In Scarborough, the very old custom of Shrove Tuesday, is celebrated in the old fashioned way. Almost everyone in Scarborough, make their way to Foreshore Road, and children young and old, skip all along the foreshore, and motorist for once have to drop to walking pace. Photo taken 08 February, 1951.In Scarborough, the very old custom of Shrove Tuesday, is celebrated in the old fashioned way. Almost everyone in Scarborough, make their way to Foreshore Road, and children young and old, skip all along the foreshore, and motorist for once have to drop to walking pace. Photo taken 08 February, 1951.
In Scarborough, the very old custom of Shrove Tuesday, is celebrated in the old fashioned way. Almost everyone in Scarborough, make their way to Foreshore Road, and children young and old, skip all along the foreshore, and motorist for once have to drop to walking pace. Photo taken 08 February, 1951.

Retro Scarborough: Archive photos show games and traditions of Shrove Tuesday in 1950s Yorkshire

Rebecca Marano
By Rebecca Marano
Published 21st Feb 2023, 16:13 BST
Updated 21st Feb 2023, 16:14 BST
These retro photographs show how people celebrated Shrove Tuesday back in Yorkshire during the 1950s.

Hundreds headed to the seaside town of Scarborough to meet up, play games and take part in traditional customs. Traditions include skipping through the town and hunting meets.

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A large crowd turned up to watch this Meet. Unfortunately, however, conditions were unfit for hunting, but in order to avoid disappointment, acting Master Ken Wrightson paraded the hounds on the Royal Albert Drive. 24 February, 1955.

5. Unfit conditions

A large crowd turned up to watch this Meet. Unfortunately, however, conditions were unfit for hunting, but in order to avoid disappointment, acting Master Ken Wrightson paraded the hounds on the Royal Albert Drive. 24 February, 1955. Photo: Hulton Archive

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Almost everyone in Scarborough was heading to the Foreshore Road, and children young and old, skip all along the Foreshore, and motorists drop to walking pace. 03 March, 1954

6. Shrove Tuesday

Almost everyone in Scarborough was heading to the Foreshore Road, and children young and old, skip all along the Foreshore, and motorists drop to walking pace. 03 March, 1954 Photo: Hulton Archive

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