England II
Sea Glass From England - Part II
Most of the sea glass found in North East England comes from the discards of a Victorian era glass production facility that was made up of several glasshouses. These glasshouses created a myriad of items such as decorative glass and bottles. This facility surrendered it's scraps of glass along with breakages etc. to the North Sea. Much of the sea glass found in the area is multicolored. This region of England has a coal mining heritage and still lives very much in the echo of the collapse of the local coal mining industry. It still struggles to recover from the closure of the local collieries. This area is rather unassuming and is not full of romanticised fairy tale English villages or hamlets. It is everyday England. The story of the sea glass that washes up on the local beaches is the real fairy tale in that it tells the story of seemingly magical transformation. Over a century later what was once considered to be worthless is emerging from the frothy North Sea as enchanting sea changed jewels.
