photographs

Staying in the Titanic Hotel, now located in the former Rum Wharehouse, you become aware of the full majesty of these decaying industrial buildings. Looking across at the visual rhythm of fire escapes, the prelude to West Side Story plays in my head.

A Juliet balcony on this star-crossed building with plans fo become another hotel, this time name after a sister ship from the White Star Line.

This stairwell reminded me of an Escher print the “House of Stairs’. This wonderful endless flight of stairs is located in the Titanic Hotel. From the days when they used to build wonderful industrial buildings.

The graves stones and ruined abbey cast foreboding shadows over the town where Bram Stoker wrote his novel. Beware vampires lurk in the shadows.

An alleyway escape to the quay beyond - maybe to flee on a ‘pose-seiner’ as it sails out to fish for herrings

When wandering the lanes did Bram come across this shop, or was he more interested in the black Jet jewellery to wear with his black goth outfits.

Mr Stoker could have brought his breakfast kippers here, hungry after a night of stalking the lanes of Whiby.