Well I am going to write about something very sad. Apparently in Whitby last week four suicides may have taken place within the week, though equally one of them could have been a cliff fall. They went over the cliffs, somehow it seems a strange occurrence but the police will investigate and for some background the Daily Mail and all its tat gives some idea of where the deaths took place. Whitby is a strange place, holidaymakers flock to its hilly streets. Fish and chip shops abound along with many restaurants and of course every other cottage is a holiday home.
Yet the town is overlaid with a scary story of Dracula and the black dog racing down the 199 steps from the abbey. Goth weekends and also second WW2 weekends when everyone dresses up and parades around the town.
I have many photos of the place, it is where my daughter and family lived for awhile. It is where I bought a small cottage for a time and wished that I had kept it...... So here are a few photos, I shall continue the theme of Whitby for a few more days.
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Acanthus at Pannett Gallery
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| Back of the Pavilion |
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| The Pavilion |
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| Pannett Art Gallery |
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| The funeral horses on a very windy day |
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| They didn't pull the carriage up the hill but arrived by horsebox! |
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| The ruins of Whitby Abbey |
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| From St. Mary's churchyard and haunt of Dracula looking over the town |
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| A little cat who used to visit the cottage |
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Oh, that is so sad, Thelma. I remember you talking about Whitby before and I remember telling you that I have a print of the Whitby marketplace on the wall near my piano. I got it at a resale shop. I hadn't heard of Whitby when I bought it but I liked the print and it was on sale.
ReplyDeleteYes I remember that print Ellen and the market place. Also the Old Town Hall that housed a magical collection of bric a brac, including knitting wool for ganseys and the old spinning bobbins.
DeleteI like Whitby, but not the overcrowding.
ReplyDeleteYes Tasker it is a bit people heavy and also dogs of course but everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.
DeleteIt's a classic English seaside town. I hadn't heard about the Dracula legend.
ReplyDeleteWe've acanthus in the past. It's fine in the shade but in the open, the leaves all collapse in the full sun and then recover overnight.
Acanthus probably responds better to our cooler weather Andrew. I am surprised you did not know that Bram Stoker had written Dracula in Whitby, it definitely has the creepy vibe for vampires..
DeleteMy daughter took me on a virtual tour of Whitby. I 'walked' with her and her husband as they narrated for me.
ReplyDeleteEvery square inch of the town is built upon Debby, it exudes atmosphere with all the cottages.
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