Hartlepool Council’s Countryside Wardens are leading a three-mile coastal walk on Friday January 2, with the route going from Seaton Carew to the mouth of the River Tees with breaks to appreciate wildlife / landscape and the history of the area.
Walkers should meet at Seaton Carew bus station clock tower at 10am. The walk will last apprximately four hours.
This will be the first in a series of three “Sands of Time” walks which will cover the entire Hartlepool coastline from Hart Warren to the Tees. For more information contact the Countryside Wardens at 07785 371513.
The whole event starts at 4pm with kiddies’ rides near the paddling pool and there will be live songs and music near the Clock Tower with a Hollywood Musicals theme.
The fireworks start at 6.30pm.
Logistics info:
“The Front at Seaton Carew will be closed from the junction with Elizabeth Way to the junction with Station Lane from 6.15pm to 7pm.
To help reduce traffic congestion, special shuttle buses will be operating. They will run from the Tesco car park in Burn Road between 5.15pm and 6.15pm, with buses returning from Seaton Carew between 7pm and 7.30pm. Return fares will be £1 for adults, 50p for children or £2.50 for a family ticket.
For more details about the event contact Katie Hammond on 01429 523459 and for more information about the shuttle buses call Stagecoach Hartlepool on 01429 267082.”
2003 Photo of Hartlepool - Seaton Carew. The black is sea coal that gets dredged up by the tides and dumped on the beach. Then it gets collected by local sea coalers who get up early in the morning to collect it with shovels. They then sell it or possibly use it themselves. In the past it was used to stoke fires.
Some history here. With old photos and a song from the Kirkleatham museumin Redcar.
The Young’uns have a Sea Coal song.
Referenced on page 89 of “The Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton-upon-Tees: Including an account of the trade of the town, the navigation of the river, and of such parts in the neighborhood as have been connected with that place” Second Edition by John Brewster, M.A., Rector of Egglescliffe, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle-On-Tyne.
