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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Upturned Boats on the Sands (c. 1900)

 

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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Upturned Boats on the Sands - Click for bigger imageUpturned boats, called Mules, used as dwellings or stores on the beach at Newbiggin. The woman is Jane Lisle Robinson nee Brown, wife of "Old Whaler" Robinson. St. Bartholomews Anglican church can be seen in the distance.

 

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