Skipping rope, originally from a fishing trawler Donated by Alan Plummer
Shrove Tuesday is also known as Skipping Day in Scarborough. On this day, locals gather on the Foreshore with their skipping ropes. We would run to my father’s fishing boat every Skipping Day morning and he would cut us some fishing rope from the nets. Fishing ropes are heavy and could take you right off your feet if you missed your skip! Cassie, Operations Assistant