Pan Point, Amble
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Pan Point, Amble
Image: © Geoff Holland Taken: 17 Sep 2020
The incoming tide crashes against the sandstone cliffs of Pan Point with Cliff House standing high above the sea. In the distance, Coquet Island is just visible. At the time of the construction of the harbour at Amble in the 1840's, the Clerk of Works built the substantial property of Cliff House which overlooked the project. The property also as a 'tommy shop' for the labourers involved in the project. The 1901 edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable notes that the 'tommy shop' is, "where wages are paid to workmen who are expected to lay out a part of the money for the good of the shop. 'Tommy' means bread or a penny roll, or the food taken by a workman in his handkerchief as well as meaning goods in lieu of money.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.336942
Longitude
-1.570858