Staithes, N Yorkshire - Coastline - nice Plastichrome postcard, c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Coastline at Staithes [North Yorkshire]
• Publisher: Plastichrome / Colour by I. Meredith 
• Postally used: no - has small date stamp saying 1964
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Staithes is a seaside village in the Scarborough Borough of North Yorkshire, England. Easington and Roxby Becks, two brooks that run into Staithes Beck, form the border between the Borough of Scarborough and Redcar and Cleveland.^[1] Formerly one of the many fishing centres in England, Staithes is now largely a tourist destination within the North York Moors National Park.

The name Staithes derives from Old English and means 'Landing-Place'.^[2] It has been suggested that it is so named after being the port for the nearby Seaton Hall and Hinderwell.^[3]

At the turn of the 20th century, there were 80 full-time fishing boats putting out from Staithes. A hundred years later there are still a few part-time fisher men. There is a long tradition of using the coble (a traditional fishing vessel) in Staithes.^[4][5]

It was reported in 1997 that the Royal Mail were encouraging the occupants of Staithes to number their houses instead of relying on names. Whilst the regular postperson had no difficulty with the narrow streets and cottages, the relief postal staff were getting confused. Royal Mail also claimed it would aid efficiency by their postal machines which automatically read the addresses.^[6]

Staithes has a sheltered harbour, bounded by high cliffs and two long breakwaters.^[7] A mile to the west is Boulby Cliff where, for a brief period, alum, a mineral used to improve the strength and permanency of colour when dying cloth, was mined. The mining operation ended when a cheaper chemical method was developed.^[8] The ruined remnants of the mines can be seen from the cliff top when walking the Cleveland Way between Staithes and Skinningrove.^[9]

Staithes is a destination for geologists researching the Jurassic (Lias), strata in the cliffs surrounding the village. In the early 1990s, a rare fossil of a seagoing dinosaur was discovered after a rockfall between Staithes and Port Mulgrave to the south.^[10]This fossil has been the focus of an ongoing project to remove the ancient bones of the creature. Port Mulgrave remains one of the best places on the northern coast to find fossils of ammonites and many visitors spend hours cracking open the shaly rocks on the shoreline in the hope of finding a perfect specimen.^[11]

The permanent population of the village has dwindled due to more than half of the houses being second homes owned by outsiders from cities such as Leeds and York and further afield. Even though fewer than half of the houses in the village are occupied by local people, the traditions of the village have not yet died; many of the local women still buy Staithes bonnets from the sole bonnet maker,^[12] and the Staithes Fisher Men's Choir is still going strong. There is active local participation in the local RNLI Lifeboat station and crew.^[13] Locally, the name was traditionally pronounced "Steers".^[5]

The CBeebies series Old Jack's Boat, starring Bernard Cribbins, is set in and filmed in Staithes,^[14] with Old Jack's house located at 4 Cowbar Bank in the town.^[15]

The 2017 film Phantom Thread starring Daniel Day-Lewis features the cobbled streets of Staithes.^[16]

There is a local pub crawl known as the "Roxby Run". This starts at the "Fox and Hounds" in the nearby village of Dalehousethen goes to Staithes Athletic Club, the "Captain Cook Inn", the "Black Lion" (now closed) the "Royal George" before finishing at the "Cod and Lobster" on the harbour.^[17]