North East Art Prints - Day Trippers

North East Art Prints - Day TrippersSigned print size 59cm x 28cm From the surrounding pit villages, day trippers by the bus load descend on the beaches of the North East. Tents are hired and erected by the men folk who then retire to the nearest pub, leaving the women and kids to enjoy themselves, building sandcastles, drinking pop, eating greasy chips and sandy egg and tomato sandwiches. For the real hardy, a dip in the North Sea. Robert Olley Artwork

'Beware of a friend with an ulterior motive'

"January 9th 1972 miners all over Britain came out on strike and the movement of fuel suppliers were halted by the National Union of Mineworkers

South Shields Marine Park on a sunny Sunday morning is enjoyed by all

Although taking paper underground was not encouraged

Fortunately he fell onto a pile of fine dust that temporarily sealed the wound and prevented massive blood loss

frosty night fell the Coal Bandits

dash into the New Crown bar where my Dad would have a pint waiting for me on the bar counter just before the pub closed at 10pm

'Better humble security than gilded danger'

And thus they both

It is not the game so much as the banter that make every Sunday so entertaining

but when she was safe within the cave

3 The colours of the recipients team or origination