This is the Coast: The Retro Coast

Crumbling cliffs at Robin Hood’s Bay

1970 — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:27:00 +0000

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:27:00 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/crumbling-cliffs-at-robin-hoods-bay/ 770-2-608695951a1e7 1970 Uncategorised In 1970 the TV cameras went to look at the picturesque village of Robin Hood’s Bay, parts of which were in peril due to crumbling cliffs.

This was part of Look Stranger: The Changing Shape of Britain, first broadcast on 12 November 1970.

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When Whitby Was the Only Town in England with Natural Gas

1966 — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:23:00 +0000

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:23:00 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/1966-when-whitby-was-the-only-town-in-england-with-natural-gas/ 770-2-607d4c12cc2a8 1966 Uncategorised David Tindall reports from Whitby, the only town in England run on natural gas.

Frank Barber, the North East Gas Board Development Engineer, is interviewed about its benefits.

This news report was first broadcast on 30 May 1966.

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Whitby's Fishing Industry in 1987

1987 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:16:50 +0000

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:16:50 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/whitbys-fishing-industry-in-1987/ 770-2-60619aff699a0 1987 Uncategorised Tony Neilson went to Whitby Bay to show children how fresh the fish on their plate was.

‘Watch: Thanks To The Sea’ was first broadcast on 22 September 1987.

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The Strage Case of Scarborough's Window Tax

1971 — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:10:28 +0000

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:10:28 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/the-strage-case-of-scarboroughs-window-tax/ 770-2-60619980c6858 1971 Uncategorised Nationwide’s Bob Langley reported on a rather unusual form of taxation on Commercial Street in Scarborough. This was first broadcast on 30 March 1971.

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Saltburn's Ha'Penny Bridge

1971 — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:38:00 +0000

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:38:00 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/saltburns-hapenny-bridge/ 770-2-605857961193c 1971 Uncategorised Saltburn's Ha'Penny Bridge's toll finally gave into inflation with the arrival of decimalisation.

Originally built in 1868, the bridge spanned Skelton Beck and was demolished in 1974.

This was first broadcast as part of BBC tv's Nationwide on 10 February 1971.

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Scarborough's Whitsun Bank Holiday

1976 — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:28:00 +0000

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 08:28:00 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/scarboroughs-whitsun-bank-holiday/ 770-2-6058552b6ae5b 1976 Uncategorised Sunny scenes from the Whitsun Bank Holiday in Scarborough in 1976.

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Naked Hornsea

1973 — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/naked-hornsea/ 770-2-603cf2d0498a4 1973 Uncategorised In 1973 the local council in Hornsea decided to allow nudists onto their beach.

Bernard Falk investigated how this news has gone down with locals in the town for TV's Nationwide.

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Why Don't You.... head inland?

1976 — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/1976-why-dont-you-head-inland/ 770-2-603cf74137c6c 1976 Uncategorised 70s School Holiday TV Show "Why Don't You" took a tour around York with Eric Colts.

This was originally broadcast on 8 October 1976.

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The Humber gets a Bridge

1981 — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/blogs/the-retro-coast/post/1981-the-humber-gets-a-bridge/ 770-2-603cf7f3e9344 1981 Uncategorised We take it for granted now but the Humber Bridge wasn't always there.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the Humber Bridge on 17 July 1981. Eric Robson described the ceremony.

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