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What You Didn't Know About Scarborough Eva Graham guides you through the town's eccentric history In early March, as I trilled around my flat excited for NSDF and avoiding exams, most people from the UK looked at me oddly when I told them the festival was held in Scarborough. "Why would you want to go there?" they asked, with the slight smirk and raised eyebrow that means I either have done or will soon do something foolish. However, after researching the town, Scarborough is not only filled with brilliantly sunny and fineweathered days, but also interesting local history. Find below a list of things you (probably) didn't know about Scarborough. I'm sure you've heard the lyrics "Are you going to the Scarborough fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme...", but did you ever wonder what, exactly, was this fair? The song was arranged by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, though versions existed before then. The lyrics most likely referred to a six-week summer merchant festival held in Scarborough from the 11th to the 18th century and attracted merchants from all over Europe. The festival no longer exists
today, though the song could, undoubtedly be adapted to refer to NSDF. The column Oliver's Mount, across from Scarborough Castle, is rumoured to have been built when Oliver Cromwell placed a battery to launch at the castle. Today it is the site of motorcycle, car rally, and car-climb races and events. The haunted house in Scarborough is haunted by the ghost of Piers Gaveston, the alleged lover of Edward II. The castle was originally built by William Le Gros in the 12th Century and was used as an impenetrable fortress for nearly five centuries. In the 14th century, after making too many enemies in Edward II's court, Gaveston was banished and fled to his Scarborough Castle. He was taken to Warwick castle to be executed, but his ghost still haunts the ruins of the Scarborough castle. •The original Grand Hotel in Scarborough was built with particular attention to numerical importance. Though I have only experienced rainy and sunny, the four towers of the hotel
represented the four seasons. There were also twelve floors, one for each month, fifty-two chimneys, one for each week, and three hundred and sixty-five bedrooms, one for each day. 5 Famous Scarborians: •Alan Ayckbourn, director and playwright •Dr Henry Vandyke Carter, pathologist and illustrator of Gray's Anatomy •Ben Kingsley, actor •Anne Bronte (sister of Charlotte), writer who died and is buried in Scarborough •Wilfred Owen, who, when stationed in Scarborough during WWI, wrote "Miners"
LOs Eat Cake
claims James Allenby A belated happy birthday for Pam (Local Co-ordinator - Workshops) who received a delightful Hannah Montana cake today.
Thank You
Say Colin Paxton and Jude Thank you to everyone who helped in the New Hall yesterday and the night before for the amazingness that was the turn around between 4 Bar and Rising and Phaedra's Love. You were all brillant and the shows yesterday really showed it.
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