Here are 30 more photos of people enjoying a day at the beach and the quay over the decades from the 1930s until 2023.
For our earlier selection of photos, click here.
5. Time to build a sand castle
The annual Headland carnival sand castle competition gets underway at Fish Sands in 2014. Photo: Tom Yeoman
7. Walks along the pier
The old skeleton pier, pictured here in 1966, was used by the people of Hartlepool for fishing and as a diving platform. That was until it was dismantled and replaced by the structure that is here today. Photo: Other, third party
8. Boat skippers
Fishing boat skippers Paul Graves (left) and Major Hartley take a stroll along the quay in 2008. Photo: TC
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