hot stuff

The Hot Stuff Chilli Company are based in Whitley Bay on the chilly Northumberland coast . This was taken at their stall at the recent EAT festival in Newcastle upon Tyne

Windsor Fountain 1937

an Art Deco drinking fountain at Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear

Saint Mary's Lighthouse

St Mary's Lighthouse, near Whitley Bay, is on a tidal island which  is linked to the mainland by a  concrete causeway which is submerged at periods of high tide.

The lighthouse and adjacent keepers' cottages were built in 1898.  The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1984.

sandcastles

Sandcastles by Richard Broderick on Whitley Bay promenade

Annual Boxing Day Swim at Whitley Bay

North Sea, Boxing Day

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the annual Boxing Day swim organised by www.nsvl.org.uk at Whitley Bay this morning. Sea temperature about 4C.

roadside shrine

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roadside 'shrines' such as this are an increasingly common sight on UK roads ; they are found at the sites of fatal road accidents where the relatives and friends of the victims leave messages, flowers and sometimes teddy bears and football shirts in memory of their loved ones.

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St Mary's Island, Whitley Bay

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St. Mary's Island is connected to the mainland by a short man-made causeway which is covered by the tides twice a day. The lighthouse was built in 1898 and was in service until 1984.
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