Seaham, The Harbour c.1960
Photo ref:
S287008
Photo ref:
S287008
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Colliers await their turn alongside the coal staithes. Nearest the camera is the paddle-tug 'Hardback', which was built in 1901 for the Hodbarrow Mining Co, Whitehaven, and sold to Seaham Harbour in 1925. Her livery was black hull with a yellow line and red boot-topping, buff paddleboxes and superstructure, and black funnel with a yellow band.
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A Selection of Memories from Seaham
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Seaham
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I have many memories of Seaham Harbour in the 1970's from going down the old stone steps to the fishing boats on a Sunday morning to watch the fishermen unload the crabs to getting to the top of the Featherbed Rock.The rock was as sharp as hell on my bare feet but it was great. I have tried loads of sites to find a photo of it in the 1970's but all I see is even older ones or newer ones (which are great but not as I ...see more
All my family come from Murton, some are still there. I remember as a child going to the harbour and getting fresh crabs - they were big ones, and once one grabbed my granda`s coat and we had to free him as the claws were big too. Seaham harbour beach, Crimdon Dene, Blackhall. We didn't live in Murton as my dad moved to the Midlands before I was born, but I spent a lot of my childhood in and around Murton.
This photo means a lot to me as my Mam Lexi Hudson (née Murray), used to take me down the docks and down the ledges where she learned to swim years earlier with the swimming club. I did learn to swim then as it was the only option to drowning!
I remember working on the old steam engine known as the 'coffee pot' on the dock bottom with Matty Ward and Dempsey Thyne I would like to know if either person is still with us. If anyone knows EMAIL me on diggerveg@hotmail.co.uk Thank You.
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