As part of the NLHF Sea Wall Heritage Trail project we interviewed people about their memories of Scarborough.
You can see a list of over 100 memories by clicking here or listen to some of the recorded ones by clcking on the links below:-
Dave Normandale - Fisherman: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (8 minutes)
Les Shannon - Fireman: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (8 minutes)
Peter Simpson - Captain, Merchant Vessels: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (22 minutes)
Rachel Jenkinson - Fishing Family: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (10 minutes)
Bill Blades - Boxing day Traditions: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (12 minutes)
Chris James - Scarborough Spa: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (6 minutes)
Janet Jefferson - Holbeck Hall Collapse 1993: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (14 minutes)
David Abrutat - GCHQ Scarborough Archives: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (17 minutes)
Eileen Gledhill - Remembering Rowntrees Department Store: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (13 minutes)
Lauren Bruce - Anne Bronte: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (12 minutes)
Pamela Lee - Growing up in the old town: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (6 minutes)
Pamela Lumb - Visiting Scarborough as a child: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (9 minutes)
Roberts Armitage - Summer Vacation Jobs: Typed Transcript or Audio Recording (6 minutes)
Tony Coupland - The Voice of Olivers Mount Racing: Typed Transcripts or Audio Recording (11 minutes)
Mick Miller - Guest House Owner: Audio Recording (11 minutes)
John Porter - Scarborough RNLI: Typed Summary or Audio Recording (17 minutes)
Harry Dunn - Footballer, early years: Typed summary or Audio Recording (3 minutes). Later career typed summary or audio recording (10 minutes)
Frazer Armitage - Scarborough guesthouse: Typed summary or Audio Recording (7 minutes). Part 2: Typed summary or Audio Recording (7 minutes).
See more short written submissions click here
More typed memories in PDF format click here
