Robert Walton
@waltonbob.bsky.social
I take my hat off to built & natural environments, heritage, townscapes & the arts - 'Recorder of the unusual', using #fujifilm #X100VI
Follow my contributions to the Missing Places Project at https://historicengland.org.uk/profile/272036/RobertWalton/
Follow my contributions to the Missing Places Project at https://historicengland.org.uk/profile/272036/RobertWalton/
Scarborough's Dean Road Cemetery, a Victorian burial ground from 1857, is a "green lung" of heritage.
February 2, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Scarborough's Dean Road Cemetery, a Victorian burial ground from 1857, is a "green lung" of heritage.
The Victorian streets of #Scarborough invite observation of the surviving details of 'another age'. Here, a walk in Garfield Rd. has some delightful details. The corner shops are no longer the purveyors they once were, but Mancini's Music is 'the place' for guitars for miles around.
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Victorian streets of #Scarborough invite observation of the surviving details of 'another age'. Here, a walk in Garfield Rd. has some delightful details. The corner shops are no longer the purveyors they once were, but Mancini's Music is 'the place' for guitars for miles around.
The Lookout in Scarborough's Albert Road (aka Chain Hill), in the North Side of the seaside resort, was built in the early 20th century as public toilets partly underneath the promenade above, imaginatively converted into a luxury holiday dwelling with all mod cons in 2004.
February 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The Lookout in Scarborough's Albert Road (aka Chain Hill), in the North Side of the seaside resort, was built in the early 20th century as public toilets partly underneath the promenade above, imaginatively converted into a luxury holiday dwelling with all mod cons in 2004.
Fred Perry played in the Slazenger Pro Championships at #Scarborough's famous Filey Road tennis courts each year between 1948 & 1951, winning three times. He won his final title at these championships in 1951.
Tennis star Fred Perry died on this day 1995, aged 85. Won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships 1934-6 and was World No 1 four years in a row. Born to a working-class family in Portwood, Stockport, where his father was a cotton spinner.
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Fred Perry played in the Slazenger Pro Championships at #Scarborough's famous Filey Road tennis courts each year between 1948 & 1951, winning three times. He won his final title at these championships in 1951.
Nice to catch the sunshine for a brief spell today in #Scarborough, where, on the North Side, in well-kept North Marine Road there are fine properties, built c1820-40 & some are listed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Nice to catch the sunshine for a brief spell today in #Scarborough, where, on the North Side, in well-kept North Marine Road there are fine properties, built c1820-40 & some are listed.
"On top of the world" at tonight's Moviedrome screening of White Heat (1949) @thesjt.bsky.social with @madbasil.bsky.social. James Cagney's famous last words, playing psycho-gangster Cody Jarrett in a classic rogues galley of villains that meet their end doing a payroll heist in a chemical plant.
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"On top of the world" at tonight's Moviedrome screening of White Heat (1949) @thesjt.bsky.social with @madbasil.bsky.social. James Cagney's famous last words, playing psycho-gangster Cody Jarrett in a classic rogues galley of villains that meet their end doing a payroll heist in a chemical plant.
It's always nice to get to see a new building & this one at Scarborough Hospital is special as it was badly needed in the town. Calming atmosphere in the woodland decor made me feel 'at home'.
January 28, 2026 at 12:08 PM
It's always nice to get to see a new building & this one at Scarborough Hospital is special as it was badly needed in the town. Calming atmosphere in the woodland decor made me feel 'at home'.
The A170 road over the River Derwent at West Ayton near Scarborough consists of road bridges: the four-arch masonry bridge by John Carr built in 1775 (grade II listed) has a second concrete bridge, constructed in 1962, to accommodate the widening of the road to provide dual carriageways.
January 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The A170 road over the River Derwent at West Ayton near Scarborough consists of road bridges: the four-arch masonry bridge by John Carr built in 1775 (grade II listed) has a second concrete bridge, constructed in 1962, to accommodate the widening of the road to provide dual carriageways.
Today's focus in #nature is the jelly ear fungus, aka the wood ear or Auricularia auricula-judae. Commonly used in East Asian cuisine for its texture, it has a distinctive ear-like shape & a gelatinous, rubbery texture - growing here on dying wood.
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Today's focus in #nature is the jelly ear fungus, aka the wood ear or Auricularia auricula-judae. Commonly used in East Asian cuisine for its texture, it has a distinctive ear-like shape & a gelatinous, rubbery texture - growing here on dying wood.
Today's nature notes: bright orange Crowded Parchment fungus (Stereum Complicarum) & several hoof fungus (Fomes Fomentarius) adorn the trees in Silpho Forest, above Scarborough, where the easily spotted ditches of The Thieves' Dikes is a prehistoric linear boundary - a Scheduled Monument.
January 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Today's nature notes: bright orange Crowded Parchment fungus (Stereum Complicarum) & several hoof fungus (Fomes Fomentarius) adorn the trees in Silpho Forest, above Scarborough, where the easily spotted ditches of The Thieves' Dikes is a prehistoric linear boundary - a Scheduled Monument.
Forestry operations here at Bickley Forest have created waterlogged tracks giving habitat for diverse wildlife like amphibians, insects, birds, & mammals, & supporting plant life. Appearing tranquil with reflections of trees, they're a delight & so are crucial for biodiversity in rich ecosystems.
January 22, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Forestry operations here at Bickley Forest have created waterlogged tracks giving habitat for diverse wildlife like amphibians, insects, birds, & mammals, & supporting plant life. Appearing tranquil with reflections of trees, they're a delight & so are crucial for biodiversity in rich ecosystems.
In Scarborough's East Ayton churchyard, this truncated column memorial to a WWI soldier is a profound symbol in funeral art, representing a life cut short. It symbolizes the untimely death of a loved one, the breaking of the 'pillar of life'.
January 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
In Scarborough's East Ayton churchyard, this truncated column memorial to a WWI soldier is a profound symbol in funeral art, representing a life cut short. It symbolizes the untimely death of a loved one, the breaking of the 'pillar of life'.
Nature notes from the forestry above Scarborough: it looks that deer are eating bark & twigs - they do that when other food is scarce, as it will have been recently.
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Nature notes from the forestry above Scarborough: it looks that deer are eating bark & twigs - they do that when other food is scarce, as it will have been recently.
Murky outside this morning, but inside C12 St. John's church (grade II*), East Ayton, colour in the 1950 east window dedicated to Claud Davies (51), vicar here 1936-46 & in the base of the tower (with a single bell), around the C12 font, the baptistry is dedicated to John Shelton, 40yrs a chorister.
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Murky outside this morning, but inside C12 St. John's church (grade II*), East Ayton, colour in the 1950 east window dedicated to Claud Davies (51), vicar here 1936-46 & in the base of the tower (with a single bell), around the C12 font, the baptistry is dedicated to John Shelton, 40yrs a chorister.
Murky morning in Scalby, a coastal village two miles northwest of Scarborough on the edge of North York Moors - the village traces its roots to the 12th century under the Percy family & Whitby Abbey, evolving into a Victorian-era retreat for affluent residents seeking seaside tranquility.
January 18, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Murky morning in Scalby, a coastal village two miles northwest of Scarborough on the edge of North York Moors - the village traces its roots to the 12th century under the Percy family & Whitby Abbey, evolving into a Victorian-era retreat for affluent residents seeking seaside tranquility.
The former Scarborough Graham Sea Training School (1918-1973), donated by Mayor C.C. Graham to train local boys for naval service during World War I, overlooks the town's harbour (& ships that anchor in the South Bay).
January 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The former Scarborough Graham Sea Training School (1918-1973), donated by Mayor C.C. Graham to train local boys for naval service during World War I, overlooks the town's harbour (& ships that anchor in the South Bay).
In Scarborough's Paradise, a section of C18 wall is buttressed as a retaining wall. It is listed grade II.
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
In Scarborough's Paradise, a section of C18 wall is buttressed as a retaining wall. It is listed grade II.
Today in Paradise - #Scarborough. In view of St Mary's Church, the former Graham Sea Training School (1918-73) was in what had been Tindall House where Sir George Cayley was born in 1773; The Towers was built c1860 for a local brewer; & Castle Cres., off Castlegate, dates from c1840-50.
January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Today in Paradise - #Scarborough. In view of St Mary's Church, the former Graham Sea Training School (1918-73) was in what had been Tindall House where Sir George Cayley was born in 1773; The Towers was built c1860 for a local brewer; & Castle Cres., off Castlegate, dates from c1840-50.
The oldest part of St Matthew's churchyard in Hutton Buscel, Scarborough, is planted with yew trees, poisonous to livestock, so deterring animals from grazing & avoiding them damaging the graves.
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The oldest part of St Matthew's churchyard in Hutton Buscel, Scarborough, is planted with yew trees, poisonous to livestock, so deterring animals from grazing & avoiding them damaging the graves.
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#scarborough is bidding to become the UK's first Town of Culture so I've been on BBC Radio York this morning to give it my backing. Would be amazing for our first seaside resort - created 400 years ago - to be our first Town of Culture 🤞
January 14, 2026 at 11:19 AM
#scarborough is bidding to become the UK's first Town of Culture so I've been on BBC Radio York this morning to give it my backing. Would be amazing for our first seaside resort - created 400 years ago - to be our first Town of Culture 🤞
Art historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "the most prestigious building in The Crescent", Filey.
Completed 1853, built as an hotel, it was used by the British Army during WWII but then closed in mid-1950s & converted into the present apartments. The building is grade II listed.
Completed 1853, built as an hotel, it was used by the British Army during WWII but then closed in mid-1950s & converted into the present apartments. The building is grade II listed.
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Art historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "the most prestigious building in The Crescent", Filey.
Completed 1853, built as an hotel, it was used by the British Army during WWII but then closed in mid-1950s & converted into the present apartments. The building is grade II listed.
Completed 1853, built as an hotel, it was used by the British Army during WWII but then closed in mid-1950s & converted into the present apartments. The building is grade II listed.
Just six inches of water in the ford at Scalby, beside the frozen village pond. Ducks & geese could be heard in the shelter of the undergrowth on the pond's fringes & beside the Foul Syke watercourse, as it leaves the pond, snowdrops are appearing in patches where snow has melted. #nature
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Just six inches of water in the ford at Scalby, beside the frozen village pond. Ducks & geese could be heard in the shelter of the undergrowth on the pond's fringes & beside the Foul Syke watercourse, as it leaves the pond, snowdrops are appearing in patches where snow has melted. #nature
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The Society is delighted to see that the Clifton Hotel in #Scarborough has been listed at Grade II. Wilfred Owen worked on his World War I war poetry whilst billeted at the hotel during the conflict. He worked from the tower whilst convalescing. Read the excellent list entry here: bit.ly/4jDs9uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
The Society is delighted to see that the Clifton Hotel in #Scarborough has been listed at Grade II. Wilfred Owen worked on his World War I war poetry whilst billeted at the hotel during the conflict. He worked from the tower whilst convalescing. Read the excellent list entry here: bit.ly/4jDs9uk
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❄️ Brrrrr. Snowfall this week on Sir Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North, bracing against the best and worst of the British weather since 1998.
📷 © Steven Lomas
📷 © Steven Lomas
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 AM
❄️ Brrrrr. Snowfall this week on Sir Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North, bracing against the best and worst of the British weather since 1998.
📷 © Steven Lomas
📷 © Steven Lomas
This morning, at the confluence of the canalised New Cut (opened 1804) with the natural watercourses of Scalby Beck & Church Beck at the C251 road bridge at Hackness Rd. It's a significant border crossing between Newby & Scalby, & an entry point to the North York Moors National Park, via Hackness.
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This morning, at the confluence of the canalised New Cut (opened 1804) with the natural watercourses of Scalby Beck & Church Beck at the C251 road bridge at Hackness Rd. It's a significant border crossing between Newby & Scalby, & an entry point to the North York Moors National Park, via Hackness.