Seaton Colliery Inn (Now The Phoenix) - Seaham (seah0193)

Photograph of approximately twenty eight people standing outside a building with three large windows and two doorways; above the windows is a sign running the length of the building reading: Seaton Colliery Inn; the men are wearing suits and caps and the women aprons and shawls; the building has been identified as being re-named as The Phoenix at a later date and as being in Seaham

Seaton Colliery Inn (Now The Phoenix) - Seaham

Photograph of approximately twenty eight people standing outside a building with three large windows and two doorways; above the windows is a sign running the length of the building reading: Seaton Colliery Inn; the men are wearing suits and caps and the women aprons and shawls; the building has been identified as being re-named as The Phoenix at a later date and as being in Seaham

Date: 1897

I believe that the first pit sunk at the "Nack" was called Seaton Colliery and the town to the west was Seaton. The Pub received a direct hit by a bomb in second world war, kiling several people. It was later rebuilt - hence the name "Phoenix", the bird which arose from the ashes.

Comment added by Thomas Oliver on 18/03/2009 11:44:00

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