Whitby is famous for?
Whitby (St Hilda's) Abbey, Dracula, Bram Stoker, Captain Cook, Whitby Goths, Whitby Regatta, Whitby Whaling, Fishing, St Mary's Church, Whitby Jet, Whitby Witches, Whitby Town, The Whitby Seagull, 199 Steps, Harbour, Whitby Piers, Shipping Trades, Alum Production, B&Bs, The East Cliff, Captain William Scoresby, Fisherman's Cottages, Whitby's Yards, Steps and cobbled streets, Fish and Chips, The Endeavour, Ghost Walks, Sea Food, Seaside, The West Cliff, Whitby Folk Festival, Caedmon, Frank Sutcliffe, Whitby Kippers, Lobster, Crabs and Scampi, Synod of A.D. 664, Australian 'First Fleet' supply vessels,
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Discover Whitby's street names and their history here
Break the ice, Jury, Binge drinking, Incredible Hulk, Down the hatch, ...discover these and many more well known phrases from our maritime past here
Find out about the building styles and architecture found in the buildings of Whitby here.
Whitby in times gone by, ads from the past here
And if you think gansey knitting is just women’s work, see Gordon Reid’s output here
Motif lore: herringbones and cables are interpretable, more apocryphal are diamonds for nets, triangular ‘flags’ and ‘ladders’ for quayside vessel access. The zigzag found in many knitting traditions is said to symbolize the ups and downs of married life. ‘Rig and fur’ shoulder straps – often the only decoration on workaday ganseys – are held to represent plough ridges and furrows. Whatever, the Victoria and Albert museum declares that cricketing jersey cables came directly from the gansey.
Hand knitting survives, but only just. Assembled ganseys can be bought and look fine, but real ones are knitted in the round. Historic designs adapted to today’s looser fit are usually commissioned items, but prices reflect the time needed, so depending on size and complexity expect £160+. Costly perhaps, but the once common gansey is now a rare, hand crafted, tailored, pure wool garment and much more than just another woolly-pully. It embodies past lives, times and fast fading skills. A gansey comes from a distinctive British tradition and is wearable heritage.
COLIN BRIGGS
Ingham
Lincolnshire
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