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The exploits of Thomas Langley, 'The Hartley Hero'
& his fellow 'rocket men' of the local volunteer life-saving company are told at the:
Watch House Museum
Rocky Island, Seaton Sluice
(across the footbridge, to the left of The Kings Arms)
2011 Opening
2pm - 4:30pm Sundays, 5th June - 25th September
1pm - 4:00pm Saturday, 9th July
10am - 4pm Friday 9th - Saturday 10th September
10am – 4:30pm Sunday 11th September
Also the amazing story of the clipper 'California' & her figurehead,
wrecked at St. Mary's Island in January 1913
Plus the permanent collection of historic photographs & equipment
relating to the life-saving company, formed here in 1876
Admission Free
Opened to the public by members of Seaton Sluice & Old Hartley Local History Society, with the aid of Northumberland County Council
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Affiliated to the Association of Northumberland Local History Societies |