Women & children in local history

Here is a list of some of the articles on this website which mention women and children.

32 Sandside 

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...

Bathing Machines

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...

Britain's First seaside resort

Britain's First Seaside Resort As the first seaside resort in Britain, 50 years before Brighton, Scarborough pioneered "bathing machines" for women, who entered the ocean clad in vast garments, helped by servant women, from horse dra...

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...

Filey Flither girls

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...

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...

Flither lasses hunting for bait 

Flither lasses hunting for bait 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 There had always been a little trawling, and I believe some of the...

History - 12

Position Paper.- Harbour Research No 12. J. Rushton 2012 Scarborough and the  Royal Navy etc. Additions and corrections are welcomed to this introductory note on connections between Scarborough and the Royal Navy. The ...

History - 4

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 ...

History - 6

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 ...

History - 7

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. ...

Mark Riley - superstitions in Scarborough 

Mark Riley - superstitions in Scarborough The following was written by Mark Riley, author of "Haunted Scarborough". Whilst researching ghost stories for the book he conducted several interviews with some of the old local fish...

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...

Sea Rangers

History of the Scarborough Sea Rangers of S R S Scarborough Written by Dorothy Morrison, ex Sea Ranger of SRS Scarborough & Sea Ranger Lieutentant 1950s / 60s. (2013). This is by no means a complete history but rather bits and pieces of tim...

Tunny fishing in Scarborough

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...

Women at work - Gallery

Women at work - Gallery http://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/women.html​ ...

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...

Wrens sunk by U-boat 

12 Scarborough Wrens sunk by U-boat In August 1941, twelve Scarborough based Wrens were killed while at sea on route to Gibraltar. The girls were. - Phyllis Bacon - Madge Barnes (who volunteered on her 18th birthday) - Cecilly Benjami...


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