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Easy Key Ring with a Key Ring Opener built into its Personalised Key Fob

alan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:18:14 +0000

Easy Key Ring with a Key Rings Opener built into its Key Fob !

With your easy Key Ring opener always with you, you can open ALL traditional key rings and slide your keys on and off the ring quickly and easily.

Next to your wallet what is more important than your key ring !

If you already have a trouser key safety clip or chain you can slip on and off your main key ring for ease when you want

Go to www.easy-key-ring.com

Just £3.50 including Postage and Packing to any location in Europe

Easy Key Ring with a Key Rings

Opener built into its Key Fob , no more broken nails. Also pop in two pictures of your loved one. for your own Personalised Key Ring Fob.

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Easy Key Ring with a Key Rings Opener built into its Key Fob !

You can easily remove your car key from the ring and take the rest of your keys with you when leaving the car at the garage or parking place and you can do this while wearing long finger nails, or with no finger nails. Elderly people, arthritics and those with Parkinson’s disease love them. Personal security is enhanced.

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Tractors tear up the sands of Whitby in aid of cancer research June 22

alan — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:48:18 +0000

Tractors on Whitby Pier in aid of cancer research

The 3 Coasts Tractor Tour, organised by former Great Ayton resident David Harrison, has been running since 1996 and has raised pounds 40,000 for various charities over the years. About 30 tractors are involved, all built from 1940 to the early 1970s. They travel from Liverpool to Whitby and back over six days and will be on High Green at 10.30am on Tuesday.

The tractors parked on Whitby pier, and then went down onto the sands at 5:30 PM to have some fun, do some wheelies and tear along the sea making waves. But it was all in a good cause and was great fun.

Funds will got to The Prostate Cancer Trust.

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Whitby third best UK resort in Which? Guide

alan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:49:47 +0000

Whitby third best UK resort by Which? Guide

Whitby as being voted the third best UK resort by an independent survey of 4000 people by Which ? guide and managed to beat Scarborough which was voted in fifth position.

The two resorts were singled out for their scenery and proximity to the countryside.
Blackpool was chosen as the nation’s all-time favourite seaside resort, with Brighton close behind.
Bournemouth came fourth.
Rochelle Turner, Head of Research for Which? Holiday, said: “Resorts like Whitby and Scarborough have so much to offer and although nobody can guarantee good weather, you can be confident you’ll have a great time at the Great British seaside.”
Whitby is no stranger to winning top awards because in 2006 this beautiful resort was voted Britain’s best in a poll of seaside destinations by Holiday Which? – part of the Which? network.

These are the top 10 results according to Which independent survey

! Blackpool, 2 Brighton, 3 Whitby, 4 Bournemouth, 5 Scarborough, 6 Newquay, 7 Torquay, 8 St Ives, 9 Skegness, 10 Great Yarmouth

Living in the Whitby yards of yesteryear

alan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:00:34 +0000

Living in the Whitby yards of yesteryear

This is a little article I’m constructing which is just about what life was like in Whitby, in the old yards when the town was not a tourist attraction but a working fishing port.

I was given permission to photograph and use material from the Whitby Museum which I thank for their help.

Whitby is one of the few mediaeval towns, the outline of which one can clearly see, underpinned by later developments. For their own safety people like to live close to one another and from these origins grew Whitby yards and the community life.

First and foremost, it was community life. You were part of a group that knew and cared about you, as you did about your neighbours. People tended to live in the one house for the whole of their life, often continuing with a married son or daughter assuming the household responsibilities and caring for their ageing parents.

There was a friendliness and a sharing of ones joys and troubles with the other residents. Perhaps they knew most of your business, but then you would in turn be aware of their goings on. Loneliness was hardly possible. The widowed man might find his washing quietly done for him, or maybe some kind of baking left on his doorstep. The newly confined mother would have few worries about the care of her other children they would be with a neighbour. And in due course she would repay the kindness by a like service.

It was a disciplined life, for the fear of what others might think often restrained underhand actions. One was part of that community and had something to live up to. Not that the yards people were saints, one had to show a great deal of restraint, particularly if the offenders happened to be related.

Albert T Pile 1882 – 1981 drawing the yards of Whitby before they had gone for ever !

Albert T Pile 1882 – 1981 drawing the yards of Whitby before they had gone for ever !

alan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:38:24 +0000

Drawing the yards of Whitby before they had gone for ever !

I was in the Whitby Museum again on Friday with my ongoing mission to try and find some old pictures of the yard where my cottages in Whitby. Unfortunately once again I wasn’t successful but I did find some books which describe what life was like living in the fishing yards of Whitby during the 18th and 19th century. I will be going into the subject in a further blogs but I thought for today I would just mention the very fine work of an artist called Albert T Pile, who took great care in the late fifties and early sixtys of drawing some of the unfortunate demolition of the fishing yards of Whitby. Obviously not all of them have gone but he took great care in showing future generations what had been.

If anybody reads this article and has any old pictures of Whitby Yards and particularly Haydock’s Place, which is my yard which is off Flowergate, I would be very grateful if you would contact me. alan@whitby.uk.net Mobile 07813779273

This is a little mini Biography of Albert T Pile MSM, FRSA, SGA, which I have reproduced condensed with permission and also one of his sketches.

Albert T Pile was born in London were he lived the greater part of his life. He was educated at

Albert T Pile 1882 – 1981 MSM, FRSA, SGA

King’s College in London and had ambitions to become a doctor and particularly a medical missionary. To this end he studied anatomy in his spare time, but the pressure of work in the education department was too great and he never realised his ambition.

Albert T Pile 1882 – 1981 MSM, FRSA, SGA

During the First World War he served in the RAMC at St Omer were the wounded men from the battlefield were brought on hospital beds. Pile painted and sketched for pure pleasure and never wish to become a professional artist. The varied locations of his watercolours are explained by them being done while he was on holiday in Lancashire, Cumbria, Devon, Cornwall town of white, Belgium and various parts of southern England. His art and his daily work were completely separate until 1930s when much of Whitehall was being demolished and Pile undertook to record the fastest falling buildings, Though he rarely sold any of his work Pile exhibited widely.

Pile married in later life is life came from Brighouse which is where he retired. Later they moved to Whitby living in the Stakesby area. They had no family he was a quiet retiring man loft at above all else.

It was in Whitby that he furthered his interest in passing and demolishing many of old parts of the town. The yards of Church Street and Boulby bank, together with those that were behind Haggersgate and the Fish Quay are documented with sketches of their gradual disappearance, with dates and times and even record of the number of cottages depicted in each yard are all carefully recorded. Sometimes the creative artist is able to devote his whole life to an artistic talent. It is hard to read that the person who uses his leisure time and retirement can have the ability to produce the amount of creative work of the calibre of Albert T Pile

MICHAEL Portillo was in Whitby 8th June for TV series Great British Railway Journeys

alan — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:42:24 +0000

MICHAEL Portillo was in Whitby

MICHAEL Portillo was in Whitby on Tuesday filming for his latest television series.

Great British Railway Journeys is a documentary series in which he travels the length and breadth of the country by train.
Having already enjoyed a successful first series he was here to film the second which should be on our screens in the new year.
The former Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister is also a broadcaster and lifelong rail enthusiast.
Great British Rail Journey sees him follow in the footsteps of brilliant Victorian cartographer George Bradshaw.
Bradshaw created the world’s first book of railway timetables in 1839, making sense of the services offered by Britain’s 150 competing rail companies.
His yellow-bound guides were so common that to Victorians and Edwardians any timetable was known as “a Bradshaw.”
Mr Portillo told the Whitby Gazette: “We started out in Newcastle, and went on to Chester-le -Street, South Shields, Durham and Darlington before coming to Whitby.
“My first impressions of the town is that it is beautiful.
“I am staying in the same room that Bram Stoker stayed in at the Royal Hotel and am going to The Magpie for fish and chips.
“Bradshaw’s Guide praised the hotel highly and described Whitby as being hidden in the hollow and of one being able to see the ruins of the abbey as the train comes through the valley.”
Mr Portillo filmed and spoke to chairman of Whitby and District Tourism Association Harry Collett at Spion Kop at the Bram Stoker memorial bench.
“We are going to talk about Dracula and look into jet,” he added.
Harry Collett donned his ghiostwalker hat and cape and cane, perfect for a wet day in Whitby.
Mr Collett talked with Michael about Bradshaw’s connection with Dracula as author Bram Stoker made note of Count Dracula reading an English Bradshaw’s Guide. Stoker would travel by rail to the town and stay in Royal Crescent, when his room was being cleaned, he would check into the Royal Hotel in what was The Reading Room.
The TV series, which finishes in Melton Mowbray, is likely to be screened in January.
The first series is currently repeated on BBC2 at 6.30pm on Monday to Friday

Steam railway bridge 30 opens

alan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:04:31 +0000

New Bridge 30 Goathland opens

THE first passengers have travelled over the new Bridge 30 following a huge fund-raising appeal on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR).

Bridge 30 has carried the railway over Eller Beck, between Grosmont and Goathland, since 1864.

Time had taken its toll on the 145-year-old wrought iron structure at Darnholm, between the two villages.

It was replaced over the winter in the biggest civil engineering operation in the railway’s history at a cost of £650,000.

All passengers of that first train on Saturday, the S15 with the GW Directors saloon coach, received a souvenir certificate.

A spokesman said: “It was a rare opportunity to go over the new Bridge 30 on the first day of opening, view the fantastic feat of engineering at first hand and see how people’s donations helped to save the NYMR.”

MICHAEL Portillo was in Whitby 8th June for TV series Great British Railway Journeys

Over 1,000 people turned out for the grand opening of Whitby’s Park

alan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:33:25 +0000

Grand opening of Whitby's Park

MORE than 1,000 people turned out to celebrate the grand opening of Whitby’s newly transformed Pannett Park.

There was a carnival atmosphere as locals and visitors flocked to the park to toast its £1.4m transformation, much of which was down to the work of volunteers the Friends of Pannett Park, whose 60 members clocked up more than 6,600 hours of gardening duties.
Town crier Andy Lowe opened the proceedings with Lord Normanby performing the ribbon-cutting ceremony to declare the park officially open.
People donned 1920s costumes to tie in with the history of the park, which was given to the people of the town by Robert Pannett in 1920.
A host of stalls, Whitby’s old lifeboat, a craft marquee, Punch and Judy and a storyteller kept everyone amused while Charleston dancers, classic cars, a craft marquee and a fairground organ entertained the throngs of visitors.
Improvements in the park have included restoring the lilly pool, a state of the art children’s play area, new paths and lighting and three new gardens.
Whitby’s mayor Terry Jennison, who gave a speech at the opening, said he was delighted at the park’s new look.
He said: “I can remember when the park was very rundown. It’s great now to see it has been restored.”

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Whitby Dog Friendly Cottages

alan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:26:15 +0000

Whitby Dog Friendly Holiday Cottages

Whitby Pet Friendly Self Catering Accommodation for people who want their dog to also enjoy its holiday.

Endeavour Whitby Holiday Cottage is set in a beautiful tranquil old yard, near the harbour in Whitby, and is ideal for people who wish to bring their dogs with them on holiday.

Dog friendly Whitby Holiday Cottages

There is a private cul-de-sac yard with a gate on the entrance ,which makes it ideal for people with pets.

There are only three occupied cottages in this little yard, which is a quiet oasis away from the maddening crowd even on the busiest of Whitby days, and so all we ask is that you respect the standards of the residents who have lived in this yard for many years.

If you would like to make enquiries about the cottage to provisionally book it

Website http://www.endeavourcottage.co.uk/

Telephone Alan and Pauline on (01274) 614650
Mobile (07813) 779273

E-mail alan@endeavourcottage.co.uk

Or fill in the Whitby Holiday Cottage Provisional Booking Form

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Whitby Search Engine Optimisation

alan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:22:10 +0000

Whitby Search Engine Optimisation

Whitby Search Engine Optimisation

Do you want more customers on your website? If so take a look at Whitby Search Engine Optimisation

Search Engine Optimisation specialists for Whitby North Yorkshire, and surrounding areas. Website www.whitby-seo.co.uk/

If you are a business owner in Whitby or surrounding areas we can get your business website high up the search engine rankings where you will benefit from more customers.

We specialise in promoting holiday accommodation websites. Example

www.endeavourcottage.co.uk in Whitby is one of our delighted customers.

This little Whitby Holiday Cottage which has been established since February 2008 has enjoyed almost 100% occupancy for the last 18 months through our campaign of search engine optimisation. Endeavour Cottage is listed on the first page of Google for all the relevant keywords example Whitby holiday cottages.In our opinion if you are a Whitby hotel or guesthouse, it is even more crucial to make sure your website is ranked high on search engines so your occupancy level for your large establishment is as high as possible.

We like to think our uniqueness is through our attitude towards our customers making all aspects and services easy to understand (keeping technical terms to a minimum). But more importantly achieving very good results for any particular business at low cost, effective prices.

One of the first things we do is to set up a Google analytics account so that the website owner can log whenever they wish, and watch the progress of their websites rankings. You can actually watch the number of people visiting your website each hour, day, week, month, year and even the actual location in the world where they were based when they viewed your website. It gives you all the information how many pages were viewed and how long that customer stayed on your website.

There are two advantages for websites that are ranked high on search engines in the free organic listings, one they are FREE, and two they are more effective than the Pay Per click sponsored advertising on search engines. Obviously the best place to be for your free website position on major search engines like Google is on page one, but no honest reputable company will guarantee this although it is usually achievable.

We offer a free no obligation friendly consultation, and we never pester anybody by contacting them back. We leave it to the customer to decide. To contact Alan Davidson

Website www.whitby-seo.co.uk/

E-mail alan@whitby-seo.co.uk

Telephone 07813 779273

Free Consultation > Key phrase Research > Search Engine Optimisation ( SEO ) > Pay Per Click Campaigns Managed > Link Building > Website Design> Small Business Email Marketing > Hosting And Maintaining > Domain Name Registration > Video Marketing

We can optimise your existing website or, if preferred, redesign a new one from scratch that is fully optimised.

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Easy Key Ring with a Key Ring Opener built into its Personalised Key Fob

Tractors tear up the sands of Whitby in aid of cancer research June 22

Whitby third best UK resort in Which? Guide

Living in the Whitby yards of yesteryear

Albert T Pile 1882 – 1981 drawing the yards of Whitby before they had gone for ever !

MICHAEL Portillo was in Whitby 8th June for TV series Great British Railway Journeys

Steam railway bridge 30 opens

Over 1,000 people turned out for the grand opening of Whitby’s Park

Whitby Dog Friendly Cottages

Whitby Dog Friendly Holiday Cottages Whitby Pet Friendly Self Catering Accommodation for people who want their dog to also enjoy its holiday.

Endeavour Whitby Holiday Cottage is set in a beautiful tranquil old yard, near the harbour in Whitby, and is ideal for people who wish to bring their dogs with them on holiday.

There is a private cul-de-sac yard with a gate on the entrance ,which makes it ideal for people with pets.

There are only three occupied cottages in this little yard, which is a quiet oasis away from the maddening crowd even on the busiest of Whitby days, and so all we ask is that you respect the standards of the residents who have lived in this yard for many years.

If you would like to make enquiries about the cottage to provisionally book it

Telephone Alan and Pauline on (01274) 614650 Mobile (07813) 779273

E-mail alan@endeavourcottage.co.uk

Or fill in the Whitby Holiday Cottage Provisional Booking Form

Whitby Search Engine Optimisation

Whitby Dog Friendly Holiday Cottages

Whitby Pet Friendly Self Catering Accommodation for people who want their dog to also enjoy its holiday.

Telephone Alan and Pauline on (01274) 614650
Mobile (07813) 779273