Title
Whitley Bay Golf Course, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, 23/04/1953. Creator: John Laing plc.
Caption
A view of scrapers at work during the restoration of Whitley Bay Golf Course, following the completion of opencast mining on the site. John Laing and Son Ltd had started opencast mining operations in 1942 to meet wartime needs. The work was expanded by the company after the war and in 1948 opencast coal mining took place at Golf Course Opencast Coal Site in the Monkseaton area of Whitley Bay. By 1953 the mine was closed and the land was reclaimed.
Date
1953
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive
Reference
HRM21B15_491
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
81,7Mb (5,3Mb) / 17,8in x 17,8in / 5346 x 5340 (300dpi)