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Last Friday, January 17, was the 191st anniversary of the founding meeting of Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society.
This was held in the old Town Hall, in the Market Place on Church Street, and from it came the decision to establish Whitby Museum which opened in September of that year, 1823.
At this first meeting in the room above the spiral stair, 46 men signed up as founder members.
Then...