Raft Races at Hartlepool.
Competitors starting out from the Fish Sands in the 2005 Raft Race.
More detail »The rigours of the race were clearly too much for one raft!
More detail »An un-dated image possibly part of the Carnival Raft Race. The beach, right centre, is where the old lifeboat house and fishermen’s buildings were. The wall, left centre, is the shore-end of the Banjo (Middleton) Pier. The mound in the rear centre, is before the Hartlepool Yacht Clubhouse was built (car park & observation post). The works buildings are part of Richardsons Westgarth. There are many cars parked and plenty of spectators watching the activities.
More detail »The Foster Wheeler Power Products entry for a Raft Race, possibly in 1982 - unfortunately they didn't win!
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