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The German U-boat UB41 was built in Hamburg at the shipyard of Blohm and Voss. She was launched on May 6th 1916, and sank 8 ships during her...

Here's an interesting one,because there is of course a village by this name up on the moors. Could this be a clue to the origin of that ...

It's the peak of Whitby's summer season and the 169th historic Regatta starts tomorrow. For many local families the Regatta has alwa...

Many of the terms included in A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases Collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood of 1855 have sadly become ...

In the biggest influx for decades, millions of Painted Lady butterflies ( Vanessa cardui ) have flown into Britain from the north African de...

Dr George Merryweather of Whitby exhibited his legendary Tempest Prognosticator at The Crystal Palace in The Great Exhibition of 1851. Consi...

Here's an old postcard showing the piers in their prime at the turn of the last century.

From the rockpools at Sandsend. 06/07/2009. The Beadlet Anemone Actina equina belongs to the phylum Cnidaria, being a relative of the jelly...

These two stones set on a tumulus on Sneaton moor mark a parish boundary. The boundaries were often marked out along the lines of natural fe...

The Six-spot Burnet Moth. Loads of them on the Zig Zags.