Scarborough's long gone pubs: do you know any of them?

By Martina Moscariello
Published 29th May 2019, 10:43 BST
Updated 29th May 2019, 11:43 BST
The Britannia, Eastborough, had been called that since the 1700s.placeholder image
The Britannia, Eastborough, had been called that since the 1700s.

How well do you know the town's pubs? ... Scarborough Maritime Heritage Centre have put on an exhibition to put your knowledge to the test.

Volunteers at the museum spent three months looking through their archive to research the history of pubs, past and present, in the Old Town. Their efforts have resulted in a remarkable collection of pictures portraying pubs that have now gone and the previous looks, and names, of those that have survived.

The Dolphin, Eastborough, another long established pub now gone.placeholder image
The Dolphin, Eastborough, another long established pub now gone.
The Three Mariners on Quay Street, with many a story of smuggling and ghosts, was in shipbuilding days called the Block Makers Arms.placeholder image
The Three Mariners on Quay Street, with many a story of smuggling and ghosts, was in shipbuilding days called the Block Makers Arms.
The Sheffield Arms was on Foreshore Road at the bottom of Blands Cliff, now part of the area that has been cleared by the demolition of the Futurist.placeholder image
The Sheffield Arms was on Foreshore Road at the bottom of Blands Cliff, now part of the area that has been cleared by the demolition of the Futurist.
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