Thomas Peebles born 1921 isolated the virus leading to the in the 1960s. Infectious diseases killed in & & still could. World-wide millions, are now unprotected against deadly diseases because of

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Spoiled Pretty by Sherry Shipley

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General George Klapka, a leader of the Hungarian Uprising, stayed with wool merchants the Hurst family in Hall in 1849/50? Very popular with the British public, writer & humorist Jerome Klapka Jerome born 1859, took his name. https://t.co/E9v2pB5h4e

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The branch of the Penny Bank est by Sir Edward Akroyd born 1810. One of the largest manufacturers & contemporary of he founded Akroydon village & lived in Bankfield, now a Museum. He was buried in All Souls in 1887.

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Crowds paying respect at the memorial by renowned local sculptor J H Cawthra. It was moved from Nab Wood Cemetery to Crowghyll Park. memorial is in the grounds of the

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Cornish Centenary lectures at Sedgefield 30th Sep. Tennant’s Leyburn October 10th and Shipley Art Gallery October 26th details at https://t.co/evXcGounXJ

    

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Windhill Manor was home to the Sooty Museum in the 1990s. was created in 1948 by puppeteer Harry Corbett, Harry Ramsden’s nephew. A commemorative stamp was issued 1996.

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All you needed to know in 1956 about the Glen funicular A top speed of 20mph, tuppence to travel up & a copper to come down. Still a treat for & families.

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Yes, it’s great that it’s possible to see the old market town of its historic buildings & the charm of the old centre.

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Thomas & Mary Ann Cooper & 8 children lived in the original thatched Bracken Hall in 1850. They were the first to sell teas on Glen when stepping stones were the only way over the at & where sozzled poet John Nicholson slipped for the last time.

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After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 19 July 1919 was declared as the Peace Day Reactions were mixed to any notion of celebrating. A glum gathering in

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Sir hospital to the rescue after a terrible accident in four years after the formation of the 1895 Cycling Club. https://t.co/wIVFQAAI33

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Celebrations in for the coronation of George V & Mary of Teck at Westminster Abbey 1911. The spectacular 1873 Town Hall was designed by Lockwood & Mawson, the architects & built by John Ives & Son of

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W E Crowther, former stationmaster at died in June 1918, 17yrs after losing both legs at work when run over by a train. He missed out on recuperating at the Railwaymen’s Convalescent Home in opened in 1915. Thorpe Hall apartments since 2003.

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British Pathé has a film of the to Salts Mill by George V & Queen Mary 1918 with shots of crowds at Fox Corner & Victoria Rd. They wrote: “..what a pleasure it was ..to pass through the thickly populated centre of &

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"The sun rose slowly, like a fiery furball coughed up uneasily onto a sky-blue carpet by a giant unseen cat." -Michael McGarel
Art: Hot Stuff by Sherry Shipley

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Either end of the Glen tramway, which celebrates its 124th birthday tomorrow, 18th May. Free rides for an old copper penny, a ‘new’ ha’penny & anyone in or garb. Noon to 4pm

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