Men on Beach - Easington Colliery (easc0206)

Photograph showing four men dressed in boots and coats carrying buckets on a beach close to the breakers; the photograph shows the sea on the left and the cliffs on the right; the man standing closest to the sea is holding a net of some kind; they have been identified as being in Easington Colliery

Men on Beach - Easington Colliery

Photograph showing four men dressed in boots and coats carrying buckets on a beach close to the breakers; the photograph shows the sea on the left and the cliffs on the right; the man standing closest to the sea is holding a net of some kind; they have been identified as being in Easington Colliery

Date: 1970 - 1979

The 'net' is for scooping sea coal from the beach. These men are working at the shore line collecting the coal waste that was dumped by the aerial flight. Each high tide would bring in fresh 'seams' of coal running the length of the beach, but competition was fierce especially during the strikes and winter and many didn't wait for the sea to go totally out before collecting. The result of this work would be cycles loaded with bags of sea coal as shown in a previous picture

Comment added by Keith Sterling on 06/01/2009 12:18:00

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