Frank. I think someone mis-labelled your photo, definitely Whitby but a north east fishing coble, it looks as if they are mending nets or sail, I used to work on my uncle's boat a lot during school vacations.
again one of Frank Sutcliffe's famous late Victorian photos, as is the other photo of the lifeboat Coxswain ...and yes of a Whitby registered fishing coble and definitely NOT the lifeboat
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