The abbey from Flowergate 2

A second view of the abbey from Flowergate, but this time without Bagshawe's clock (see entry 2). This slight change of position allows us to get a little closer. We're looking roughly eastwards.

The building bottom left is the back of what used to be Woolworths (see yesterday's entry). The gap between the foreground buildings is Golden Lion Bank (where bank means slope or incline).

Flowergate is already quite steep, but this road down to the harbourside is even more so. They say that buses used to drive up here!

Where time stands still?

A view over the town from east to west, taken from the terrace up the steps from Blackburn's Yard.

Locals will immediately spot that this is an archived photograph: Woolworths, clearly visible on the harbourside in this picture, is no more! It has been replaced by an outdoor clothing shop.

Seeing the high harbour wall down below, it's difficult to imagine that the Esk sometimes overflows onto the streets. There is usually plenty of warning so that folk can get out the sandbags.

I'm not sure if the Old Town Hall clock, beneath which yesterday's buskers were playing, keeps good time.