35 fantastic pictures of Hartlepool Round Table Boxing Day Dip 2023 as event sees massive turnout

This year’s Boxing Day Dip saw one of its best turnouts for years with more than 600 registering to make a splash.

Published 26th Dec 2023, 15:43 BST

Updated 27th Dec 2023, 08:17 BST

Many were doing it to raise money for great causes, while others joined in just for the fun of it.

Mail photographer Frank Reid was in the thick of it to capture the occasion.

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Friends from Hartlepool and Stockton Health dressed as pirates and did the dip in aid of the Stroke Association and Harbour refuge. Picture by FRANK REID

1. Jolly good fun

Friends from Hartlepool and Stockton Health dressed as pirates and did the dip in aid of the Stroke Association and Harbour refuge. Picture by FRANK REID Photo: Frank Reid

Just some of the 25 members of the Brass Monkey sea swimming group who joined in the Boxing Day tradition.

2. Brass Monkeys

Just some of the 25 members of the Brass Monkey sea swimming group who joined in the Boxing Day tradition. Photo: Mark

Mum Liz Metcalf from Seaton Carew does the dip each year with her three-year-o,d daughter Harper and was 10-month-old Ferne's first.

3. Family tradition

Mum Liz Metcalf from Seaton Carew does the dip each year with her three-year-o,d daughter Harper and was 10-month-old Ferne's first. Photo: Mark Payne

Members of the Cancer Research team who raise money at events across Teesside. They are on course to have raised around £250,000 this year.

4. Cancer Research colleagues

Members of the Cancer Research team who raise money at events across Teesside. They are on course to have raised around £250,000 this year. Photo: Mark