Life in Scarborough harbour and by the sea

1934 : In the Tunny season of 1934 Major Rowley caught 8 big fish. The largest was 812lb. The biggest tunny was exhibited on the Foreshore with proceeds going to a local charity. He had to 'fight the fish' for 48 minutes. He used to fly a flag on his boat for each fish caught. He was a highly accomplished big game angler.

1935:The origonal Coronia was bought by trawler owner, Jack Ellis. It sailed into port in 1935 under the command of Captain Sydney Smith, former deputy harbour master. He wanted to name the pleasure cruiser after his favorite cigar. However a ship was already named the Corona - so he altered it to Coronia.

1983 Scarborough local David Eves became cook on the Royal Yacht Brittania. He would be responsible for many members of the Royal Family including Prince Charles and Princess Diana. He would not be cooking for the Queen however, as she always takes her own staff aboard.

Sources
- Scarborough Mercury August 31st 1934.
- Scarborough Evening News 27th May 1983.


OTHER ARTICLES
• The Harwood and Bullamore fishing family history in Scarborough
• Scarboroughs Old Town and its connection to the sea
• Shipbuilding at Scarborough - the wooden barques and schooners
• The history of the Scarborough fishing industry
• Characters of the Filey fishing industry
• Article by the granddaughter of James Ruffen Bayes
• Ray Edmonds stories of the Old Town in Scarborough
• The history of the Graham Sea Training School
• Scarboroughs Fishermen versus Firemen Football match on Boxing Day
• The port of Scarborough in the late 15th Century
• The German bombardment of scarborough in the First World War in 1914
• Tunny fishing in Scarborough in the 1930's
• Theakston's guide to the Scarborough fisheries 1866
• Stories of human interest from the sea port of Scarborough
• The 200 year history of scarboroughs RNLI
• Religion to a young bottom-ender
• Charles Dickens account of a shipwreck at Filey
• The U-Boat campaign in the First World War
• The history of Filey Lifeboats