



The old North Pier.
Holey Rock sea wall under construction in 1935.

Wreck of the concrete barge ‘Creterock’ off Whitburn, can be seen at very low tide.




Roker Ravine. Possibly late 1800's.

The Roker Ravine Bridge, said to be the oldest wooden bridge in the U.K.

This shelter is on the route of a tram system that ran from Sunderland to the seafront at Seaburn.

The Coley Crack.
Roker lighthouse on a blowy day....

The Arendal between the piers.

British warship Sentinel on the beach at Seaburn.



Roker pier.
Rough November seas at Roker Pier,
Full moon at Roker Pier.

Cat and Dog Steps.

By the way its called Cat and Dog Steps as this is where all the cats and dogs that fell into the river Wear were washed up in days gone by!.

Bottom of The Cat and Dog Steps.

Hendon beach and the seat is still going...

Demolition of Holy Rock 1936.

Hendon South Beach on t'other side of the Wear.


A mechanical elephant ride at Seaburn in 1949, with operator Jim Sawyer.

Plodging at Roker, according to the internet you need a canoe on the end of a rope to go plodging.

Coastguard Hut on Roker Cliffs March 1939.

The Big Dipper at Seaburn.

Roker Beach in the 1880s.


Big Dipper at Seaburn, another view.
Roker Gazebo, did no harm so why was it destroyed?

Roker Beach and Promenade.

The sands Roker, not that you see much sand...



The tide's in, Seaburn, Dykelands Road to be exact.

Taking it easy down at Whitburn Bents.

The Pullman Hotel, Seaburn. All gone.
Then and now down Seaburn.


Seaburn fair, long gone.

Seaburn lights and a much more recent pic.
Miniature Railway. Lasted til the early 70's.

Series of pics of the German ship Orion the remains of which could be seen at low tides at Roker until the council dug them up.


Orion from the other side..

Norlands aground believe it is Whitburn Steel it's stuck on.

Efos aground.

First Houses Built On Seaburn Terrace, we're looking down across the Recreation Ground at the bottom of the 'corkscrew bank'and Seaburn Hotel is where the larger house and it is now called the Grand Hotel.

Cast Iron lighthouse on the South Pier . Designed by Thomas Meik . Moved in 1983 to Cliff Park.

Roker and the building is still there.


Violante aground at Hendon for a change.
Roker Baths Hotel and complete with hot and cold vapour baths and showers using water pumped up from the sea.

Putt putt down Seaburn.

Bottom of Dykelands road .

Seaburn Hall and long gone.

Roker sea front 1907.





Roker, the building was Rokoko, Smugglers & probably a few other names.
Elephants out for a stroll down Seaburn .