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Pictures submited from Geoff Robinson

Pictures submited from Geoff Robinson

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Fencehouses Modern School Prize Day 1964

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MEMORABLE DINNER 1856

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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THE TONGUE OF BIG BEN MADE IN FENCE HOUSES

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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Letter from a POW to his sister

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Government Evacuation Scheme Sept 8th 1939

Thanks to Mr Peter Morris for this information

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A Letter to Mrs J Hall from the N. U. M. 1939

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A Letter to Mrs J Hall from the N. U. M. 1947

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Lumley Sixth Pit (Colliery) Welcome Home Fund 1945

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Lumley Colliery Welcome Home Fund 1951

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