{"version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1","title":"The Retro Coast","home_page_url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/blogs\/the-retro-coast\/","feed_url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/blogs\/the-retro-coast\/json","description":"Memories of the Yorkshire Coast","items":[{"id":"770-2-608695951a1e7","url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/blogs\/the-retro-coast\/post\/crumbling-cliffs-at-robin-hoods-bay\/","title":"Crumbling cliffs at Robin Hood\u2019s Bay","date_published":"2021-04-26T10:27:00+00:00","content_html":"<p>In 1970 the TV cameras went to look at the picturesque village of Robin Hood&rsquo;s Bay, parts of which were in peril due to crumbling cliffs.<\/p>\n\n<p>This was part of Look Stranger: The Changing Shape of Britain, first broadcast on 12 November 1970.<\/p>\n\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p09dww4h\/player\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mmo.aiircdn.com\/428\/6086965c7f798.png","author":{"name":"1970"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/_app_pages\/stations\/3810\/blogs\/posts\/58621"},{"id":"770-2-607d4c12cc2a8","url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/blogs\/the-retro-coast\/post\/1966-when-whitby-was-the-only-town-in-england-with-natural-gas\/","title":"When Whitby Was the Only Town in England with Natural Gas","date_published":"2021-04-19T09:23:00+00:00","content_html":"<p>David Tindall reports from Whitby, the only town in England run on natural gas.<\/p>\n\n<p>Frank Barber, the North East Gas Board Development Engineer, is interviewed about its benefits.<\/p>\n\n<p>This news report was first broadcast on 30 May 1966.<\/p>\n\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p09cs309\/player\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mmo.aiircdn.com\/428\/607d4d0aee0c4.png","author":{"name":"1966"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/_app_pages\/stations\/3810\/blogs\/posts\/58620"},{"id":"770-2-60619aff699a0","url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/blogs\/the-retro-coast\/post\/whitbys-fishing-industry-in-1987\/","title":"Whitby's Fishing Industry in 1987","date_published":"2021-03-29T09:16:50+00:00","content_html":"<p>Tony Neilson went to Whitby Bay to show children how fresh the fish on their plate was.<\/p>\n\n<p>&lsquo;Watch: Thanks To The Sea&rsquo; was first broadcast on 22 September 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p09b0sq9\/player\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mmo.aiircdn.com\/428\/60619af87c343.png","author":{"name":"1987"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/_app_pages\/stations\/3810\/blogs\/posts\/58619"},{"id":"770-2-60619980c6858","url":"https:\/\/www.thisisthecoast.co.uk\/blogs\/the-retro-coast\/post\/the-strage-case-of-scarboroughs-window-tax\/","title":"The Strage Case of Scarborough's Window Tax","date_published":"2021-03-29T09:10:28+00:00","content_html":"<p>Nationwide&rsquo;s Bob Langley reported on a rather unusual form of taxation on Commercial Street in Scarborough. 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