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Description: | Roker Lower Promenade, Sunderland, about 1890. There had not been much development of Roker as a resort before the 1880s. In 1886 work started on the lower promenade giving employment to the unemployed of the town. The work was finished in 1890. The beach was popular for bathing and some amusements including Shuggy Boats can be seen on the sands. When this picture was taken, building work on Roker Pier was still in progress. The Pier was opened with a ceremony on 23 September 1903. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East buildings and views Sunderland leisure | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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