Fascinating historic photos of Scarborough offer glimpse inside seaside resort's glory days

UK Daily Mail ^ | January 3, 2024 | Esther Marshall

[C19fan]

Scarborough is one of the UK's best-known seaside destinations, with a long history of leisure tourism that dates back to the 17th century.

Scarborough Civic Society explains: 'These discerning early visitors sought pleasure as well as health. They demanded - and were prepared to pay for - the best of everything, from accommodation, food and drink to theatrical performances.'

The Yorkshire seaside spot was also a base for the fishing and shipbuilding industries with an active harbour.

[kosciusko51]

“Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
—parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme...”

[Da Coyote]

Wait until the religion of hate destroys it all and builds a mosque.

[ncalburt]

Plus a Hindu temple .
Those two groups have decimated England forever .

[Leaning Right]

> Wait until the religion of hate destroys it all and builds a mosque. <

Anyone who doubts that should take a look at Beirut. Beirut was once called “The Paris of the Middle East”. Not so much now.

[rlmorel]

Interesting how the water levels of the catastrophically rising oceans don’t seem much different between the late 19th Century and today.

[lee martell]

NOT Morning Joe Scarborough.
That was my first thought.
I’m thinking, what “fascinating” photos?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Beirut was once called “The Paris of the Middle East”. Not so much now."

Paris is quickly becoming the "Beirut of western European."

[allendale]

England ,like Rome, will try to live off of what once was, not what it actually has become. What is left of the native English people cannot bear to look upon the devolution and reality of their country. They prefer to gaze into and celebrate the past. Like Rome, a huge tourist industry now exists catering to the past. It is how many will make their living and keep their sanity.

[Robert DeLong]

That was my First thought. 🙂👍

[Bigg Red]

mark

[Leaning Right]

Insightful comments there. And I suppose it (at least partially) explains the native Brits’ odd fascination with the royal family. The royals must remind them of the long-gone, good old days.

[17th Miss Regt]

Anyone who doubts that should take a look at Beirut. Beirut was once called “The Paris of the Middle East”. Not so much now.

And it is all due to the racist, sexist, homophobic and islamophobic policies of Donald Trump!!

(/liberal)

[cpdiii]

Interesting how the water levels of the catastrophically rising oceans don’t seem much different between the late 19th Century and today.

Do you believe the eco nuts or your lying eyes?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

The Grand Hotel was full of illegals.

[Albion Wilde]

[rlmorel]

LOL, so true. It is one of the things about Trump that solidified him 100% in my eyes, when he withdrew the USA from the Paris Climate Accords! (That, and his moving of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem...:)