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Scarborough Shorts
There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing your name ‘in print’! ‘Scarborough Shorts – Appropriate Clothes and other tales’ – the Cromack Writers’ Collective is now on sale on the bookshelves. This beautifully-presented book (printed and bound near Scarborough) is currently for sale for in Mrs Lofthouse’s Emporium, Queen Street (opposite Boyes store). The hard-backed volume…
Read MoreOliver Xavier Francois Sarony
Famous photographer Oliver Xavier Francois Sarony (1820 to 1879) was based in Scarborough in the mid nineteenth century, when photography was relatively ‘young’ as a technology. He moved to England in 1843 and from 1857 he moved to Scarborough for the Summer and Autumn season. There is a blue plaque in place in Scarborough. New…
Read MoreScarborough Odeon – 90 Years
Scarborough’s Odeon Cinema – 90 years old in 2026 Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre, positioned opposite the town’s history railway station, is located in the former Odeon cinema building, which opened 90 years ago in March 1936. When it opened, the Odeon included ground floor shops and a café on the first floor. The building retains…
Read MoreScarborough 400
Scarborough 400 is the 400th anniversary of the discovery of spa waters in the coastal town. The celebration takes place in 2026, with details now announced!Find out more here. In 1626, a respectable Scarborough lady called Mrs Thomasin Farrer saw that water flowed from spring into the South Bay. The stones in the spring’s path turn…
Read MoreScarborough’s Star Map
With a diameter of 26 metres, Scarborough’s Star Map, or Star Disk is the largest in the UK. While you can see it during the daylight, it’s during the night time hours it looks its best with 42 fibre-optic terminals representing the circumpolar stars and constellations. You can see easily identifiable constellations such as Ursa…
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