It must have been quite a sight the day 15 steam trains pulled up at Scarborough Station, bringing the entire workforce of Bass Brewery and their families from Burton upon Trent for an annual day trip by the Yorkshire coast.
During the 1860s, some 10,000 people would descend to paddle in South Bay – half a crown or a guinea’s pocket money burning a hole in their pockets.
They weren’t the first to benefit from Scarborough’s bracing air: there’s evidence of a Roman settlement as well as remnants of a 12th Century castle which lie on the town’s headland.