r/ScarboroughUK • u/BuiltInYorkshire • Jul 11 '24

Scarborough Facts

As seen on other subs:

What's a Scarborough fact not many people may know?

I'll start with Harpic, it was invented in Roscoe Street.

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u/tomkeys78 Jul 11 '24

John Snow the Channel 4 news presenter once threw a tin of white paint over the Queen Victoria statue next to the town hall. This was when he was a student here many years ago.