August

August

Flower Poppy

Birthstone Peridot
August

England v Scotland

In 1910, Saltburn was the venue for an international fixture, England v Scotland at bicycle polo. The match was part of the town's carnival, the English side all being members of the Tykes Cycling Club. England won 6-3, the team being ( left to right ) Robinson ( captain ), Tudor and Randall.

Take a bike ride....

It's time to get fit. Why not join the craze for cycling!

Cycling became fashionable during the1870's when the bone shaker was replaced by the 'ordinary' bicycle, such as the Ariel bicycle of 1872. The 'ordinary' bicycles were known affectionately by the 1890's as 'penny farthings' after the 'safety' cycle had replaced them from 1882 onwards.

Easier to maintain than a horse, the bicycle represented not only novelty, but a new independence.

Try cycling Saltburn Bank........

Post past....

Roland Hill's reforms for the postal system began in May 1840 when the first adhesive stamps came into use- the Penny Black and Twopenny Blue- a flat rate charge to any part of Great Britain. These stamps needed to be cut out with scissors. Then in 1854 the Penny Red was introduced that had perforated edges. Postcards with stamps already printed on them were issued in1870; pictorial postcards were allowed from 1894.

Send a postcard as a surprise to a friend!

Bartholomew Fair

In its heyday, Bartholomew Fair was one of the four great fairs of England, and for centuries it was famous nationwide as a major place for entertainment of all kinds, high and low. Mainly low!

In Charles II's time it was so popular that it was known to last fourteen days.

All the major travelling play companies visited the fair every year, and it was famous for puppet plays and religious mystery plays as well as regular drama. There were numerous music and dance shows, acrobats, tightrope walkers, gingerbread sellers, ballad-singers, bearded ladies, fat men, giants, dwarves, fortune-telling horses, mermaids, and , of course, pick-pockets, prostitutes, pimps and vagabonds.

The fair finally ceased in 1855. Much to great opposition!

Lee Gap Fair

Lee Gap Fair, in the parish of Woodkirk, West Ardsley, near Leeds, is one of the surviving horse fairs that still attract a strong gypsy prescence, and its organisers claim it to be the oldest chartered fair in England. A charter granted from King Stephen in 1136, confirming an earlier one, does indeed grant two fairs to the parish of Woodkirk, in August and September, and there are still two Lee fairs: Lee Gap Fair on 17 August, and Latter Lee on 17 September.
Why not take a short break and join in the fun!