A Son of the Rock

Clustered round Seaham’s War Memorial on Terrace Green are three benches commemorating those who served in the World Wars:-

Close by the War Memorial is this box for the laying of crosses and poppies in remembrance:-

Seaham was once a mining village. A fourth bench rerpresents scenes from mining life. It has struck me that this may be in memory of the Bevin Boys, men conscripted during World War 2, not into the armed forces but to mine coal. Some of these also died during their service but they are not usually commemorated on war memorials. To my mind they ought to be.