerous and the most difficult thing is to watch as fishermen are in trouble and yet you can do nothing. Tommy Rowley recalls "I remember the loss of the Admiral Von T...
Trawling and overfishing - Filey fishing
Trawling and overfishing - Filey fishing From the book "Filey - a Yorkshire fishing town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd THE FISHING HAS BEEN SPOILED BY THE TRAWLING Most modern fishing is based on the trawling principle, which...
Tunny fishing in Scarborough This page features articles on this site which mention Tunny fishing. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention tunny once. • Theakston's guide...
Watching for ships by the harbour walls
Watching for ships by the harbour walls in Scarborough The fishing industry was always dangerous. The sailing ships were always vulnerable to gales and bad weather which could come out of nowhere. These huge seas and treacherous storms could endan...
Whitby - Storr and Leadley family
Whitby - Storr and Leadley familys In 1861 the Whitby Lifeboat sank and took the lives of twelve men including Matthew Leadley, Robert Leadley,John Storr(Coxswain) and William Storr. This was a famous date in Whitbys RNLI history. Another rescue t...
Whitbys early history - a fishing town
Whitby's Early History - a fishing town Is indebted for it's origin to an abbey founded there in the year 650. The Saxon name of the place was Streanshalt, (Sinus Pharij or 'the Bay of the Watch-Tower.' It was afterword called Pres...
Women's work in the Filey fishing industry
Womens Work In The Filey Fishing Industry From the book "Filey - A Yorkshire Fishing Town" by Irene E Allen and Andrew A Todd Women and daughters seemed to have have helped carry gear down to the boats. Kendall writing in 1870 su...
Wyrill Crawford - Scarborough fisherman
Wyrill Crawford - Scarborough fisherman Wyrill Crawford is a famous name in the old town. Its a name passed down over several generations. This article was sourced by Vanessa Milner of Scarborough Archives Group. It appeared in the Scarborough Eve...
Scarborough Yawls This page features articles on this site which mention Yawls in some way. The most relevant articles are placed at the top of the list. Those at the bottom may just mention yawl once. • Scarborough shipbuilders • ...
Yorkshire Coast history This page features articles on this site which mention the Yorkshire Coast. 20th anniversary of the bombardment German bombardment - 20th anniversary The following article appeared in the 16th December, 1934...
Yorkshire's last traditional sailing fishing coble
Yorkshire's last traditional sailing fishing coble Sailing cobles were once a common sight on the North east Coast of England. Pronounced 'cobble', the name is thought to be rooted in the Celtic 'Ceubal' or the breton 'Caub...
