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The colourful life of Duleep Singh reads like a pulp romantic tragedy. The Maharajah of Lahore was born into fabulous wealth in 1838 when Br...

This pony and trap was seen on Whitby beach last weekend enjoying a trot along the sands in the afternoon sun. Nice to see the old traditio...

Here's an old postcard showing Ruswarp High Street minus traffic. The old Post Office was on the left and has closed down, probably to ...

In A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases Collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood of 1855, the following word crops up and helps to ex...

Not really a moth actually, but the caterpillar of a moth. This fat fellow in the hairy jersey is the larva of the Buff Tip moth. I found th...

In 1891 Seely and Co. published William Chambers Lefroy's 'The Ruined abbeys of Yorkshire.' Whitby Abbey is the last one feature...

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 ...