?Scarborough during the outbreak of World War One

The following are first hand quotes and diary extracts relating to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. They are taken from Paul Allens book "Neath a foreign sky."

Extract: Scarborough at the outbreak of war in 1914 An unnamed reporter with the Scarborough Pictorial had however noted the subdued mood of the crowds over the holiday weekend and had duly recorded in the newspaper:

?The shadow of the greatest catastrophe which has ever befallen the world hung over thousands of people who came to Scarborough to make merry and their play was not as full blooded as we previously have seen. In the great crowds it is hardly possible to discover a smile??

Source Paul Allen "Neath a foreign sky"