
A photograph of Staithes taken in the 1940's by William F. Taylor from the top of Cow Bar Bank
Standing in the same position today you will find that not much has changed, there's a thirty year gap between the upper and lower photographs. The foot bridge and the lifeboat slip have been replaced with steel structures and the breakwater in the far distance is far more substantial.

A photograph of Staithes Beck taken in the 1970's by an unknown photographer.