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.
25. 1945
In January Scarborough lighthouse, which had not operated since September 1939, resumed its function as a 'tidal lighthouse'. | Getty
26. 1945
In March Scarborough Council decided the wartime remission of pedestrian tolls on Marine Drive would be a permanent one. | Getty
27. 1945
The 'grand reopening' of the Arcadia, on the foreshore, took place on May 1, with 'Frivolities of 1945' by Catlin's Productions. | Getty
28. 1945
May 8 ... the long anticipated Victory in Europe Day, and the arduous and devastating years of war were over. | Getty