SCARBOROUGH - THE BUSES AND THE BEER

The 6th of May 1904 saw the opening of Scarborough's small tram system. The first car is seen outside the railway station on that day.

 

Car 13 negotiates some bad weather on the sea front.

The North Eastern Railway had some charabancs to take tourists to the likes of the Forge Valley. Here they're waiting at the station.

United became the principal operator in town. Here's the Vernon Road depot.

One of United's downgraded Bristol coaches operating the sea front service (Les Flint).

United had a bus station in the middle of town. Coach 6157 is seen here.

The open-top sea front service was also operated by United.

East Yorkshire Motor Services (EYMS) ran into Scarborough from the south. 

EYMS later took over United's Scarborough operations.

Modern buses are used by EYMS in the town.

EYMS also operate along the sea front with open-toppers.

Shoreline Suncruisers provide some competition.

Appleby's have now vanished from Scarborough's bus scene.

Wallace Arnold, trading as Hardwick's, ran a rural service out of Scarborough.

Being a seaside resort, Scarborough has attracted plenty of visiting vehicles from outside the locality. Yorkshire Traction provided this Leyland, No. 425.

Feix of Ilkeston sent this coach for a day at the seaside.

Time now for a pub crawl. Let's start at the Scarborough Arms.

There's a Wetherspoons, the Lord Rosebery.

The Angel is a decent free house.

The Black Lion has beers from the Marston's range.

It appears that the Cellars, once a well known free house, has now closed.

Sadly the Golden Ball, owned by Samuel Smiths, is also "long term closed".

Indigo Alley is mainly an evening venue, with limited opening hours, but has some decent beers.

Close to the railway station is Scholars Bar, well worth a visit.

As darkness falls, we conclude at the excellent Valley Bar.

We'll leave Scarborough behind in the next post.

SCARBOROUGH - THE TOWN, THE HARBOUR AND THE RAILWAY

Let's first of all take a look at the resort of Scarborough. Here's the castle, harbour and beach in 2014.

 

An old view of Foreshore Road, when trams were still running.

A postcard view of the harbour.

Some commercial traffic still uses Scarborough harbour.

A general view of the harbour in 2014.

The harbour entrance, again, 2014.

The famous Grand Hotel, seen from the harbour.

Now we head to the South Bay and the beach.

The South Cliff and its lift, with a bridge over the Valley Gardens.

Here are the Valley Gardens.

The Italian Gardens, South Cliff.

The cliff lift, shown above, is now defunct.

The Central Cliff Lift is still operational.

Now, to the railway station. North Eastern Railway class 213 2-4-0 steam locomotive no 216 in the platform, 1880.

A NER petrol-electric car sits under the overall roof.

LNER, ex GCR, 5458 is turned at Scarborough in 1939.

Some reminders of the NER were still in situ in 1966.

Scarborough sees frequent steam railtours. LMS 5031 has charge of a Santa Special in December 1981.

20010 & 20132 with an excursion.

A two car 'Pacer' forms a Hull service in 1995.

Services to York and beyond are in the hands of First Trans Pennine Express.

We can't have a "dry" page, so here's one of Scarborough's lost pubs, the Hole in the Wall. 

Next time we'll look at the town's trams and buses, then the many pubs. See you soon.

NORTH BAY (CASTLE IN RUINS, CLIFF RAILWAY CLOSED)

Let's take a trip south along Scarborough's North Bay Railway. Here are a couple of pictures taken around the halfway point in the 1980s.

In 1932, two trains met head-on, with fatal consequences. Today's railway has a sophisticated signalling system to prevent such occurences.

The line's southern terminus is in Peasholm Park. One of the Hudswell Clarke locos arrives with a well filled train.

The blue loco rests outside the shed in 2014.

The railway is just one of the attractions of Peasholm Park. Here are several old postcards depicting them.

 

Another postcard view, of Scarborough's North Bay.

There was once a North Bay Pier!

Looking north at North Bay, with a Scarborough & District bus.

Another view, circa 1970.

There was once a cliff lift at North Bay.

Here it is in 1989, not long before it closed. No trace of it remains today.

United buses used to terminate at Norh Bay.

East Yorkshire Motor Services (Primrose Valley) arrived at the same spot.

Sunshine Shorecruisers ran competitive services, but this one's journey was cancelled.

Modern Transdev services commence their westbound services around the corner.

A few yards from here is the North Riding brew pub, a real classic boozer.

Behind the pub, up on the hill, the ruins of the castle. Here's a postcard view.

Now, a couple of closer photos, 1961.

OK, that's it for now. The next post will see us exploring the town, its harbour and South Bay.