Seacoalers

A further selection of images from my seacoaler portfolio, this time not just the Northumberland men working with pony and cart (see the Working animals section), but including images from Hartlepool, where firmer beaches have allowed the coal to be gathered by vehicles, primarily today Land Rovers. The coal washed ashore at Hartlepool does not come from colliery waste, but from exposed coal seams on the seabed. The beaches here are in a much more built up area and the work of the seacoalers gives rise to much local controversy.