Sea bathing was pioneered at Scarborough in the late 17th century.
The healthy plunger was warned ,"you could feel a
considerable shock or chill. A sobbing succeeds, the
skin is contracted and feels rough to the hand, a
cracking noise is heard, followed by a ringing or
whizzing in the ears; On quitting the water, tears
sometimes fill the eyes and many persons experience a
little shudder and later a general glow succeeds and
the spirits are raised. When the bathing does not
produce a moderate glow after quitting the water, when
the chilling sensation continues, when the extremities
become cold, the spirits languid, the head disordered
or the appetite impaired"
...it might be concluded that the bathing is doing more harm than good.
OTHER ARTICLES
• The port of Scarborough in the late 15th Century
• Harwood Brierleys description of Scarborough harbour at the opening of the 20th century
• Scarborough ships in the baltic - an article by John Rushton
• The 200 year history of scarboroughs RNLI
• Seabathing in scarborough - an article by John Rushton
• Coastal erosion in the 19th Century around the North Bay and Scarborough Castle area
• The national RNLI and the Scarborough lifeboat of 1861.
• The history of the Scarborough Spa pump rooms
• The need for canals in the scarborough area - discussions in the late 1700's
• Passing on our maritime heritage to the younger generation
• The Borough of Scarborough formed in the 12th Century
• Tommy Rowley - stories about loss of life at sea
• Thomas Crimlisk - First of the Crimlisks
• The early years of the Scarborough Lifeboat
• A sea shanty about a storm on the Scarborough coast
• The loss of the Scarborough trawler Heritage in 1993
• A scarborough Merchant - An article on scarboroughs maritime history by John Rushton
• Havens on the North Yorkshire coast. An article on scarboroughs maritime history by John Rushton
• Hinderwells account of the first launch of the Scarborough Lifeboat in 1802
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