Whitby Mytown

Supporting and sharing the proposed £17.1m allocated under the national Towns Fund for Whitby projects

[Sea Spray Whitby @SeaSprayWhitby]

Looking forward to welcoming you on your #staycation to #Whitby https://t.co/tqIZB1p7Gi.

[ILA @IndieLibraries]

***MEMBER LIBRARY***

Run by a parent organisation, the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society, founded in 1823 by a group of leading Whitby citizens. The chief object of the Society was to maintain a museum, specialising in fossils.

@WhitbyMuseum #IndieLibraries

[Whitby Town Council @Whitby_TC]

Future Unitary North Yorkshire - The Government has published a summary of the 13,020 responses received to the its consultation on eight locally led proposals for future unitary local government in Cumbria, North Yorkshire, and Somerset. The Government… https://t.co/gVr8Syla0y

[Whitby Town Council @Whitby_TC]

Changes to demand responsive shopper bus services DR10 and DR18 - Demand responsive shopper bus services DR10 and DR18 will be run by NYCC Fleet Services from 1 September, whilst a new operator is sought. The current operator, Whitby District Community… https://t.co/mDq70Y5fLo

[Christopher Corner @MisterCorner]

Kiln Yard, 2006 #Acrylic

[Christopher Corner @MisterCorner]

Moorland textures #NorthYorkMoors

[Coble and Keelboat Society @coble_and_keel]

Picture of the Day: John William Whiteley (1860-1936) "Whitby Harbour" (1886) @pannett_art Whiteley was born at Wyke in West Yorkshire and was known for his portraits and figures. This lovely picture of Whitby is not typical of his work.

[Julie Linley @JulesLinley]

Whitby East Pier #Whitby #Yorkshire

[CaptainCookSociety @CaptCookSociety]

#OTD 250 years ago, on 29 August, 1771, there was a commission for “Mr. James Cook (2d) to be commander Scorpion”. He was #JamesCook the second as another James Cook (they met at Newfoundland, in 1762) had preceded him to become number 1. #CaptainCook had now left #HMBEndeavour

[Whitby Brewery @WhitbyBrewery]

Ay-up! We need to catch up with brewing & bottling so won’t be opening indoors yet. We’ll be sticking to outdoor service for the time being. Sorry for any inconvenience - getting beer on the shelves is a top priority at the moment. But, we’re now serving pizzas every day 2-8pm!

[HistoryandHeritageYorkshire @GenealogyBeech]

A beautiful and atmospheric Tim Hill photograph of St Mary’s Church In Whitby. Dating back to 1100, the church has been added to and restored over the centuries. The Church retains its 18th century box pews and a triple decker pulpit

[Coble and Keelboat Society @coble_and_keel]

Book of the Day: Gloria Wilson "Fishing Boats of Whitby and District" (1998) One of a series of great fishing boat books by CKS member Gloria Wilson

[Whitby Lobster Hatchery @LobsterWhitby]

Catch us this weekend in Yorkshire's food capital for Malton Food Lovers Festival!

You can become a lobster for a photo, meet our team and see some demonstrations of hatcheries and lobster potting 🦞

Plus loads more on offer... See you there 😊

#visitmalton
@visitmalton

[Jim Foster 🇺🇦 @Bayfair1975]

Are these the two youngest ever volunteers at #RobinHoodsBay Museum? Now open daily (except Mondays) from 12 to 4 to September 11th.

[Esk Valley Railway @EVRDC]

Thanks again to everyone who supported our response to the Northern May 2022 timetable proposals. It has now been confirmed that the changes will be delayed by a year or beyond. So delayed but not necessarily withdrawn! @joe_plant58 @northyorkmoors @northyorkscc @gazetteinwhitby

[The Vikings @TheVikingsUK]

Next weekend the Vikings invade Whitby Abbey for one of our favourite shows of the year. @vikingsonline #vikings #anglosaxons #reenactment #history #darkages #UKhistory #englishheritage @EnglishHeritage @VisitWhitby @WhitbyAbbey #bankholidays @northyorkmoors @VisitEngland

[Whitby Civic Society @WhitbyCivic]

Dora Walker was a remarkable woman. We are commemorating her with a blue plaque on her former home on the Cragg

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

12th gargoyle from Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire. @EnglishHeritage

[Graham Featherstone @GPFMOTHMAN1]

This wonderful Bedstraw hawkmoth catty was found in Robinhoods bay in VC62 and kindly given to me to try and rear.@DoubleKidney @MigrantMothUK