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| Around 7-20 am about an hour after high tide. Later sunrises; Autumn is calling. |
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| Not many people about... |
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| These are some sort of sea defence and always remind me of a concrete handbag. |
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| A lone bird crosses the sky. |
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| A scattering of sea coal, shortly afterwards a sea coaling pick up truck arrived to scan the Beach. Below is a letter that my Father sent to the local press about sea coal.
27 OCT 1980
PLEASURE TO STROLL ON HARTLEPOOL'S CLEAN BEACHES
WHAT A CRY FROM MR G PITMAN REGUARDING THE 500 TONS OF SEA COAL ON
THE BEACH (MAIL OCTOBER 22) WHAT UTTER RUBBISH ABOUT THE COAL DIRTYING THE
BEACHES.
EXCEPT FOR THE RUBBISH AND FILTH DESPOSITED BY THE SEA COAL LORRIES,
OLD TYRES, GARAGE RUBBISH, OILDRUMS AND REMAINS OF ALL NIGHT FIRES, ALL OF
WHICH CAN STILL BE SEEN, THE BEACH HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER.
THE BEACHES WERE CLEAN BEFORE THE SEA COAL WAGONS STARTED THEIR
PLUNDER. WHAT A PLEASURE TO STROLL ON TRAFFIC FREE BEACHES.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE ODD
PREWAR BIKE AND BARROW AND THE BEACHES LEFT FREE FOR THE LOVERS OF CLEAR
SANDS AND NO MORE DISTASTEFUL TELEVISION REPORTS BESMIRCHING THE TOWN.
INCIDENTALLY TALKING OF DAMAGE TO THE BEACHES, IF BY HIS OWN
STATEMENT 500 TONS OF COAL HAS LAID THERE SINCE THEY WERE WARNED OFF , IT WORKS
OUT THAT IN ONE YEAR, BASING THE WEIGHT OF SEA COAL TO THAT OF WET SAND ENOUGH
COAL TO FILL THE PLAYING AREA OF WEMBLEY STADIUM FOR A DEPTH OF SEVEN FEET SIX
INCHES IS REMOVED YEARLY , SO IF YOU WONDER WHY YOU SEE ROCKS AND MARKS YOU
HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, MR PITMAN HAS DEFEATED HIS OWN ARGUMENT.
LET US HAVE PEACE, NO MORE BEACH BULLYING, NIGHT NOISES, AND
DEPOSITED RUBBISH.
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| #2minutebeachclean BEACH BUOY. |
