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Black Mariners
We have found no direct evidence, yet, of Scarborough's connections with the transatlantic slave trade and there is only one old photograph showing a black crew member. Scarborough is still a very racially unmixed town but the f...
The George Coull collection of photographs
The George Coull collection of maritime photos was generously donated to Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre by Mr. Coull during his lifetime but was so large it had to be transported from Aberdeen to Sc...
A Short Biography of George Scales
George Scales (1917 – 2005)
George spent his entire life in Scarborough (although, I believe his first few months were lived in Filey).
His parents, Thomas Scales and Edith (ne...
The story of John Dean was the talk of all the coffee houses in London in the mid eighteenth century. This book rekindles that long forgotten tale of a merchant seaman of humble origins from Scarborough who became famous throughout the UK for...
In our collection is a battered little navy blue booklet, about the size of an old-style British passport, is the Continuous Certificate of Discharge issued to Joseph Sawdon. It is special because we also have lots of supportive evidence of ...
Scarborough People
We have several reference files in alphabetical order with information about local people of interest. This website contains a lot on local fishing families and you can search it using the search box.
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