Our World Tuesday - Pickering, North Yorkshire, UK - Part One

Pickering is a market town situated on the side of a hill, the summit of which is crowned by a castle.  At the foot of the hill the Pickering beck runs through the town.  Though Pickering is now considered just a small country market town, it was once a place of much greater importance.

A tradition, imbedded in the Saxon Chronicle, it was founded by Peridurus more than 2000 years ago, he was a British king who reigned two centuries before the Roman invasion.

According to legend, Pickering was named from the recovery of a ring, lost by Peridurus whilst bathing in the Costa beck, and which was later recovered from the belly of a pike.  Another idea is that the name signifies the ing, or river-meadow near the pik, or peak; and Pika, Norse, a maiden, and hringr, a ring, has also been suggested.

On the other side of the road, the beck  is lined with fairly new apartments. The beck is shallow and has a rocky bed, and it is home to a lot of ducks. A few years ago we had disastrous flooding take place in Pickering and the beck rose so high it invaded several properties along the banks.  Two were the Rose Inn and Beck Isle Museum, located either side of Bridge Street; another was the Fortune Inn, a very popular Cantonese Restaurant.  It took many months to dry out and restore so many businesses and homes that had been devastated in the flooding.

On Mondays, market stalls line one side of the main shopping street of Pickering.  Both the market and the Railway, NYMR (North Yorkshire Moors Railway) are very important to Pickering, and bring in a lot of revenue to the town.  In December Christmas time comes to NYMR as they run the Santa Special trains, more about that in another episode.

In the photo here are some of the dedicated staff who work at NYMR, 

keeping everyone fed and happy.  One of the ladies in the photo asked if I wanted a Women's Institute Calendar type photo, but being 'chicken' I declined!  If you have seen that calendar, you will know what I am talking about.

Below is a photo of the steam engine

'Cock O The North' engine number 92214.  Next week, more from Pickering.                           Click on photo's to enlarge.

                                           

                                                                                                                             

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Our World Tuesday - Malton Market Town - part 2

Following on from last week, a few more photo's from the market town of Malton, North Yorkshire, UK - It has been a wet-n-windy week here, but we had a decent day last Saturday and a chance for a few more local photo's  (Click on photo's to enlarge.)

Malton Museum used to be the Town Hall,
and before that it was the town Courthouse,
the old jail is below in the cellar.

Our Town Crier, he keeps us informed
of anything new going on in town.

Last Saturday some of the stalls were missing from the market, maybe
the stall-holders are taking a well deserved holiday.

 

Another view of our Victorian gentleman, showing the
famous door knocker on Scrooge's Office, they say if
you gaze at it long enough, you may see the ghostly
face of Jacob Marley...!



The office inside Scrooge's Counting House,
there are several rooms containing Victoriana.

Meet Peter (on the left) and Al, proprietors of the Whistlestop Cafe
at Malton Train Station, you won't go hungry here with their
belly-busting breakfasts and specials.

 

A recent visitor to the site of the Roman Fort Derventio, the Romans invaded us 2000 years ago and built their fort alongside the river, they keep coming back, but they are a pretty friendly bunch these days.


 

Swinton Lawn Bowls Club, just a mile or 2 from
Malton, on our way home.  We play there too.
The man in the red and white shirt is a Swinto
member.

 

St. Peters Church is just across the River Derwent
in Norton town, this is where we go on a Sunday.



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World Wide Friends - Malton Market Town

Malton Market town is approximately eight miles from our village.  The town square
hosts the market every Saturday.  There was a Roman Fort here 2000 years ago, called Derventio,  and the River Derwent that divides  Malton from Norton is a reminder of that time.  (Click on photo's to enlarge)


Flower and plant stall






Fruit and Veg stall





My DH and son enjoying a cup of tea, at Keith's Hamburger Wagon.



Clare's Yarn and Fabric stall





Sharon's Traditional Confectionary Shop




Ian, our friendly bus driver




St. Michaels Church




River Derwent divides Malton from Norton




A Victorian Gentleman standing outside the Accountants office associated with the character Scrooge from Charles Dickens book 'A Christmas Carol'
Dickens was a frequent visitor to Malton, and it is believed he based Scrooge's office on this one in Chancery Lane.  It is now a museum of Victoriana. 



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