Staithes Museum

Rock armour, childhood adventures, a dramatic rescue at the harbour, pigeon racing, local businesses and a village carnival remembered. What was happening in Staithes in May 1994? We turn the pages of the very first issue of The Steeaze Bellman to find out. In May 1994, a new publication arrived in Staithes. It was called The Steeaze Bellman, and its ambition was to give the village something it wanted: a way to talk to itself. Its first issue was a modest production, but it was packed with...

Hello everyone, The October newsletter is available via this link (and in a text-only version below), with plenty of news from the museum! (sorry it's so long - I'm giving a talk for Museum Development about how to write a newsletter and I got carried away) This month, we’ve got new films of John Cole making lobster pots, a beautiful painting to win in our winter raffle, Bill Hinchley’s childhood memories of Staithes, and lots of new stories on the website. We’ve also got some exciting...

From a brick of wartime cake to a honeymoon derailed by bombing, two remarkable archive documents preserve the humour, heartache and everyday ingenuity of people who lived through the First and Second World Wars around Staithes and East Cleveland. “I remember hitting it on a wooden topped dresser with my fists and you couldn't tell the difference in sound.” The offending object was a cake. Or, at least, it was supposed to be one. Flour was rationed, the ingredients were precious, and the...