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Easington: People, Past and Present
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Mining Durham’s Hidden Depths
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Binchester
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Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
Durham Light Infantry objects, photos, memorials and memories of this military campaign in South Africa
Stockton & Darlington railway
Track the development of early railways in County Durham since the 1820s
In pursuit of perfection
Listen to John (Pop) Porter talking in 1976 about how to grow prize leeks at Peterlee
Birth, marriage and death certificates
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Richard Annand, VC
The first British Army soldier of the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in May 1940
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1964 – O-T
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1965 – I-N
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Alfred Hesler, for 1968 – O-T
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1949 – A-D
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1949 – I-N
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Annual report of the General Secretary, Sam Watson, for 1956 – A-D
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Committee and Council minutes, balance sheets, etc., January – June 1880 – A-D
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Council programmes, minutes and returns, January 1940 – January 1941 – E-H
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D.M.A. Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January – June 1925 – I-N
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D.M.A. Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., January – June 1927 – A-D
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D.M.A. Ascertainments, balance sheets, printed notices, posters, etc., July – December 1925 – U-Z
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General Election accounts, 1918 – E-H
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General Election accounts, 1918 – O-T
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General expenditure ledger, 3 July 1900 – 24 March 1904 – U-Z
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Minute book of Committee Meetings [unsigned], August 1913 – October 1916 – I-N
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National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area) General Secretary's Annual Report, 1950 – U-Z
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Analysis book, June 1918 – January 1920 – I-N
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Cash book, 15 July 1895 – 30 June 1898 – A-D
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Cash book, 30 August 1912 – 14 October 1912 – O-T
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Sick Fund entrance fees, 1885 – 1903 – U-Z
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Treasurer's Post Office Order Book, 12 January 1911 – 13 February 1913 – E-H
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1919 – March 1921 – A-D
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Treasurers' cash book, July 1922 – November 1924 – E-H
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Treasurers' cash book, March 1921 – June 1922 – E-H
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'Notes, Sketches and Plans on Arbitration, etc.', relating to production problems and labour disputes at Whitburn [or Marsden] Colliery, 20 January 1939 – 4 December 1941 – O-T
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – A-D
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – E-H
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – E-H
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – I-N
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – I-N
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – O-T
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Annual Review of the Work of the Compensation Department, later called Annual Reports and Compensation Reports, 1927, 1929 – 1946 – O-T
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – E-H
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 16 October 1914 – 4 February 1915 – O-T
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – A-D
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 March 1910 – 15 November 1910 – I-N
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 24 May 1911 – 19 August 1911 – U-Z
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Compensation Committee Letter Book, 6 November 1913 – 9 March 1914 – A-D
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – E-H
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – I-N
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Compensation Department, Reports of meetings of the Arbitration Committee (labelled 'Minutes of Arbitration Committee'), vol.1, 9 September 1918 – 1 December 1919 – O-T
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Individual appeals and umpires' awards, 1925 – 1934 – U-Z
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Letters out (copies), April 1889 – July 1891 – E-H
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Letters out (copies), January 1913 – February 1914 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), June 1916 – January 1917 – A-D
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Letters out (copies), May 1895 – July 1897 – O-T
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Letters out (copies), October 1896 – April 1898 – A-D
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Out-letter book, 1 March – 28 July 1921 – E-H
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – A-D
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Parcels for prisoners of war giving names, postal addresses, lodges, etc., 1943 – 1944 – I-N
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