scarborough has been added to google maps satellite images (for all i know it’s been there for ages). see our hq (well almost, google is out by about 12 doors) by clicking here. ok, not quite a seafront property, although we are currently making enquiries about a possible studio that’s almost on the beach itself…

i assumed they were recent images and have been trying to guess when they were taken, the number of people on the beach and traffic is a good way of working it out, but the give-away is the chairs and people in the spa suncourt. they must have been there for a concert which puts it at around 11am in summer but before the school holidays due to the beach being so quiet. but then i noticed something really odd - the south bay pool is still there! the landscape site of the holbeck landslide is also on the pic, so that puts it sometimes between 1993 and 2003. perhaps the key is to find out when the esplanade gardens opposite the ambassador hotel were landscaped as you can see the work in progress on the photo. will have to ask when we next meet to discuss the south cliff map/sign we’re producing with the parks & gardens dept and scarborough civic society…