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Welcome. My name is Sean a humble lad from the English North Eastern town of Redcar by the Sea. This is my page with a little bit of info and pointless trivia.
My intrests include Computing, the mighty Middlesbrough Football Club, my car and attempting to be funny. I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and I do Judo for my sport. I'm currently studying for my A+ Certification and learning various computer languages such as HTML (if thats not obvious), Visual Basic, C++ and Java, I am also an advanced BTEC qualified GSM technician.
Yes this is my first attempt at a web page, but, things can only get better.
I'm a Radio Operator of the higest caliber and I make a mean cheese on toast!!
The Lovely Nell Mcandrew
"Oh Yes! She Will Be Mine."
For more images of the luscious Leeds lass click the pic.
'The Chilis'
Redcar Town Clock
"There's no place like home"
I've lived in Redcar since I was 8 years old, although I wasn't born here my mother was and many other generations of my family.
Redcar, as its full name suggests, is a seaside town situated on the North East coast of England. Sandwiched between the river Tees to the north and the North Yorkshire Moors to the south Redcar is far from just another seaside town, it is a place of history and culture.
In recent years Redcar has fell into the responsibility of many different district councils Langbaurgh, Cleveland, Teeside (the postcode is still TS10) and now Redcar & Cleveland County council, however from Redcars official birth as Riedcarre in the 9th century till the present day Redcar has been located within the physical borders of North Yorkshire (more specifically North Ridings) and many citizens of the town still use North Yorkshire in their address instead of Cleveland.
Redcar's original name of Riedcarre is popularly believed to be derived from the reeds of the marshes which once covered most of the towns land and some of which are still in evidence today. Another is the combination of the reeds and carr meaning low marshy land. In 1790 however the name of Redcar was adopted and has stuck ever since.
Redcar as it is today consists of several small community areas with unnoficial boundries these are Redcar Central, Redcar East, West Redcar (where I live), Dormanstown, Coatham, Warrenby, Kirkleatham and the Ings. Along the coast road you also have the towns of Marske by the Sea, New Marske and Saltburn by the Sea which was a favourite holiday spot of Queen Victoria, a fact which the town celebrates one week each summer with its Victorian Celebrations. You may have seen Saltburn on the TV show Hartbeat as it is the only town in the area that still has a pier.
Redcar has had a very crucial part to play in the maritime rescue history of Great Britan. In October 1802 the town of Redcar took delivery of a lifeboat named the Zetland and established a service to recover the crews of ships that crashed on the rocks of the sea. Crewed mainly by local fishermen, the Zetland and the lighthouse on the south gare breakwater of the Tees bay, saved the lives of many an unfortunate sailor. The Lifeboat itself is still with us today and recently celebrated its 200th birthday, it can be viewed at the Zetland lifeboat museum on the sea front, donations are welcome. Further down the sea front is Redcars mordern day lifeboat station with their motor powered dinghy crewed by its RNLI volounteers.
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