lumpsucker
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Ha haa, like BA Baraccus! Pity the fool mtf, nobody gunna get me in no tunnel. They should open it up and charge a toll for the hardnuts when the seas away
Roker pier tunnel
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Ha haa, like BA Baraccus! Pity the fool mtf, nobody gunna get me in no tunnel. They should open it up and charge a toll for the hardnuts when the seas away
lol
clarky
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I think that's exactly what some think Alan. It'll be closed for all one day soon
Stewart 1971
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I remember my old man and me going into a tunnel under Seaham north pier when I was a nipper (this was back in the early 1980's when the old railway tunnels around the docks were still accessible); can't remember how far along the pier it went the entrance was from the side of the pier where the little beach is in the harbour
seanyrooroo
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The entrance used to be in the wall below where the gates are now. It ran all the way to the lighthouse. It was always shin deep in sea water and there were rumours of rats lol.
OuTkast76
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cant find any pictures of it but was just reading that during WWII they stores torpedos and a launcher on or under the pier, also a german U boat was sunk by one of its own mines just off the pier, Bit of useless info 
oh and the tunnel is gas lit so i read
oh and the tunnel is gas lit so i read
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Steve Bell
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Tynemouth has a tunnel. You can see the doorway on the lower level at the end.
Davyred
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It won't stop people going on though, myself included.
codseeker
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nor me ...... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
lovetofish
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The tunnel through Roker Pier was built into its structure so the lighthouse keeper who originally lived in the house located at the entrance to the pier could have safe passage to and from the lighthouse during rough seas. The lighthouse was manually operated and not automated like it is today.
"Anyone climbing over the gate and getting trapped should be left on"
I don't think this statement will be the view of many anglers, all will agree that putting themselves in danger of the losing their lives to the sea beggars belief, but as for being left is a life threatening situation where they could be washed into the sea and drowned as a punishment for being there is outrageous.
Regards Rushy
"Anyone climbing over the gate and getting trapped should be left on"
I don't think this statement will be the view of many anglers, all will agree that putting themselves in danger of the losing their lives to the sea beggars belief, but as for being left is a life threatening situation where they could be washed into the sea and drowned as a punishment for being there is outrageous.
Regards Rushy
Tunnels in the north east,
Tunnels in the north east,
I have been told theirs a tunnel that runs from Tynemouth Priory up to Seaton Delavel Hall, It was an escape route for the monks when the Vikings popped in to have a bit of a go at us, It was discovered when they were putting the foundations in for the leisure Pool, at W/Bay .. Guess this area must be riddled with them, Interesting though,
Tunnels in the north east,
I have been told theirs a tunnel that runs from Tynemouth Priory up to Seaton Delavel Hall, It was an escape route for the monks when the Vikings popped in to have a bit of a go at us, It was discovered when they were putting the foundations in for the leisure Pool, at W/Bay .. Guess this area must be riddled with them, Interesting though,
