It was treacherous weather, even for a Bramblewick December. Last night, Sunday, there was a freezing wind from the south west; the stars had glittered in a cloudless sky; the sea was calm, and made no sound. With these emotive words Leo Walmsley opens his most famous book Three Fevers, first published in 1932.
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Trelleborgs Museum
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Böste
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Leo Walmsley - Author
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Fish and Chips
That quintessentially British meal Fish and Chips was created nearly 150 years ago and is still by far and away the most popular take away dish in the country. Tens of thousands of portions are sold every day with fish and chip shops outnumbering McDonalds by around eight to one!
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Deer Parks
The early abbots of Whitby lived well. Their hunting forest, probably acquired in the 12th century, extended from Whitby as far south as Hackness near Scarborough. The remains of the wall of their deer park at Fylingdales are probably unique in the country.
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Maharajah Duleep Singh
Travel along the road from Whitby to Sandsend and you will pass a small, isolated roadside house. Who would imagine that this unpretentious building was built on the orders of an Indian Maharajah?
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Welcome to Port Mulgrave!
Visitors to Port Mulgrave who are expecting to see a thriving, busy harbour will be disappointed. A narrow, easily overlooked lane, leaves the main coast road at Hinderwell and ends at a small car park on the cliff edge overlooking the remains of a derelict harbour. Welcome to Port Mulgrave!
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King George III and Ravenscar
Was King George mad? Did he ever visit Ravenscar? There is a local story which tells us that when in later life King George III was overcome by periods of madness, he was brought to Ravenscar by his doctors to aid his recovery. Is there any truth in this rumour?
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Tullstorpsstenen
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Lifeboats at Robin Hoods Bay
In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the main highway linking coastal towns and villages was the sea. In the North Sea a huge number of vessels plied their trade and many of these were in an un-seaworthy condition. Wrecks were common and loss of life frequent.
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