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        • Bedlington Ironworks by Chris Bergen
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        • R. B. Longridge and Co
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        • Childrens Employment Commision 1842
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        • Bronze rapier found at Bebside
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      • Sheepwash Love Tragedy
      • The Sun Inn Murders 1913 >
        • Sun Inn Murder Story (Part One)
        • Sun Inn Murders Story (Part Two)
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        • Letter to Amos 18th April 1913
        • Authorising Letter from John Amos 20th April 1913
        • Letter Written by John Amos 19th April 1913
        • Letter Written by John Amos 26th April 1913
        • Letter Written by John Amos 15th July 1913
        • Letter Written by John Amos 20th July 1913
        • Sun Inn Murders Poem
        • The Funeral of Mrs Grice
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        • Police Chief Looks Back
      • The Wedding Day Murder
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      • A Newbiggin Custom
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    • Sport in the mining communities 1800 - 1914 >
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    • Our Colliery Villages >
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        • Our Colliery Villages Barrington 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Bebside 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Bedlington 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Cambois 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Choppington 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Dudley 1873
      • page 2 >
        • Our Colliery Villages East Holywell 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Netherton 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages New Delaval 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Newsham 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Seaton Burn 1873
        • Our Colliery Villages Sleekburn 1873
      • Page 3 >
        • Our Colliery Villages Pelton Fell 1873
    • The Secret Army >
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      • The Cholera Epidemic of 1831 - 32
      • The story of Fenwicks
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          • Ashington soldiers letters from the front line
          • Barrington soldiers letters from the front line
          • Bedlington soldiers letters from the front line.
          • Blyth soldiers letters from the front line
          • Choppington soldiers letters from the front line
        • Page Two >
          • Morpeth soldiers letters from the front line
          • Netherton soldiers letters from the front line
          • West Sleekburn soldiers letters from the front line
      • Tyneside >
        • Tyneside soldiers letters from the front line
        • Whitley Bay soldiers letters from the front line
      • Hugh Cairns of Ashington. (Victoria Cross)
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      • Letter from King George VI to school children
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