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Runswick, From The Beach c.1885
Photo ref: 18201
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Why are these different? All 300,000 photographs in The Frith Collection have been scanned, but as the photos were taken over a 110 year period on a wide range of glass & film negatives, using different photographic processes, every image has to be checked and optimised, before we make a print for a customer.

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A Selection of Memories from Runswick Bay

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Runswick Bay

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

I was with a group of 8 friends who walked the Cleveland Way some years ago in June. Unfortunately, it was the wettest June for years! The plan that day was to walk from Runswick Bay to Whitby, some 8 miles. We had booked to stay at the Youth Hostel in Whitby for the night. We walked in the pouring rain down onto the beach at Runswick Bay, only to encounter several deep channels of water, which ran from ...see more