View of Houses - Easington Colliery (easc0193)

Photograph, taken from the slope of a hill, looking out over the roofs of rows of houses running away from the camera to the sea; a large chapel-like building and a large college-like building can be seen at the forefront of the houses; the place has been identified as Easington Colliery

View of Houses - Easington Colliery

Photograph, taken from the slope of a hill, looking out over the roofs of rows of houses running away from the camera to the sea; a large chapel-like building and a large college-like building can be seen at the forefront of the houses; the place has been identified as Easington Colliery

Date: 1970 - 1979

The large chapel like building, was a cinema called the Hippodrome , and the college like building was the Royal British Legion club.easington colliery.

Comment added by Brian Dixon on 27/10/2008 14:09:00

Comment: Large building to the left is the former British Legion and the large building to the right is the former Hippodrome cinema. Rutherfor View is now standing on the site that was the Hippodrome and what was the empty plot between the Hippodrome and the Legion.

Comment added by Christine Stoker on 03/09/2008 16:57:00

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