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The rosary of #MaryQueenofScots, just stolen from @ArundelCastle. As I’ll be saying to @vicderbyshire @BBCNews at 10.30, they are irreplaceable. Her execution in 1587 In Fotheringhay was brutal and directed to be humiliating, in a hostile country. Denied most dignities - 
#MaryQueenofScots was told last minute in her Fotheringhay house arrest she would be executed next day, they tried to deny her her ladies in waiting (so the executioner would unclothe her - shocking treatment) and those who had once been her friends turned hostile witnesses.
The beads are particularly significant because
1) so much of her belongings were taken /lost after she fled Scotland and those at Fotheringhay were nearly all burned to stop them becoming relics - even her heart was removed and hidden in the ground.
1) so much of her belongings were taken /lost after she fled Scotland and those at Fotheringhay were nearly all burned to stop them becoming relics - even her heart was removed and hidden in the ground.
Welcome to today's virtual #LowTideTrail. Flamborough Head juts into the North Sea on the Yorkshire coast. The area has seen much defensive activity over 4500 years. We'll also see some #archaeology of lifesaving on our way. Let's take a look! @Active_Coast #HumberDiscovery
This stretch of coast was particularly hazardous to sailing ships. The North Landing Lifeboat station was built in 1871 & was 1 of 2 stations covering Flamborough Head. Footage of the final launch of the North Bay lifeboat can be found via @YorkshireFilm-
yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/last-flam…
yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/last-flam…
Yorkshire cobles are a traditional fishing boat used along this coast. Flamborough had an active fleet of cobles operating out of North landing. This example has been laid up.
Here's a film about fishing from North Bay in 1933-
yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/north-lan…
Here's a film about fishing from North Bay in 1933-
yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/north-lan…
