Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre

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The Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre (SMHC), is a museum situated in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, and opened on 12 December 2009. The centre reveals the town's maritime history to residents and visitors. Five years in the making, this "museum of the sea" has gathered a huge collection of photographs, historical documents and artefacts about Scarborough's and Yorkshire's coast maritime life.

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Scarborough Lifeboat Station

Scarborough Lifeboat Station is located at West Pier on Foreshore Road in Scarborough, a seaside resort and port on the east coast of North Yorkshire, England. A lifeboat was established at Scarborough in 1801, which makes it the third oldest operational lifeboat station in the United Kingdom (after Montrose and Sunderland). Management of the station was transferred to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) in 1861. The station currently operates 13-15 Frederick William Plaxton (ON 1322), a Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat, on station since 2016, and the John Wesley Hillard IV (D-856), an Inshore D-class lifeboat, on station since 2021.

Futurist Theatre

The Futurist Theatre was a theatre and cinema in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was located on Foreshore Road, on the sea front of the South Bay. The Futurist Theatre was built to the design of Scarborough architect Frank A. Tugwell and opened on 27 June 1921 as a cine-variety theatre operated by William Catlin (Catlin Entertainments Ltd). The Futurist could seat 2,393. Originally it boasted a grandiose, ornate façade of robust, self-cleaning white glazed Carraraware tiles, the design of Henry Doulton, although this was later obscured during spring 1968 by a 'facelift' of rectangular plain yellow cladding. However, once the cladding was removed (under cover) around 2018, the tiles were judged to still be in a reasonable condition for their age. Its fitting out included an Abbott and Smith 3 Manual 45 stop organ, played by Horace Shepherd. By the end of 1929, a Western Electric sound system had been installed to the cinema, and 1954 saw the addition of a CinemaScope and 38-feet wide screen. Plans for a radical stage redesign by Captain J. H. Ritson were approved in early November 1957, stretching it a further four feet into the auditorium. Extra dressing rooms were to be positioned on the roof of the Arcadia/Palladium next door and the organ removed. This was undertaken from September 1958 once the twice nightly 'The Cyril Stapleton Band Show' had finished and although Plaxtons Builders kept at it 24 hours a day in the final weeks, they still overran – allowing the next summer production a single stage rehearsal before its opening night! During this redevelopment, film showings ceased. Another dramatic change came about during late 1966/early 1967, courtesy of architects Cassidy, Farrington & Dennys, when the stage was lengthened 15 feet backward into the former Arcadia/Palladium auditorium, which also added a stage tower. The Beatles performed there twice, on 11 December 1963 and on 9 August 1964. The popular The Black and White Minstrel Show performed there many times when it was owned (between 1966 and 1974) by Robert Luff, the producer of the stage version. The extension to the stage meant the closure of the adjacent Arcadia Theatre, which became a lounge. A new Todd-AO system integrated in May 1968 allowed the Futurist to begin showing films again. Around the same time, a balcony was mounted above the circle allowing the theatre to accommodate 2,155 seats. The Futurist had the twelfth-largest capacity of a theatre in the country, and the fifth-largest outside London. During the 1980s, Scarborough Borough Council took over the property and leased the theatre to Apollo Leisure Ltd (UK), which ran it until September 2002. In December 2002, Barrie C. Stead, who also runs the Hollywood Plaza cinema, took over the Futurist and refurbished the theatre and cinema, installing new projectors, DTS sound system and a new CinemaScope screen. Annually, the theatre predominately maintained consistent acts throughout the months of July and August. In the winter of 2011, the Futurist managed to attract over 16,000 people during eight sell-out performances of Calendar Girls produced by Dafydd Rogers and David Pugh. The theatre closed on 6 January 2014 after the operator's lease expired. On 9 January 2017, Scarborough Borough Council voted to demolish the theatre, by the narrowest of margins (22–21). The decision was a controversial one, as not all the councillors voted, and many locals and visitors alike, would have preferred the venue to be saved, restored and modernised. The building was demolished by August 2018. The fate of the site is uncertain. However, interest has been shown from the Flamingoland group, who gave a large donation to the incumbent conservative party prior to the ramping up of the parties campaign to demolish the building. Demolition of the building began in June 2018 and was completed in August 2018. The demolition and associated land works cost local taxpayers £3.91 million. Plans for a new FlamingoLand attraction on the site were revealed in February 2019. Gordon Gibb, Chief Executive of Flamingoland, announced in January 2022 that the company had reluctantly withdrawn its interest in the site, due to differences in development plans between the company and the local council.

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9 Tuthill

9 Tuthill is a historic building in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The house was built in the early or mid 18th century. In the early 19th century, its facade was altered. The area was associated with the fishing industry, and in the mid 19th century, it was the family home of Matthew Bullamore, who was prominent in the trade. The house was grade II* listed in 1973, with Historic England noting that it forms a group with the other houses on the south side of the street. The house is rendered and has chamfered stone quoins, a pantile roof, and two storeys. On the ground floor is a doorway to the right with an oblong fanlight, and a smaller door to the left. Between them, and on the upper floor, are sash windows, to the left of the upper floor window is a small casement window, and above is a dormer. Inside, there is a massive oak chimney piece.

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23 and 24 King Street

23 and 24 King Street is a historic building in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. King Street has been a commercial area for many centuries, housing an apple market until 1880. 23 and 24 King Street was built in the mid 18th century as a large house. It was altered in about 1800, when a large bay window was added. Later in the century it became the York Hotel, operating until late in the 20th century, when it was converted into two houses. The building was grade II* listed in 1953. The building is constructed of red brick on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, a moulded string course, a frieze, and a moulded cornice. It has three storeys and a basement, and two bays. The right bay contains a two-storey segmental bow window, and to its left is a doorway with an eared architrave, pilaster strips, a large decorated fanlight, and a cornice hood on carved scroll brackets. The other windows are sashes with keystones. At the rear is a two-storey roughcast wing with a public house front, including pilasters and a cornice. Inside, both houses have early panelling, and 23 King Street has an early staircase and corner fireplaces.