Newbiggin-by-the-sea
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a town and also civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast. Once a vital port for shipping grain and also a coal mining town, it is still a little angling port making use of traditional coble boats. Fishing has actually constantly been associated with Newbiggin, although later on numerous occupants were used in coal mining. By the Victorian period, Newbiggin was Northumberland's favorite seaside community, bring in thousands of site visitors on a daily basis in the summer months. In 1869, there were 142 cobles (fishing watercrafts) in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. Newbiggin Colliery was sunk in 1908. The colliery enclosed 1967, however at its height in 1940 1,400 guys were employed there. The former Newbiggin Colliery Band is now the Jayess Newbiggin Brass Band, called for its head of state and also previous member, cornet legend James Guard. To date, there are 72 active business based in Newbiggin.