We were out for a meal last night & afterwards Garth took us for a little ride out to Glasson Dock.
We parked up & looked out over the marsh to Sunderland Point.
Sunderland is unique in the UK as being the only community to be on the mainland & yet dependant on tidal access.
There is a single track road which is covered by water every high tide.
The school children are sometimes late for lessons or have to leave early depending on tides.
Sunderland was also part of the slavery triangle & local boys & young men were also plied with drink & whisked away on the ships.
One slave called Sambo was left on the shore there while his master went on to the port of Lancaster. He was never picked up again & died on Sunderland. His grave is there for all to visit & is a local tourist attraction where folk go & leave flowers & pictures painted by children.
He died in 1736.
Sunderland Point is on the horizon….I couldn’t get nearer! There are a number of late 17th century & Georgian dwellings which are well protected against the weather apparently. I have never been on there but might be interesting in the summer!
lovely shot , as for the slave trade , words cannot describe the inhumanity of it , unfortunately 'modern day slavery' still exists... sorry Pat didn't men to have a rant !!!
@maggiemae Little Black Sambo was set in India when the writer Helen Bannerman was living there with her husband Dr William Burney Bannerman who was a physician in the Indian Medical Service. It was one of the earliest books I remember having when I was a small child.
@phil_howcroft Indeed Phil & truly vile trade but only one among many atrocities done in the days before people came to their senses a bit!
Some if todays behaviour will possibly looked at in time as beyond the pale? Times change thankfully!
@maggiemae Little Black Sambo was set in India when the writer Helen Bannerman was living there with her husband Dr William Burney Bannerman who was a physician in the Indian Medical Service. It was one of the earliest books I remember having when I was a small child.
Thanks @onewing fir the info?
Some if todays behaviour will possibly looked at in time as beyond the pale? Times change thankfully!
Agreed Carole!