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York Placement students researching diaries & letters
For the second year we have two students from York University working with collections from our Archive. Josie has chosen...
Sidney’s stars are shining in our archive
Malcolm, a volunteer, often shows me interesting items that he finds whilst cataloguing collections. This time it is an exquisite...
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society AGM
The Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society AGM will be held in the Normanby Room at Whitby Museum at 2pm on...
Link up with ‘The Link’
More exploring in the archives leads me to our extensive collection of ‘The Link’ magazine; a Parish magazine incorporating the...
Frank Elgee: The Man of the Moor
“The moors have satisfied my reason, captivated my imagination and elevated my heart.” Frank Elgee When...
Whitby Steamships
Eileen (a volunteer) directed me towards A Register of Whitby Steamships 1865-1950, in the archive, which was compiled by Harold...
Pictures of India: Meet Henry Simpsons Great Granddaughter
In our archive we have this beautiful scrapbook filled with exquisite drawings of Indians in India scenes from the 1830’s....
Mike Shaw talk ‘Every Now and Then – FM Sutcliffe’
A small number of ticket have become available for this talk on Wednesday 20th November at 2pm. Mike Shaw, formerly...
Castleton & Glaisdale Primary School Year 6 pupils arrive for their Workshop & Tour by train!
We welcomed 11 Year 6 pupils from Castleton & Glaisdale Primary School on Thursday 17th October as they joined us...
Heard of Fat Betty, close friend of Old Ralph!
My latest research has been to look at Moorland Crosses & Trods. There are approximately 50 Moorland Crosses scattered about...
History in Postcards
I’ve been meaning to do a blog about our postcard collection and after taking one of the albums along to...
Do you remember when the Endeavour Replica came to Whitby?
I am taking you back to October 16th 1996 because that was when The Endeavour replica set sail on her...
