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25 unusual facts about Scarborough, North Yorkshire


Alick Maclean

From 1912 to 1935 he conducted the Spa Orchestra at Scarborough.

Cec Tyson

Born in Brompton-by-Sawdon, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Tyson enjoyed a successful career as a left-handed batsman in League cricket in Yorkshire, and made his debut for Yorkshire at the age of 32, against Hampshire at County Cricket Ground, Southampton, in May 1921.

Czech handball

In 1935, there was a training camp for English teachers in Scarborough.

David Fontana

Fontana attended the annual conferences of the Transpersonal Section of the British Psychological Society, which, for the first two years, were in Birmingham, and from 1999 onwards, generally took place at Cloughton, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Edgard Colle

He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first at Amsterdam 1926, ahead of Savielly Tartakower and future world champion Max Euwe; first at Meran 1926, ahead of Esteban Canal; and first at Scarborough 1930, ahead of Maróczy and Rubinstein.

Forge Valley Line

The Forge Valley Line was a 16 mile long branch of the North Eastern Railway between Seamer (near Scarborough, North Yorkshire) and Pickering.

Foundation course

Many of these theories were tested by Thubron at a series of art summer schools in the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, which attracted art students, artists and art teachers from throughout Britain.

George Reeves-Smith

Reeves-Smith was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the son of George Reeves-Smith, whose jobs included running the Brighton aquarium.

Havelock Academy

In 1987, a 13 year old boy drowned on a school trip to Scarborough.

Henry Charlwood

Henry Rupert James Charlwood (19 December 1846 in Horsham, Sussex – 6 June 1888 in Scarborough, Yorkshire) played cricket professionally for England in the first two Test matches ever played, which were against Australia in 1877.

HMS G3

In December 1921 G3, out of commission, was being towed north to be broken up for scrap when she broke her tether and came ashore at Scalby Mills, north of Scarborough.

Katedralskolan, Linköping

In accordance with its commitment to international cooperation, the school also maintains exchange programmes with schools in Herborn, Germany, the lycée de l'Elorn, Landerneau, France and Scarborough, England, Linköping's sister city Joensuu, Finland, and Spain.

Leeds 13

The turquoise Mediterranean that featured so heavily in the holidays snaps was in fact the North Sea just along the coast from Scarborough.

Matthew Noble

Noble was born in Hackness, near Scarborough, as the son of a stonemason, and served his apprenticeship under his father.

Memory Lane: The Best of McFly

In promotion of the album, McFly toured across the United Kingdom with a 21 jaunt, taking place throughout April and May 2013 with an extra show at Scarborough added for August.

Park and ride bus services in the United Kingdom

Smaller schemes may not necessarily employ specific marketing or dedicated all-over liveries where the passenger revenue does not justify this, such as in Stoke and Scarborough, although the term "park and ride" is a near-universally accepted term that is still applied to these smaller schemes on timetables and/or non-overall livery route branding.

Plaxton Beaver

It was built at the Pilsley, Derbyshire factory of Plaxton's Reeve Burgess subsidiary from 1987-1991, at Plaxton's main Scarborough factory from 1991, and from 1995 at Anston in South Yorkshire.

Richard Tangye

The company was commissioned to design the hydraulic systems for the UK's first funicular cliff railway in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1869.

Ronald Gould

He made his first speech at the conference a few years later in Scarborough.

Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet

His mother was Charlotte, daughter of John van den Bempde of Hackness Hall in Hackness, near Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Stefan Booth

In August 2006 he filmed a guest part in an episode of The Royal in Scarborough.

Thomas Hinderwell

He is probably best remembered for his History of Scarborough, which was first published in York in 1798.

Whitby Township, Ontario

Whitby Township was one of five townships along Lake Ontario named for towns in northeast England (York, Scarborough, Pickering, Whitby and Darlington).

William Batten

It was Vice-Admiral Batten's squadron which bombarded Scarborough when Henrietta Maria landed there.

William Bosomworth

Bosomworth was born in Carlton-Husthwaite, Thirsk, and made his Yorkshire debut on 17 June 1872, against Surrey at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, then played twice against Middlesex at North Marine Road, Scarborough in 1874, and at Prince's Road Ground in Chelsea, in 1875.


Arriva Trains Northern

The long distance regional services connecting Sunderland, Newcastle, Scarborough and Hull with Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool were operated under the TransPennine Express banner, the rest as Arriva Trains Northern.

Balancing rock

:The Brimham Rocks are a group of outstanding pedestal rock formations in North Yorkshire.

British NVC community MG3

This community, although widespread in the past, is now almost confined to a few upland valleys in County Durham, North Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Centennial College

Located at 755 Morningside Avenue in the Morningside Avenue-Ellesmere Road area of Scarborough, this campus is commonly known as Morningside Campus.

Chankanai

It is so popular, immigrant community in Toronto (Scarborough), Canada has opened a market with the same name in their new country.

Chuck Scarborough

Scarborough was the host of the syndicated programs Images – A Year in Review and Memories...Then and Now in the late 1980s-early 1990s, and also co-anchored the NBC network documentary series Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Maria Shriver and Mary Alice Williams.

Clem Wilson

From 1910 to 1912 he was, for his first time, Vicar of Calverhall, Shropshire, then from 1912 to 1921 Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire where he was also estate chaplain and librarian to the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall, and from 1921 to 1925 Vicar of Sand Hutton, North Yorkshire.

Consilium

Consilium Place, an office complex in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Canada

Deborah Kenny

Kenny is a frequent contributor to education reform discussion on MSNBC's Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough.

Drax Group

The company's principal subsidiary is Drax Power Limited, owner of the Drax power station near Selby in North Yorkshire, the largest coal-fired power station in Western Europe which supplies about 7% of UK electrical consumption.

Duffield Gate railway station

Duffield Gate railway station was a station on the Selby to Driffield Line in North Yorkshire, England serving the hamlet of South Duffield.

Dulce et Decorum est

It was drafted at Craiglockhart in the first half of October 1917 and later revised, probably at Scarborough but possibly Ripon, between January and March 1918.

Easingwold railway station

Easingwold railway station is a closed timber built railway station that served the market town of Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, England and was on the Easingwold Railway.

Frankie Bunn

His most famous moment as a player came on 25 October 1989, when he scored six goals in Oldham's 7–0 victory over Scarborough in the third round of the League Cup, which is still the League Cup record for most goals by a player in a single match.

Geography of Toronto

Tornado warnings have been posted for the city on a few occasions in the past few years, however no touchdowns have been confirmed in the city since a weak tornado hit Scarborough in the mid−1990s.

Hull and East Riding Hospital

The hospital offers private care to patients from a wide geographic area covering East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire.

Jason Lydiate

He went on to make 87 appearances for the Seasiders in three years, before moving to the east coast to join Scarborough.

Jennifer Bragg

She was born in Scarborough, Ontario, the eldest daughter of Catherine and George Bragg.

Josanne Lucas

Born in Scarborough, Tobago, Lucas' first success was a win at the national championships in the 400 metres in 2005, but she focused on hurdling instead.

Kerry Beaumont

Beaumont was previously director of music (1994-2002) at Ripon Cathedral in North Yorkshire, England and (1990-1994) at St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Kirkdale, North Yorkshire

Kirkdale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England, which along with Sleightholmedale makes up the larger Bransdale and carries the Hodge Beck from its moorland source near Cockayne to the River Dove and onto the River Rye in the Vale of Pickering.

Larpool Viaduct

The viaduct was constructed for the Scarborough and Whitby Railway to carry a single track line over the River Esk and valley near Whitby, as well as crossing the Esk Valley Railway, and Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway.

Lord of the Fells

A small part lies in North Yorkshire, and much of the area was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Luke Foster

He joined Scarborough on work experience in September 2004, and was also loaned out to Conference North side Alfreton Town in February 2005 until the end of the 2004–05 season.

Lynne Kushnirenko

Also, Lynne graduated as a Doctor of Chiropractic in 2005 and currently practises in a private clinic in her hometown of Scarborough, Ontario, although plans are for her to move to the Charlotte area with her husband, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver A. J. Allmendinger.

Markenfield Hall

Markenfield Hall is an early 14th-century moated country house three miles (5 km) south of Ripon, North Yorkshire.

Marston Green

Frankie Bunn who played for Luton, Hull City and Oldham and holds the record for the most goals scored in one game, in the Littlewoods/league Cup, in 1989 when against scarborough he scored 6 of 7.

Menthorpe Gate railway station

Menthorpe Gate railway station was a station on the Selby to Driffield Line in North Yorkshire, England serving the village of North Duffield and the hamlet of Menthorpe.

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

Locations used for outdoor filming of the series were in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire and Elvington, North Yorkshire, while indoor filming was done at Yorkshire Television Studios, "Kirkstall Road, Leeds" themselves.

Pickering railway station

Just south of the town was a double junction (at Mill Lane) with the Forge Valley branch turning east for Scarborough.

RAF Rufforth

Royal Air Force Station Rufforth or RAF Rufforth is a former Royal Air Force station located near Rufforth in North Yorkshire, England.

Ribston Hall

Ribston Hall is a privately owned 17th-century country mansion situated on the banks of the River Nidd, at Great Ribston, near Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

Richard Staple

He played twice in the Red Stripe Cup against the Leeward Islands and Barbados in February 1991, and went on the West Indies tour of England that year, playing against a World XI at the North Marine Road ground in Scarborough.

Socks in sandals

Probably the first evidence of wearing socks in sandals is documented at the archaeological site between Dishforth and Leeming in North Yorkshire, England.

St. Michael of Scarborough

Michael of Scarborough was a ship of the Atlantic that was set to transport Scottish prisoners to the Thames, so that they could be transported by Ralph Williamson to Plantations of America and was mastered in 1678 by Edward Johnston.

Syd Brookes

In 1932 he joined Swindon Town, making 33 appearances and scoring seven goals, before finising his career at Scarborough.

Taiwan ROCSAUT

Headquartered at downtown Toronto, Taiwan ROCSAUT also establishes two branches in Scarborough and Mississauga with executives supporting from the corresponding University of Toronto campuses.

Thornton Watlass Hall

Thornton Watlass Hall is a large Grade I listed Georgian country house in Thornton Watlass, North Yorkshire, England, some 3 miles (5 km) north of Masham.

West Hill, Toronto

It is located in the eastern end of the city, in the former suburb of Scarborough.

William Sanders Scarborough

However, in 1892, Scarborough gave a lecture on Plato at the University of Virginia with pictures of Jefferson Davis and other confederate leaders on the walls and no other African Americans allowed into the room except as servants.

York East

Called the East Riding of York, it consisted of the Townships of Markham, Scarborough, the Village of Yorkville and the portion of the Township of York lying east of Yonge Street.

Yorkdale Bus Terminal

:5 - GO Bus eastbound Route 92 Hwy 2 Express Service to Scarborough/Oshawa