There are four Scarborough facts per year. The photos don't relate to the stories, they are national images relating to that year, courtesy of Getty Images. That's with the exception of the one showing the raid on Potter Lane in Scarborough in 1940.
17. 1943
In April Marine Drive was freed from toll for pedestrians, who were allowed to use it in daylight hours. | Getty
18. 1943
The Open Air Theatre staged 'The Pay of the Pied Piper' in July, the first show there since 1939. Three thousand people attended. | Getty
19. 1943
Scarborough WVS (Women's Voluntary Service) started a Children's Clothing Exchange Scheme at their new headquarters at Woodend. | Getty
20. 1943
Scarborough's branch of the Communist Party passed a resolution urging that measures be taken to put Oswald Mosley back in prison. Mosley led the fascists in Britain in the 1930s. | Getty