Prudhoe & District Local History Society
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Images & lists of soldiers killed in WWI & WWII
St Mary Magdalene Cemetery/2
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1. Places
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1.1 Eltringham
1.2 High Prudhoe
1.3 Low Prudhoe
1.4 West Wylam
1.5 Mickley
1.6 Hexham
1.7 Stocksfield
1.8 Ovingham/Ovington
1.9 West Prudhoe
1.10 Road Ends, Front Street and Stonyflat Bank
1.11 Castle Road and Western Avenue
2. Activities
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2.1 Entertainment
2.2 Football
2.3 Cricket
2.4 Bowls
2.5 Athletics
2.6 Cycling
2.7 Swimming
2.8 Golf
2.9 Other Sports
3. Public Services and Occasions
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3.1 Public Services
3.2 Fire Service
3.3 Post Boxes
3.4 Public Occasions
3.5 Wars and Victory
3.6 War Memorials
3.7 Maps
3.8 Wells of Prudhoe
3.9 End of the Penny Toll
3.10 Prudhoe By-Pass Construction
4. Church and School
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4.1 Church and Chapel
4.2 Schools
5. Commerce and Industry
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5.1 Shops
5.2 Industry
5.3 Mining
5.4 Public Houses
5.5 Agriculture/Horticulture
5.6 Other Commerce
5.7 Coking in Prudhoe
6. Travel
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6.1 Crossing the Tyne
6.2 Transport
7. Castle/Hall/Hospital
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7.1 Prudhoe Castle
7.2 Prudhoe Hall
7.3 Prudhoe Hospital
7.4 Prudhoe Hospital Walled Garden
8. People
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8.1 Social Groups
9 General
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9.1 Now and Then
9.2 Other
Liddle family photographs
Guest Area - North Tyne
Poss Sticks Book Launch 2012
St Mary Magdalene Cemetery/1
Extracts from 'A Prudhoe Likeness'
Section 1
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PROUD HEIGHTS OR PRUDHA’S HILL
FROM VILLAGE TO TOWN
OUT OF OVINGHAM AND MICKLEY
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
RAIDS AND RATIONING
JOHN WESLEY SPARKS A FLAME
STARTED BY EIGHT MEN FROM WYLAM!
FROM FAMILY SEAT TO HOSPITAL & PLACE OF WORSHIP
PALACE OR POLLUTED ‘RAA’?
WATER FOR MAN AND BEAST
Section 2
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END OF THE PENNY TOLL
“THE LITTLE VILLAGE DOWN THE BANK”
INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
FROM LIME TO DEMOLITION
TRAGEDY FOR PRUDHOE
FIRE! STOKE THE BOILER!
A CANNY PINT AND MORE BESIDES
THE COAL BOOM BRINGS SCHOOLS
“FALCONER’S ACADEMY”
PRUDHOE NATIONAL SCHOOL
Section 3
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FOUNDED BY THE LIDDELLS
A TRANSIENT POPULATION, SCHOOL FEES & EPIDEMICS
THE NEW SCHOOLS
EDUCATION FOR YOUNG AND OLD
LET THERE BE LIGHT
THE EDGE WELL
A NEW USE FOR THE CASTLE?
ALONG THE FRONT STREET
FAMILY ENTERPRISES
UP “THE TOON”
Section 4
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR
THE WIDER WORLD OPENS UP
STATION GATE Eltringham
THE POINTS
A PROUD SPORTING TRADITION
MEN OF SPORTING TALENT
THE MEN IN WHITES
ON THE GREEN
IT BEGAN BESIDE ‘THE SUEY
FROM THE REX TO WATERWORLD
Section 5
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OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY
FANCIERS OF FEATHER
A SLAP-UP TEA AND A GOSSIP
Personal Memories
Margaret Hepworth
Nancy Snaith
Marian Smailes
Jim and Anne Standish
Marcus Gatenby
Bill Hunter
Norman Roberts
Peggy Ballantyne
Ronnie Howson
Bernard Stewart (West Wylam)
Joe Wallis
John Currey
Dr Donald Golightly
Interviews with woman from Heddon
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