The Weekend around here 
Trekkies and Comic Con types have nothing on us. oh and yes there were Americans there from some place called Salem.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hitby-inspired-Bram-Stoker-write-Dracula.html
Fangs for a great weekend! Goths and vampires take the bracing sea air at Whitby which inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula
Donning top hats and dreadlocks, helmets with horns, waistcoats and skull-topped walking canes, thousands of goths dug out their most outlandish outfits - and took to a quintessentially English town on the coast.
Whitby Goth Weekend, a twice-yearly alternative music festival, has been attracting fans of Steampunk, Cybergoth, Romanticism and Victoriana since 1994.
The North Yorkshire town became an attractive prospect to host the event, given its close connections to Bram Stoker's timeless Gothic thriller, Dracula.
In 1890, the Irish writer decided to holiday in Whitby and was immediately inspired by its windswept headland, dramatic abbey ruins, a church surrounded by swooping bats, and long associations with jet – a semi-precious stone used in mourning jewellery.
During his stay, he also visited Whitby's public library, where he found a book published in 1820, recording the experiences of a British consul in Bucharest, William Wilkinson, in Wallachia and Moldavia (now in Romania), who makes mention of a 15th-century prince called Vlad Tepes, known as Dracula, who was said to have impaled his enemies on wooden stakes.
It is here that Stoker would also have heard about the shipwreck five years previously of a Russian ship called the Dmitry, from Narva - which in his famous novel becomes the Demeter, from Varna - the very vessel that first brings Dracula to the shores of England at Whitby.
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Birds of a feather: This crow-masked reveller and his companion, wearing a top hat with feathers, were among the thousands of goths and steampunks who descended on Whitby this weekend to enjoy the twice-yearly Whitby Goth Festival
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Olivia Fairless was among those visiting Whitby, Yorkshire, where Bram Stoker found inspiration for his novel, Dracula
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Ahoy there! Revellers don their best pirate outfits for the Whitby Goth Weekend, which first started in 1994
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Golly goth: One festivalgoer dons a skull mask and horned helmet, complete with black bullet vest waistcoat, while another shows off his dreadlocks beneath a classic top hat
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Village of the Damed: This reveller styles out his look with a black-and-white outfit, fishnets and black platform heeled boots
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Uptown punk: This elegantly dressed couple rock the steampunk look by combining top hats with brass goggles and guns
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If the hat fits: These ladies give Ascot a run for its money with their elaborate costumes and steampunk-inspired headwear
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Dead good: Skulls are all the rage for these festivalgoers, appearing on bags, walking canes, jackets and masks
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Thousands walked through the streets of Whitby, which provided Bram Stoker with the inspiration for his novel, Dracula
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Good mourning: Funeral hats, dark clothing and floral dresses are all the rage at this year's Whitby Goth Weekend
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Victorian gentleman: This dapper gentleman pulls off the steampunk look in his blue velvet coat as he ascends a steep hill
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Black Goth-ee: Visitors take a break from the festivities, while donning their superb outfits complete with horned hats
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Top of the Goths: This reveller completes her look with black and red lipstick, exaggerated eye make-up and a rose tattoo
Trekkies and Comic Con types have nothing on us. oh and yes there were Americans there from some place called Salem.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...hitby-inspired-Bram-Stoker-write-Dracula.html
Fangs for a great weekend! Goths and vampires take the bracing sea air at Whitby which inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula
- Donning helmets with horns, waistcoats and skull-topped canes, thousands of goths descended on Whitby
- Whitby Goth Weekend is an alternative music festival attracting fans of Steampunk, Cybergoth and Victoriana
- The North Yorkshire town was chosen because of its connections to Bram Stoker's Gothic thriller, Dracula
- Stoker visited in 1890 and was inspired by the rugged landscape, abbey ruins and a church filled with bats
Donning top hats and dreadlocks, helmets with horns, waistcoats and skull-topped walking canes, thousands of goths dug out their most outlandish outfits - and took to a quintessentially English town on the coast.
Whitby Goth Weekend, a twice-yearly alternative music festival, has been attracting fans of Steampunk, Cybergoth, Romanticism and Victoriana since 1994.
The North Yorkshire town became an attractive prospect to host the event, given its close connections to Bram Stoker's timeless Gothic thriller, Dracula.
In 1890, the Irish writer decided to holiday in Whitby and was immediately inspired by its windswept headland, dramatic abbey ruins, a church surrounded by swooping bats, and long associations with jet – a semi-precious stone used in mourning jewellery.
During his stay, he also visited Whitby's public library, where he found a book published in 1820, recording the experiences of a British consul in Bucharest, William Wilkinson, in Wallachia and Moldavia (now in Romania), who makes mention of a 15th-century prince called Vlad Tepes, known as Dracula, who was said to have impaled his enemies on wooden stakes.
It is here that Stoker would also have heard about the shipwreck five years previously of a Russian ship called the Dmitry, from Narva - which in his famous novel becomes the Demeter, from Varna - the very vessel that first brings Dracula to the shores of England at Whitby.
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Birds of a feather: This crow-masked reveller and his companion, wearing a top hat with feathers, were among the thousands of goths and steampunks who descended on Whitby this weekend to enjoy the twice-yearly Whitby Goth Festival
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Olivia Fairless was among those visiting Whitby, Yorkshire, where Bram Stoker found inspiration for his novel, Dracula
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Ahoy there! Revellers don their best pirate outfits for the Whitby Goth Weekend, which first started in 1994
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Golly goth: One festivalgoer dons a skull mask and horned helmet, complete with black bullet vest waistcoat, while another shows off his dreadlocks beneath a classic top hat
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Village of the Damed: This reveller styles out his look with a black-and-white outfit, fishnets and black platform heeled boots
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Uptown punk: This elegantly dressed couple rock the steampunk look by combining top hats with brass goggles and guns
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If the hat fits: These ladies give Ascot a run for its money with their elaborate costumes and steampunk-inspired headwear
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Dead good: Skulls are all the rage for these festivalgoers, appearing on bags, walking canes, jackets and masks
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Thousands walked through the streets of Whitby, which provided Bram Stoker with the inspiration for his novel, Dracula
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Good mourning: Funeral hats, dark clothing and floral dresses are all the rage at this year's Whitby Goth Weekend
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Victorian gentleman: This dapper gentleman pulls off the steampunk look in his blue velvet coat as he ascends a steep hill
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Black Goth-ee: Visitors take a break from the festivities, while donning their superb outfits complete with horned hats
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Top of the Goths: This reveller completes her look with black and red lipstick, exaggerated eye make-up and a rose tattoo
