Dr David Pendleton: Author 'On the Tracks of the Flying Scotsman', available now from all good bookshops ... are there any bad bookshops?
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Ever won a trophy because the opposing team refused to show up? 🏆 In 1886, Scarborough FC did just that! Explore the early history of Scarborough's Football Club and how it stepped out of the cricket club's shadow.
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The many can beat the money.
Is that the lesson from the midterms in America?
Thankfully the results seem to have been accepted.
Which is huge for the future of western democracy.
Has a 112-year-old WW1 mystery been solved?
The Elterwater lost to the minefield laid off Scarborough in Dec 1914. After decades of mystery, high-tech seabed mapping and local dive research have pinpointed what is believed to be her final resting place.
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Afternoon pouring over charts and bathymetric data at the North East Coastal Observatory. Hunting for five ships that vanished in 1914. We have a firm target for Scarborough Sub Aqua Club for next year.
I know it’s been a tough day @northernassist but the announcement at Scarborough that said no road transport was available and basically said ‘good luck’ wasn’t acceptable.
Hi @TPEassist Scarborough train has just left York 14 mins late. Looking to connect with 16.05 @northernassist to hull at seamer.
TPE will arrive at 16.06. Will the connection be held?
The recording of my talk on holiday making developments and coastal erosion at Skipsea is now available. However it is via a private link, so please message me if you would like to receive the link.
The Battle of Flamborough Head in a Bridlington car park!
Fabulous mural being developed to commemorate the unlikely appearance of the American War of Independence on the Yorkshire coast in 1779.
Beautiful day at Hunmanby on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. I’m here to give a talk on my book ‘On the Tracks of the Flying Scotsman’.
Copies still available from good bookshops .. and online of course.
Delighted to announce that my new article is out now in The Trafalgar Chronicle! ⚓️
📖 “As a Hound to the Haunches of a Deer: HMS Countess of Scarborough: The Forgotten Ship of the Battle of Flamborough Head”
Published by @1805Club.
#NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #18thCentury
Lovely thread about a church many will have seen from a carriage window, yet will know little about. Read on for the story of St Andrew's deep in the Cambridgeshire countryside, but alongside the ever busy East Coast Main Line.
Scaffolding is up at Filey’s iconic Royal Crescent Court as a rumoured £1m refurbishment begins! 🏛️✨From hosting Victorian high society to its modern era as luxury apartments, this landmark is securing its place on the coast for generations to come.
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Filey’s Royal Crescent Court has vanished behind hoardings. A huge refurbishment is being undertaken.
Wandering between the Stumble Inn and Valley Bar and came across the Flying Scotsman departing Scarborough.
Feb 1917, Lady Ann was torpedoed off Scarborough, sinking in just 3 minutes. Fred Chater & Walter Gunn were buried at Dean Road—but Gunn was listed on Tower Hill Memorial as "missing". Thanks to Fred Fox, @CWGC placed a headstone over Gunn’s grave.
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In Feb 1915, a Norwegian sailor under an assumed name entered the fog off Filey Brigg aboard the collier Torquay.
A WWI German sea mine exploded, triggering a harrowing North Sea rescue—and a 110-year identity mystery. ⚓️🧵
Read the full story below 👇
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