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High rate of suicide in Britain due to its dreary wet climate and rigid "class" structure dating back millennia. So fence that section where river turns sideways! Why arent there lawsuits to encourage enclosure?? Who owns the land? Cmon! Why doesnt the Royal family get involved? It owns most valuable land in Scotland!! It could buy the land and prevent the public and suicidal from wandering into that deathhole they call The Strid. *Oregon, USA*

I do remember a big figure at the bridge , Talking Hank, which spoke! And a cowboys and Indians theme. Would have been probably early sixties when I was about ten.

My folks used to holiday here. Long gone now. Died so young. Got loads of photos of my dad in this camp. Used to cycle from Hull for his holidays. God bless u dad and God curse you motor neurone disease! X❤️

thereis some talk of reopening the railway this would be sn act of criminal vandalism the rail bed dhould be resurfaced with smooth tarmac snd converted into a traffic free cycle route from Scarborough to Whitby if it couldn’.t make a profit in the 1960.s as a railway it will not now why should the taxpayer subsidise something they do not want

Correction! Both The West Somerset Railway and The Swanage Railway are MORE POPULAR!

wow! thought i knew a lot about whitby but i learnt a bit more will have to re-visit the museum again

Fantastic and well produced documentary on something I never knew about Scarborough. Thank you for the well presented information 👏👏👍😀

The social history is what I found most fascinating.... made me remember stories my parents and other relatives recounted.

Sadly in the Plandemic, the hotels were offered money to house illegal immigrants who should immediately be deported. The grand decided to close and take illegals. The illegals trashed the Grand, made a huge mess of it. Then when they started taking customers, the illegals were upstairs. The illegals kids were running up and down the corridors,kicking doors, was so sad to see. Then they were putting some people in the basement rooms which were vile. It needs(hopefully they have) to boot the illegals out. The hotel needs fully refurbishing, it needs to be cleaned, good prices and offer good deals. So sad really,such an old beautiful building ruined

I just got back from Scarborough just over a week ago. I sat in that very spot outside the museum near the bridge, oblivious that there was anything beneath my feet 😮

Keep up the good work

Well presented I love Scarborough it’s a shame so many hotels being given to immigrants

my mam and dad met in butlins in filey in 1950/1

They had it easy in England pow camps , not like how they treated our lads in Germany and Japan. Some prisoners would have been delighted that they didn’t have to go back and fight anymore.

More. More.

I have always wanted to see someone put a manequin ( one that floats in still waters ) into the strid and see if it really would sink to the bottom .

Nothing more than another early British economic migrant and robber

As a descendent from a polish prisoner of war, I found this video particularly interesting

Another great episode,well worth the wait thanks

have a look at Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA its the strid when empty..

I think I must have been one of the last visitors to Gala Land. It would have been around 1965, aged 10, when I was mooching around one late afternoon while my parents were visiting an elderly family friend up the cliff lift at the top of St Nicholas Cliff. I had escaped the boring conversation for an hour or two and was surprised to discover an amusement arcade where I had thought none existed. I remember it as empty, run down and full of old and rather decrepit attractions. I did go on the 'rollercoaster', played on some very old fashioned arcade games, and was rather excited to discover a 'What The Butler Saw' penny Mutoscope - something of an anticlimax! There were even some dodgems, though being the only driver was not especially thrilling! I spent a couple of shillings of holiday pocket money and then headed back to find my mum and dad. The following year when we returned for our annual holiday visiting my grandparents, the arcade had closed. Even though ist was rather tired and run down, it had an exotic and rather magical feel to it.

Great video Scarborough. Well researched. From my understanding some buildings were put on hold around 1872 due to shortage of materials, including iron so shows the visions there was to get this built

Great video. Didn't know about the strid but may go this weekend

I went here in 2005

Loved Scarbrough always went as a child, so sad to see the demise, I remember in 1967 going to see " the student prince" at the open air theatre, it was a wonderful experience for a child, magical! So sad it's been left to rack and ruin!😔

Now a shithole that I wouldn't go near.

I watched this video staying in a hotel over the road from the grand hotel! Amazing storey and was really good watching the video while sat looking at the hotel

The pool closed for the last time on the 4th of September 1988 at 16:45.

Brilliant

Interesting video Andrew,let's hope someone recognise,s this poor lady,and also I hope people will now visit her grave to pay their respects and place flowers.R.i.p.

Great informative video. Nice footage. I so enjoyed it, something I could really get my teeeth into.

Thank you for sharing this video. I went on the NYMR last week with my dad and I really enjoyed it. Although I’m female, I love steam trains and you just can’t beat the sound of a steam locomotive chug chug chugging along. This video has given me an insight into what the footplate ride entails as I’m very much thinking about having that once in a lifetime experience for myself 😊

Thanks for such a great video memory - it’s wrong that there is no recognition of the pool in what replaces the space. The pool is a significant part of Scarborough’s heritage and a significant part of my childhood. In the early 1970’s my parents and another family hired one of the summer bungalows (a small room with a kitchenet) and we visited regularly for three/four summers. I remember my Dad going to church on a Sunday lunchtime - which was really a visit to the Spa Bar. In the late 1970’s I had a holiday job with the Council as a lifeguard and was regularly posted to the Pool - the day started with washing out the changing rooms, showers and toilets - with a massive industrial hose - great fun. Then on to duty around the pool - invariably the days weather followed the tide - on the summer days when the tide was out it usually was sunny and the pool filled up with people. I remember it being busy and having to keep an eye on the childrens’ pools, where the fountains acted as climbing frames - with inevitable falls! Also keeping an eye on the diving boards and pool - which attracted the daredevil teens. When we had enough staff one lifeguard was assigned to diving board duty - we rarely had enough staff - on really hot days there were hundreds of people in the pool. So many great memories, thanks again for sparking them…

Another Great Video and what a shame The Aquarium was demolished! I personally liked The Grand Hotel video more than this,but this was interesting too,and well narrated and the Drone footage is superb,well done!

I remember the animals, also mr marvel

Very interesting indeed, Andrew. I did know about the German bomber, and I have looked in vain for years for the plaque as I knew that it existed. I now know what it looks like, thank you. The other 4 items were also very fascinating. Thanks for what you do, and here's to the next one!

Excellent video, thanks.

I've always had a dark fascination with The Strid. It's so unassuming and enchanting.Thank you for sharing your video. I live in Colorado USA and planning a trip to England. Ways been a dream of mine. Yorkshire is on my bucket list!❤

Welcome back! Great video 👌🏻🙏🏻👍

My uncle had a large farm near Foxholes. In the 40's the government built Nissan huts on his farm, in which Italian prisoners were housed. After the war in the 50's, I helped to pull down many of these huts to make into field pig huts. We made a wood frame with skids and the curved sheets were assembled onto them. Some of the remaining huts were converted in the late 50's to mushroom growing houses. In a good week more than 5 tons of mushrooms were harvested and sent down to London to be sold. My uncle provided a van to pick up the women he employed, from Scarborough. He transported them to work and back every day. They would work on the mushrooms all day. Thanks for your excellent video.

Within 30 seconds of the start I knew I was in for a professional production, and you delivered. Amazing work. Really interesting. Thank you very much.

Alright mate 6 royal crescent was owned by my family the harkers. Namely George and fanny harker. Harker was Mam's maiden name.

An interesting yet rather sad tale and equally sad that nobody seems to have missed this poor woman. I am intrigued to know why Tony from 'Dinnerladies' was phoning the police to tell them about the body ? Was Bren aware of this ?

Great video Andrew full of facts and good filming along with your good pace makes it a video to watch from start to finish…Well done 👏🏽 Could I put a request in for you to put together a video on the Theatres of Scarborough inc. The Royal Opera House on St Thomas Street, Floral Hall, Futurist all sadly gone now but a video would be a good reminder of Scarborough as a centre of live theatre in years past. Good Luck !!

Great video Andrew

Lhe List of Seven by Mark Frost co writer of Twin Peaks will explain everything. The Beergut Explodes. Whitby YEAH!!!

Thanks Andrew. Been to whitby a few times but didn't know any of this.

This wonderful museum had an umbrella stand full of narwhal tusks to feel and observe.

Love this hotel, the history, the architecture, the views, it’s beautiful

Great vid. Subbed.