Time for a Pint

05/04/2023

01/09/2019

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Für den offenen Themenbereich der Ausgabe #7 des e-Journals CLOSURE begrüßen wir möglichst vielseitige Beiträge aus dem interdisziplinären Forschungsfeld ›Comic‹.
In unserem Themenschwerpunkt wird sich dann alles um »Eco-Comics: What Grows in the Gutter?« drehen.

Alle weiteren Informationen und unseren Call for Papers gibt es hier: http://www.closure.uni-kiel.de

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We welcome detailed close readings as much as comics theory and pioneering approaches to the medium — our open section comprises a diverse range of interdisciplinary studies of all things ›comic‹.
In our thematic section, we focus on »Eco-Comics: What Grows in the Gutter«.

All further information and our call for papers can be found here: http://www.closure.uni-kiel.de

Abb./Image: Captain Enviro (1972), Committee of Environment Ministers / Council of Maritime Premiers, Kanada.

13/06/2019

There is no doubt about it; Whitby is absolutely stuffed with history.

Captain Cook set sail from the harbour in Whitby-built ships on his journeys of discovery, Dracula arrived at Whitby harbour in a storm, Queen Victoria established the fashion for jewelry made from Whitby jet, after the death of her husband, Albert, William Scoresby moored his whaling vessels here, Oswy, an early Christian king of Northumbria, established the first abbey in Whitby, the Synod of Whitby met here in 656 and found in favour for the Roman church over the traditional Celtic form of Christianity in Northumbria – I could go on, but there is even more to Whitby than history.

Today the town is one of the most picturesque harbours in Britain, with plenty to offer visitors including the annual folk festival, the twice-yearly Whitby Goth Festival, a Victorian railway station with links to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, fabulous fish and chip shops, Fortune’s oak-smoked kippers, several independent shops, sandy beaches (with donkey rides) and, of course, a splendid range of pubs.

The Black Horse on Church Street.

Of all the pubs in Whitby, this is my favourite. In fact when I am in the town I find it very difficult not to pop in for a pint.

The tiny main bar in The Black Horse. As well as wonderful ale, his pub offers an impressive range of s***f, if you are so inclined.

http://timeforapint.blogspot.com/2013/11/whitby-pubs-1.html

13/06/2019

Robin Hood’s Bay is a fairy-tale fishing village clinging to the North Yorkshire cliffs. It is located about five miles south of Whitby
and 15 miles north of Scarborough on the North Yorkshire coast.

For a small village, Robin Hood's Bay is well served by several excellent pubs, The Laurel Inn, The Dolphin and The Bay Hotel, and The Victoria Hotel, which all serve real ale.

A dramatic sea rescue, possibly one of the most epic and heroic in the history of the lifeboat service, occurred at Robin Hoods Bay on the 18th of January 1881.

A brig named "Visitor" ran aground in during a winter violent storm. The Robin Hood's Bay Lifeboat was unseaworthy and no rescue ship was available in Scarborough. It also proved impossible to launch the Whitby Lifeboat because of prevailing winds. The only way to save the crew was to pull the Whitby lifeboat 6 miles overland to Robin Hoods Bay.

This was achieved with the aid of 18 horses, with the 7 feet deep snowdrifts cleared by 200 men. The road down to the sea through Robin Hood's Bay village was narrow and twisting, and men had to go ahead demolishing garden walls and uprooting bushes to make a way for the lifeboat carriage.

The lifeboat was launched two hours after leaving Whitby, with the crew of the “Visitor” rescued at the second attempt.

The coxswain of the lifeboat was Henry Freeman, a well-known lifeboat man from Whitby. This rescue proved to be the height of his fame. He was the sole survivor of a lifeboat disaster in 1861 as he was the only man who wore a cork lifejacket.

(Reference: Scarborough Heritage Maritime Centre)

http://timeforapint.blogspot.com/2012/08/robin-hoods-bay_5326.html