Collecting sea coal from the beach in 1888. This became big business in the 1970s using lorries and four track vehicles and is still carried out on a smaller scale today.
Date (of image) : 1888
Donor : Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham
Creator : James Whitehead Pattison
Part of the "Pattison's Photographs" collection
Location
Images relating to all forms of "horse power", in Hartlepool and the surrounding area.
More detail »People enjoying the entertainments and golden sands at Seaton Carew.
More detail »Sea coal has for hundreds of years been gathered from beaches around Hartlepool.
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