The Bloggler

Hartlepool is actually the town where I was born.  It lies in the the County of Durham near the River Tees estuary on the north east coast of England. The first three photographs were taken in September 2016 at 'Hartlepool's Maritime Experience' - a major visitor attraction in Hartlepool, now the National Museum of the Royal Navy. The concept of the attraction is the thematic re-creation of an 18th-century seaport, in the time of Lord Nelson, Napoleon and the Battle of Trafalgar.  The site is within Hartlepool's Historic Quay which contained redundant docks and old repair sheds and timber yards.  It was regenerated in the early 1990's.  The original buildings have been restored, repaired and extended to show just how a working seaport like this would have looked like in the 1700s and early 1800s.  I have to say, it is one of the best 'living' museums I have been to.    There may not be many doors visible but you can see they are in keeping with authen...