This pleasant and often pictured view of the Cross is from a glass plate negative, which despite age is not diminished in clarity.
Image courtesy of Geoff Patton.
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 St Mary’s is a mostly Norman and early English building, with later additions; the interior is a mass of galleries and box pews. This view of the church is the first the brave souls who have ascended the 199 steps have of this magnificent place of worship. Image courtesy of Geoff Patton.  Whitby Harbour; the steam powered vessel on the left of the dock is unidentified, as is the twin masted sailing lugger on the right. Across the harbour several of the buildings seen here have since been demolished. Image courtesy of Geoff Patton.  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.  Fishing boats, in fact seine netters pictured in Whitby harbour in 1973. A sight now seldom seen. Image courtesy of Owen Rooks.  This postcard view of the corner today is little changed, although the end is a one way street, the buildings all remain. Today the church at the top of the photograph on Flowergate has lost it’s tower and I would not recommend standing in the middle of the road! David Richardson tells us: ”The brick building on the right in the foreground was partially demolished to allow the junction between Brunswick Street and Bagdale Road to be widened.”  Not a cloud in the sky, a hot sunny day on the beach at Whitby, sometime in the 1960s. A summer scene, of which the older viewers have happy memories; even if they were not as ‘sunny’ as our memories tell us! Postcard courtesy Ken Johnson.  1926 is the date we have for this coloured postcard of Tate Hill Pier, the Lifeboat Station now occupies the right hand landward end of the pier, with the Duke of York Inn behind. At the top left is Henrietta Postcard courtesy Ken Johnson, thanks to David Richardson for the update.  1905 is the date we have for this postcard of Khyber Pass and the piers at Whitby. It may be older as the wheels of a bathing hut can just be seen near the buildings halfway down the bank. |
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