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Whitby residents given chance to rehome old whalebones | Whitby residents given chance to rehome old whalebones |
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Residents in a North Yorkshire seaside town are being given the chance to become the custodian of old whalebones. | Residents in a North Yorkshire seaside town are being given the chance to become the custodian of old whalebones. |
Whitby's old whalebones used to form an archway on West Cliff but were replaced by new ones in the 1990s because they had become weathered. | Whitby's old whalebones used to form an archway on West Cliff but were replaced by new ones in the 1990s because they had become weathered. |
A firm had been storing the bones but has now run out of space so Scarborough council is searching for a new home. | A firm had been storing the bones but has now run out of space so Scarborough council is searching for a new home. |
Councillor Joe Plant said: "It would be poignant if the whalebones could remain in Whitby." | Councillor Joe Plant said: "It would be poignant if the whalebones could remain in Whitby." |
The bones were acquired in 1963 by Whitby Rural District Council as a gift from a Norwegian shipping company to mark the town's whaling past. | The bones were acquired in 1963 by Whitby Rural District Council as a gift from a Norwegian shipping company to mark the town's whaling past. |
The bones came from a 113-ton fin whale which was killed in the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic by the Norwegian whaling ship Thorshovdi. | The bones came from a 113-ton fin whale which was killed in the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic by the Norwegian whaling ship Thorshovdi. |
Bones 'a liability' | Bones 'a liability' |
The West Cliff was chosen as an appropriate place to display them because it is near the Captain Cook monument. | The West Cliff was chosen as an appropriate place to display them because it is near the Captain Cook monument. |
In the late 1990s the jawbone arch had reached a point where weathering had taken its toll. | In the late 1990s the jawbone arch had reached a point where weathering had taken its toll. |
The council said despite renovation work the bones were becoming a liability and had to be taken down. | The council said despite renovation work the bones were becoming a liability and had to be taken down. |
They were originally donated to Whitby Archives where they were on display and then to local building firm Wilf Noble following the archives' closure. | They were originally donated to Whitby Archives where they were on display and then to local building firm Wilf Noble following the archives' closure. |
In 2002 after a worldwide appeal the council acquired a new set of jawbones from one of its twin towns, Barrow in Alaska. | In 2002 after a worldwide appeal the council acquired a new set of jawbones from one of its twin towns, Barrow in Alaska. |
The new bones, which form the current 19ft (5.8m) arch, are from a bowhead whale which was killed legally by native Inuit in 1996. |
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