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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today, at Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire, England, where water- and weather-eroded sandstone rocks, which were formed over 325 million years ago have assumed artistic proportions.

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Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

+++ 'THUNDERBIRDS' - first aired 61 years ago, on this day, the 30th of September 1965. +++ & which 'T- Bird' is your personal favourite? #Thunderbirds #OTD #internationalrescue #fuzzbox #scifi #gerryanderson

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Checking the levels at Fewston Reservoir in the Washburn Valley north of Otley & west of Harrogate in Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1879 with a capacity of 3.5 million cubic metres - but well short of that today & no water has been down the overflow spillway for some time!

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Few churches in Yorkshire are from the seventeenth century. St Michael & St Lawrence, at Fewston in the Washburn Valley, dates from 1697, but restored in C19. In recent times, a Washburn Heritage Centre was added in 2011 - nicely designed by Pearce Bottomley Architects.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This tiny early C16 chapel at Bewerley in Nidderdale was built by the monks of Fountains Abbey.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At Nidderdale Museum, is a children's see-saw designed & manufactured by the Charles Wicksteed company. He pioneered equipment for children’s play & the 1932 water chute of his in Scarborough has grade II listing - two other water chutes of his are also listed at Kettering & Hull.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's exactly two years ago, in Sept. 2024, that a former Victorian workhouse in Pateley Bridge, now small business spaces & residential, was destroyed by fire. Work is progressing with rebuilding the historic structure next to St Cuthbert's Church in this Nidderdale, North Yorkshire town.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Capturing Pateley Bridge's historic High Street in North Yorkshire, where shops date to the early 17th century and the Oldest Sweet Shop in England, established 1827 is in a building from 1661.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tonight’s Moviedrome was a French affair. Diva (1981), a thriller ‘cinema du look’ (a mix of noir, opera & post-punk cool) had much to enjoy. Bravo @madbasil.bsky.social pour avoir for bringing another cult classic to Scarborough’s SJT - a monthly screening of quality cinema that never disappoints.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In Scarborough's historic Peasholm Park (grade II listed), the area around the Lily Pond in Peasholm Glen (1924) has been cleared of overgrowth so more light gets into the sunken garden. Old fence post support ironwork has been found & is carefully exposed. A peaceful place in a busy seaside resort.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Always a pleasure to visit Dean Rd. & Scarborough's cemetery above the town + especially nice to see a #Victorian memorial that has been newly uncovered - that of Robert Brown (d.1905), a retired lawyer who had lived at Sebastian Court in the town's South Cliff, & his two wives that predeceased him.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Step off The Esplanade in Scarborough's South Cliff & there's been a lot of work in regenerating the mid-C19 properties in Albion Rd & *Oliver St at the rear of Villa Esplanade. [*Oliver Sarony (1820-1879) the early prolific photographer in Scarborough had a studio in this area.]

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When built c1850 as a terrace of individual houses it completed the development of The Esplanade on the South Cliff above the Spa in Scarborough. Combined into becoming an hotel c1906 & listed grade II in 1953. Altered again in 1990s & now the Prince of Wales Apartments.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are 99 level crossings on the Hull–Seamer section of the 1840s former Y&NMR railway - now called the Yorkshire Coast Line - a high number on the route through towns & countryside. At Bridlington Quay, a single track CCTV-protected Auto Barrier crossing on the main road into the town centre.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

On Scarborough's Esplanade, the 1911 Clock Tower (grade II) presented by Arthur Shuttleworth, an industrialist who lived opposite in Red Court (gII). He also funded Shuttleworth Gardens - part of South Cliff Gardens (gII). Red Court was the filming location for The Royal a hospital drama series.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Brompton-by-Sawdon is a classic English village in North Yorkshire.

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Tim Blacklock @yootha.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Scarborough this afternoon

Scarborough south bay with the spa building and sun court in the foreground and the harbour and castle in the distance.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Cliff-top fields above Cloughton Wyke, North York Moors National Park.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Once a bustling 20th-century tourist attraction, with rowing boats & a miniature pirate ship, Scarborough Mere, a natural lake) is now mainly a fishing area & tranquil haven for wildfowl (having taken over the former boat landing platforms) within the woodland of Oliver's Mount Country Park.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

By the water's edge admiring water lillies (& an antiquarian ironwork sluice valve) at The Mere Country Park, Scarborough. A map of 1766 by Thomas Bowen in The Gentleman's Magazine shows Scarborough Mere as "a lake called Byard's Lake".

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ghost of a building across the tracks: the former Tesseyman's Garage (part of Scarborough's automotive & garage history through the 20th century), here in Seamer Rd., is laid bare of its cladding with just the structural steel frame visible, being readied for a new life, coming soon as a PureGym.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Scarborough's original cinema, from 1914, is now called North Bay Playhouse &, in new ownership, is getting attention.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This morning at Brompton-by-Sawdon Malpas, North Yorkshire. #Fujifilm #Provia

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Restoration of the former Villa Esplanade Hotel in Scarborough's South Cliff conservation area is nearing completion. The c1840-50 gothicised stucco villa stands in a prominent position on the sea-facing Esplanade & its inward-facing monochromatic rear elevations (seen here) are equally commanding.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A bohemian ambience is developing in South Street - South Cliff's once elegant shopping neighborhood in Scarborough, Yorkshire's premier seaside resort. With pavement gardens, roof terraces & new salons, there's an improving vibe going on.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This morning in Dalby Forest, North York Moors: #Fujifilm #Acros

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Contemporary functionality adds to the aesthetic of the historic mid-C19 Crown Hotel (grade II* listed)... in the street scene at the rear.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This entrance has a feel of quality about it - in Scarborough's protected South Cliff conservation area.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bushcraft architecture provides sustainable shelter in Dalby Forest.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Neighborhood Nuances: Every block has its own character - the vibe in Scarborough's South Cliff changes from the grand facades of the sea-facing Esplanade blocks to the (equally photogenic) properties in the streets behind pictured here.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Nice that these fifties-built apartment blocks in Scarborough's Sandybed district are named after famed leaders of the time: Churchill Court, Roosevelt Court & Montgomery Court - key leaders of the Allied war effort during World War II.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Nature studies from Broxa Forest.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Nature studies this morning - Dixon's Slack, Dalby Forest.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Street scenes this evening in Scarborough South Cliff's West Street - a main thoroughfare from Ramshill Rd. to Holbeck Hill.

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@MadBasil @madbasil.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Excellent turnout for Paprika last night - Anime clearly has an audience in #Scarborough roll on August (Bank Holiday) and Quadrophenia (1979) sjt.uk.com/events/moviedr…

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Enlightenment at tonight's Scarborough Moviedrome screening of Paprika (2006), Satoshi Kon’s film with Jungian themes blending fantasy with reality. A work of artistic #amime cinema (a first for me) & enjoyable soundtrack, superbly introduced & analysed by go-to film expert @madbasil.bsky.social.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Surf's up in Scarborough's South Bay this evening.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This afternoon's visit to North Yorkshire Water Park - tranquil scenes show the park's lush lakeside littoral zones & peaceful setting under clear skies.

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Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The mineral spring that started Scarborough's journey from a historic port to a spa town, and then the world's first modern seaside resort, was discovered 400 years ago in 1626. In this week's Country Life magazine I uncover the architectural history of the famous #ScarboroughSpa

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Quiet street scenes in Scarborough's Falsgrave Rd. in the minutes leading to the start of football, as people were at home watching tv.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Scarborough's Esplanade Gardens, a terrific venue for The Duke’s Theatre Company's production of Romeo and Juliet, visiting here on 22 July.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Forest bathing on the Dalby Forest Waitcliff Trail, with some super shade & the aroma of the pines - indulged & relaxed.

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Earthly Mission @earthlymission.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

In Cluj-Napoca, Romania, you can pay for a bus ticket by doing 20 squats. A special machine counts your squats and, once you complete them, prints a ticket valid for one ride on the CTP Cluj-Napoca urban bus network. Meanwhile, elderly and disabled passengers can travel free of charge.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

An example of a fine Victorian Gothic style building is this cemetery chapel (1856) by William Baldwin Stewart, a prominent C19 architect who shaped much of the Victorian architectural fabric of Scarborough, the seaside resort in UK's North Yorkshire - this year celebrating it's 400th year.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"Trees in cities have so many benefits [like] keeping our streets cool. Trees on streets have the ability to reduce heat by 2 - 8°C, which may not seem like a lot, but can make a big difference during heatwaves when you are seeking shade. Here's to our wonderful city trees!" via The Tree Council

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Riveting Airbnb at a former air base outside Scarborough where two retired RAF Sea King helicopters have been converted into glamping pods at the North Yorkshire Water Park - RAF West Ayton was a First World War aerodrome here, used by 215 Squadron between 1918-1919.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It is rare to see rood loft like this at St. Oswald's, Flamborough. Brought here from nearby Bridlington Priory following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was restored in 1909 & then placed above the rood screen.

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Robert Walton @waltonbob.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The Priory Church of St. Mary & St. Michael at Cartmel in England's Lake District is unique in having its belfry set at an angle to the lower tower on which it sits.

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