A tinted postcard looking up Staithes beck, with the old footbridge to Cowbar side. The railway bridge in the distance and in the beck a double ended coble is being rowed towards the sea.
A Watson or Wilson postcard courtesy of Maurice Grayson.
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 Sandsend; a late 1960s or early 1970s view. The old railway track in front of the former station shows plenty of vegetation growth. Image courtesy of Maurice Grayson.  A postcard view of the monument erected to honour the first English poet ”Caedmon”, a servant in ”Hild’s” (611-680AD) double monastery at Streonshalh (Whitby). Caedmon’s story is narrated by the Venerable Bede in the Ecclesiastical History of the English People. Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.  This Valentine’s Series postcard view of Khyber Pass gives an impression of serenity and quiet. Note how the pedestrians wander across the roadway and no traffic! Today one would put your life at risk to do a similar thing. Image courtesy of Kim Whaley.  Lythe Bank top after a winter storm before 1910; the church of St Oswald is seen without the later spire on top of the tower. The spire was added as part of the adaptions by Sir Walter Tapper in 1910. Image courtesy of Alan Richardson.  Photograph dating from 1914, the winch rope is being attached to the coble. David Richardson tells us: ”Its Staithes beach before the construction of the breakwaters so pre-1920′s.” Image courtesy of Alan Richardson; thanks to David Richardson for the location identification.  A coble is being hauled up the beach. But which beach was our query? David Richardson tells us: ”Its Staithes beach before the construction of the breakwaters so pre-1920′s.” Photograph courtesy Alan Richardson and many thanks to David Richardson for confirming the location.  Firing the Stiddy at Lythe in 1948. Blacksmith Will Dobson is setting light to gunpowder on the anvil to celebrate a local event. Usually connected with the Normanby family, quite often a birthday. John Jackson and his son Leonard are also in the photograph. Linda Stainthorpe (nee Jackson) commented: “Have just been looking through your pictures and came across the one of Firing the Stiddy at Lythe, just to say it was lovely to see this one as my dad (Lennard) and my grandad (John) Jackson are both in it. Thank you very much.” Image courtesy of Alan Richardson and many thanks to Linda Stainthorpe for the comment.  Fishing boats, in fact seine netters pictured in Whitby harbour in 1973. A sight now seldom seen. Image courtesy of Owen Rooks.  Hinderwell High Street, around 1900; the curious onlookers gaze at the cameraman having set up his equipment in the middle of the road, at this date it’s doubtful if a motor car had been seen in Hinderwell |
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