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The Dolans of Tyneside – an Irish-Northumbrian Diaspora

Photo: Clara Vale School c1900, where a generation of Dolans were educated. Image is courtesy of iSee Gateshead collection who own copyright. When Clara Vale colliery on Tyneside opened in the late 1880s, the news spread to Cumberland that there was guaranteed work with good wages, and new modern houses for those willing to go down into the … Read more

Northumberland. North Tyne and Rede: Shops & businesses (1930-1960)

Contributors: Clive Dalton. Don Clegg & Sylvia Clegg (nee Armstrong), Les Armstrong, Geoff Dagg, Bill Charlton, Nancy McLauchlan (nee Brown), Ken Prebble, Philip Easton. Paul Salisman, Noel Wanless. When you think back, there were an enormous number of hard working business people up the North Tyne and Rede providing dedicated service to their local customers … Read more