The first in a series of ebooks based on the popular History and Heritage Twitter (now X) site. Launched in 2016, the site is curated by writer and researcher John Heywood and over the years has gained a large number of followers from across the world.  

Over the years John has posted thousands of little nuggets bringing the region’s past to life. The first of these “Twitter Treasure” compilations concentrates on the Yorkshire coast and its fascinating history. This is a subject John knows well following the success of his 2018 book “Beside the Seaside” which told the story of the rise of Yorkshire’s seaside resorts. Further eBooks looking at the county’s churches, castles ands abbeys and a further one on its industrial past are also planned.

The books are fully illustrated and are perfect for dipping in and out of. They make ideal gifts for relatives and friends who have left the area. They are entertaining and fully illustrated but are also in bite size chunks, giving a fascinating insight into Yorkshire’s past.

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Almost all of us have happy memories of excursions and holidays spent beside the sea. For many, these will have included the Yorkshire coast which runs unbroken for more than one hundred miles between the two great rivers, the Tees and the Humber. Within those boundaries are the popular seaside resorts of Whitby, Scarborough, Filey and Bridlington as well as numerous smaller and quieter but equally well-loved destinations. How did the love affair with the area start and how did it develop? Over the years, all the ingredients for the perfect holiday are there - the spas, the sea and sun bathing, board and lodgings, entertainment and just as importantly, the journeys there and back. Beside the Seaside takes a detailed but entertaining look back at the history of these resorts over the last four hundred years and asks, what does the future hold? Packed with information, this book is fully illustrated with photographs, old and new, together with paintings and etchings. Coupled with the thoughts and memories of tourists and travellers from the 17th century through to the present time, it gives a fascinating insight into how our ancestors would have spent their time at the coast. Evocative and intriguing, absorbing and surprising, John Heywood s book will appeal both to those familiar with the area and to others who just enjoy being Beside the Seaside.