Children from the Paul Nicholas School of Acting get into character to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the swing bridge (2009).placeholder image
Children from the Paul Nicholas School of Acting get into character to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the swing bridge (2009).

Whitby Retro: 8 fantastic pictures from the gazette archives

By Rebecca Elliott
Published 11th Jun 2025, 11:46 GMT

This week’s highlights feature a school fundraising bun sale, a leavers’ ball, GCSE results, Welly Day at East Whitby Primary School, the centenary of Whitby Swing Bridge, a ‘good’ Ofsted report, children releasing young salmon into a river, and a school play.

Can you spot any familiar faces?

John Barber, headteacher of Hawsker Primary School, celebrates the school's good Ofsted report with his pupils (2009).

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John Barber, headteacher of Hawsker Primary School, celebrates the school's good Ofsted report with his pupils (2009). Photo: Ceri Oakes

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Dressed to impress! Eskdale School pupils get ready for their leavers' ball (2009).

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Dressed to impress! Eskdale School pupils get ready for their leavers' ball (2009). Photo: Ceri Oakes

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Pupils of Eskdale School organise a bun sale to raise funds for Haiti (2010).

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Pupils of Eskdale School organise a bun sale to raise funds for Haiti (2010). Photo: Ceri Oakes

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