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Albert Pile Christmas Cards
As part of my ‘A Whitby Christmas’ outreach sessions my presentation included Albert Pile’s personally sketched Christmas cards that he...
Digital Whitby Gazette
David Tindale, John Tindale’s son, generously arranged for the Whitby Gazettes, housed in the Archives, to be made available digitally...
Folklore, legends, customs, traditions…
Over the past month I have been researching Christmas customs and traditions for my outreach sessions. This has been made...
The Department of Miscellaneous Curiosities
Another chance to see the wonderful behind the scenes film by Blow Your Trumpet Films commissioned for the ‘200 Years...
A visit from Egton C of E School!
On Tuesday 28th November Liz Orland, Headteacher at Egton C of E School, brought 13 Year 5 and 6 pupils...
The Clover 7S Handheld Video Magnifier
We are now the proud owner of a CLOVER 7S Handheld Video Magnifier, basically an amazing digital magnifying glass! This...
Amusing political letters…
Charles Graffius has been busy with the installation of the new flashy and exciting library management system – Axiell Collections!...
Discovering Muster Rolls…
Last week I chatted to Barbara (one of our valued volunteers) about the Muster Rolls. I was aware of them...
The Diaries and Recipes of Alice Smales
Having spent the last three months digging round the archives in the Whitby Museum I am fast discovering the enormity...
Meet a volunteer…Arthur
Arthur has been volunteering here for over eight years. One of the reasons he enjoys volunteering is the social side...
What’s your Family History?
Genealogy is the study of family origins and history. The perfect place to start this discovery is here! We subscribe...
Meet a volunteer…Malcolm
Malcolm has been a volunteer in the Library for 4 months. He spends some of his time taking boxes out...
