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Jack Campin September 4th, 2012 09:57 PM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 
I just spent a week in Whitby for their folk festival. Booked a flat
from an agency we'd used before,and basically knew my way around, so
didn't have that much need for a guidebook. But anyway I brought the
1921 edition of a red cloth Ward Lock guide.

It covered pretty much everything I wanted to know. The one thing it
didn't cover was Dracula. No mention of the book, or of Bram Stoker,
at all. So if you wanted to know where the Goth connection came from
the little red book wasn't going to tell you.

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irwell September 6th, 2012 04:32 PM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 
On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:57:31 +0100, Jack Campin wrote:

I just spent a week in Whitby for their folk festival. Booked a flat
from an agency we'd used before,and basically knew my way around, so
didn't have that much need for a guidebook. But anyway I brought the
1921 edition of a red cloth Ward Lock guide.

It covered pretty much everything I wanted to know. The one thing it
didn't cover was Dracula. No mention of the book, or of Bram Stoker,
at all. So if you wanted to know where the Goth connection came from
the little red book wasn't going to tell you.


There is an annotated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula",
probably explains it in there. I read it whilst in hospital,
one of the nurses thought it was an odd choice of a book
to read in a hospital.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) September 6th, 2012 09:35 PM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 


Irwell wrote:

There is an annotated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula",
probably explains it in there. I read it whilst in hospital,
one of the nurses thought it was an odd choice of a book
to read in a hospital.


Oh, I dunno .... seems totally appropriate to me! (The medical
profession being "bloodsuckers" in more ways than one, at least here in
the U.S.) (;-)

Erilar September 6th, 2012 10:20 PM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Irwell wrote:

There is an annotated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula",
probably explains it in there. I read it whilst in hospital,
one of the nurses thought it was an odd choice of a book
to read in a hospital.


Oh, I dunno .... seems totally appropriate to me! (The medical
profession being "bloodsuckers" in more ways than one, at least here in the U.S.) (;-)



When I have to go to the clinic for a blood test, I have been known to say
I was visiting the vampires 8-)

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

JohnT[_8_] September 7th, 2012 09:52 PM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 

"Erilar" wrote in message
...
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Irwell wrote:

There is an annotated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula",
probably explains it in there. I read it whilst in hospital,
one of the nurses thought it was an odd choice of a book
to read in a hospital.


Oh, I dunno .... seems totally appropriate to me! (The medical
profession being "bloodsuckers" in more ways than one, at least here in
the U.S.) (;-)



When I have to go to the clinic for a blood test, I have been known to say
I was visiting the vampires 8-)


Very droll. I tell them I have given an armful but I doubt that you know the
significance of that because you will never have heard of Tony Hancock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_Donor
--
JohnT


mikeos September 8th, 2012 09:00 PM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 
On 07/09/2012 21:52, JohnT wrote:


Very droll. I tell them I have given an armful but I doubt that you know
the significance of that because you will never have heard of Tony Hancock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_Donor


Even better watch it here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC1-Mrlm3TU


Runge 667 September 8th, 2012 10:17 PM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 
Ah there they are all !!


"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" a écrit dans le
message de groupe de discussion :
...


Irwell wrote:

There is an annotated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula",
probably explains it in there. I read it whilst in hospital,
one of the nurses thought it was an odd choice of a book
to read in a hospital.


Oh, I dunno .... seems totally appropriate to me! (The medical profession
being "bloodsuckers" in more ways than one, at least here in the U.S.)
(;-)



Runge 667 September 17th, 2012 05:34 AM

Whitby, as seen in 1921
 
hohoho funny martin !


"Martin" a écrit dans le message de groupe de
discussion : ...
On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 21:52:01 +0100, "JohnT"
wrote:


"Erilar" wrote in message
...
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
Irwell wrote:

There is an annotated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula",
probably explains it in there. I read it whilst in hospital,
one of the nurses thought it was an odd choice of a book
to read in a hospital.

Oh, I dunno .... seems totally appropriate to me! (The medical
profession being "bloodsuckers" in more ways than one, at least here in
the U.S.) (;-)


When I have to go to the clinic for a blood test, I have been known to
say
I was visiting the vampires 8-)


Very droll. I tell them I have given an armful but I doubt that you know
the
significance of that because you will never have heard of Tony Hancock.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_Donor

Look what it did to poor Tony.
--

Martin


malickk August 22nd, 2013 07:47 PM

Whitby have a huge range of attractive and beautiful places and have many activities for all ages. It is one of the most dramatic and atmospheric sites on the Yorkshire Coast.


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