As summer draws to a close for another year, hopefully many of us will be able to look back on happy holiday memories from the past few months.
Many of those memories will revolve around the seaside, whether that is North Yorkshire’s gorgeous coastline or elsewhere.
One thing is clear, the lure of sea and sand is eternal. We have always liked to beside the seaside.
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One thing is clear, the lure of sea and sand is eternal. We have always liked to beside the seaside.
![A Scarborough holiday brochure from the 1950s and 1960s.](https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBlNGM3YTk0LTMwNGItNDgwZS05M2UyLTY3NDhiMTJhNTM4NDo2NWY4N2QwYS0wNWQxLTQyZTgtOTc1OC0wMjAzNzVhOGVkNmE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside!
A Scarborough holiday brochure from the 1950s and 1960s. Photo: County Record Office
![The Citrono Brothers Neapolitan ice cream cart in Scarborough, from the Edwardian period. Ices were one penny or two pennies each.](https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmIxYzZmZjBhLWI3MmQtNDM4YS1iMDRhLWNmNmEwZDJhZDk2ZDoxNjAzNThiYi1iMThlLTQ2YzAtYjk1MS1iZTMwYzQ2Y2VhYTc=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside!
The Citrono Brothers Neapolitan ice cream cart in Scarborough, from the Edwardian period. Ices were one penny or two pennies each. Photo: County Record Office
![A colour postcard showing the beach at Whitby, circa 1960s to 1970s.](https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk3ZjUwY2ZhLTZlMTAtNDZlMy1iMmRmLTdlNjRkYTVhMWIyMjpjZTE4YmE3NS1hODNiLTRhMzctYTIzNy00MDczNDU2OWE1Yjk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside
A colour postcard showing the beach at Whitby, circa 1960s to 1970s. Photo: County Record Office
![Victorian or Edwardian bathing machines at Scarborough.](https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ3ZTc0NWMxLTBiYmQtNDU4YS05YzliLTMzODQ0Yzg4NzNkZDo5NTFlNjA1Zi0zNWE2LTQ1MmEtYmE0MC0wMWEzOGJlMGU4ODE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside
Victorian or Edwardian bathing machines at Scarborough. Photo: County Record Office