The stretch of beach and sand dunes between Hartlepool Headland and Crimdon Dene.
Trawler Fiona Fay HL 113. Wrecked on the North Sands, Hartlepool in 1966. Built by Nobles of Fraserburgh in 1958
More detail »A slightly fuzzy image of a day out on the North Sands - 'Sandy Banks' sometime around 1939. The lady with the dark hair (second row from the top, far left), is Alice Easton. On the far right is Mrs. Leece (wearing the black and white spotted dress), with her son Mick just in front (dark jacket), and Mrs. Pevler behind her. Mrs. Peggy Fishwick is in the centre on the back row, with Phyllis Robinson (holding a child with a white cap on her lap), is centre left. On the front row, far right, is George Easton.
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