Newbiggin-by-the-sea
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea shore. When a vital port for delivery grain and a coal mining community, it is still a little angling port making use of traditional coble watercrafts. Angling has constantly been connected with Newbiggin, although later many occupants were used in coal mining. By the Victorian era, Newbiggin was Northumberland's preferred seaside town, bring in hundreds of site visitors on a daily basis in the summer season. In 1869, there were 142 cobles (angling watercrafts) in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. Newbiggin Colliery was sunk in 1908. The colliery closed in 1967, but at its top in 1940 1,400 males were employed there. The former Newbiggin Colliery Band is now the Jayess Newbiggin Brass Band, named for its head of state as well as previous participant, cornet tale James Guard. To date, there are 72 active business based in Newbiggin.
