Structure

Scrapbook (no. 4) of newspaper cuttings …

Scrapbook (no. 4) of newspaper cuttings, mainly from the Northern Echo, dealing with topics such as the fight to save Fishburn Coke Works; raffle to help bulldoze Bessemer Park, Spennymoor; fire at Thorn Lighting Factory, Spennymoor; threat of job losses at British Shipbuilding; chain of peace from Burgh Field to Greenham Common; royal wedding of Charles and Diana; sale of only Victoria Cross awarded for the Battle of Britain; transport of nuclear waste by rail; Columbia space shuttle; 200th anniversary of the birth of John Gully of Cocken Hall, boxing champion and colliery owner; R.A.F. Lightning crash at Scarborough; footpath survey in Wear Valley; H.M.S. Sheffield sunk; Myra Hindley moved from Durham to Cookham Wood Prison; future of the Falklands; return of Steve Cram, gold medal winner of 1500 metres at Helsinki, 1981 – 84 – From:

ref no.

D/X 779/32

Notes

1 volume, card bound

Date

1768,
2002

Era

Hanoverian (1714 to 1837),
21st Century (2001 to 2100)

Dates_sort

1768

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People	Sheffield, Hindley, Gully, Cram, Charles
Places	Scarborough, Greenham Common, Cocken Hall, Fishburn, Spennymoor, Durham
Organisations	British Shipbuilding
Events	R.A.F. Lightning Crash, 200th anniversary, Royal Wedding, Battle Of Britain, Fire
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