I have often thought, how our ancestors travelled around the area, one must remember there was lttle opportunity to access Rail travel as we know it to-day, I think that the only forms of transport available, apart from walking, were domesticated animals, horse and carts , or if the opportunity arose in coastal area's small fishing boats, any help and suggestions ,would be most appreciated. I think a trip on a fishing boat from Whitby to Hartlepool would not be imposible to arrange , after all , many Hartlepool people had strong family connections with Whitby folk, in the 1850's.
The reason I have mentioned travell in the 1850's is simply that my Great Grandfather, John Graham, a Cabinet Maker, and my Great Grandmother Alice Dickinson, were both born in Whitby, were married in St. Mary's Parish Church, Whitby, on Monday 1st July 1850, they had one son while living in Whitby, named George, they then moved to Hartlepool between 1852 and 1855, their daughter Jane Elizabeth Graham was born in St.Hilda's Street, on the Headland in 1855, I believe Jane Elizabeth latter married James Johnson,? but this as yet to be validated, more to follow,
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