2 REMINISCENCES OF 



" hard-working, saving man, who took little pleasure 

 " beyond a visit to York about once a year. 



"The village inn at Fridaythorpe was a place 

 " where he often met his acquaintance during the 

 " winter evenings. It was kept by a friend, whom 

 " he had at various times assisted, by lending him 

 " money. This man, finding that he could not con- 

 "duct the house any longer with profit, offered it 

 " to my father, who was persuaded by his friends 

 " to take it. This new business required him to be 

 "more frequently absent from home. Amongst 

 " other places where he was in the habit of going 

 " was Driffield. There he became acquainted with, 

 " and eventually married, Mary Bean. Her father 

 "was a large market-gardener at Brompton, near 

 "Scarborough, and he attended the Scarborough 

 " markets three times a week. My father and 

 " mother lived at the inn at Fridaythorpe, where I 

 " was born in the year 1784. They carried it on for 

 " several years, but finding it did not answer, they 

 " gave it up, and removed to Scarborough. At that 

 " time my uncle, William Bean, had established a 

 " large fruit garden at Scarborough, which he also 

 "threw open as Subscription Promenade Grounds 

 " for summer visitors, by whom it was much 

 " frequented.* 



* These gardens occupied the entire space between 

 Huntriss Row and the present railway station. Their 

 extent and position are well shown in a map published in 

 HinderweU's " History of Scarborough." A. C. W. 



