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Posted on 24 August 2008.
MEMORABLE DINNER 1856 In the fifties a factory was built by Hopper’s at Colliery Row, and with that came the provision of adequate facilities for the quick despatch of goods, a branch line being laid into the end of the factory, says Mr George Dawson, of Shiney Row. About the time of the Colliery Row [...]
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Posted on 24 August 2008.
TONGUE OF BIG BEN The Co-Operative Society buildings formerly the site of Hopper Houses, home of George Hopper who founded the famous foundry and axle crank factory, long disappeared. These works extended from Sunderland Street to Hopper Square. There used to be a wagon way-way from there passing by the Grey Horse lane across Newbottle [...]
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Posted on 19 July 2008.
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