3-070-548 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Evening at the Spa, Scarborough, 1881. 'The local attractions of this fashionable marine watering- place on the north-east coast of England were spoken of last week. Another sketch, in addition to those which were then presented, shows a few of the company at the Spa, or on the Spa Promenade, in the pleasant evening hour - not just now in October, but a few weeks ago, when summer evenings should not be too cool for sitting and lounging about. To the right are the band of musicians, in their well-lit orchestral stand, persuading the clarionets, the cornets, and the trombone, and sundry other instruments, to oblige the company with a soft but lively waltz or polka, or whatever else they think will please. No smoking is here observed, but there is plenty of room on the sands for that indispensable male recreation. Here, on the Spa Promenade, one has to attend to the ladies, who can, if they be so minded, always make it worth a man's while to do so'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.