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| Postcard
of Hexham from the Railway Station. Postmarked Bishop Auckland, October 1904. Publisher unknown. |
Photograph
from a
similar viewpoint, taken in May 2009. View looks approximately
the same but it's difficult to tell due to the buildings in the
foreground. |
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| Another
view of Hexam from a slightly different location. Postmarked
1910(?) to Chopwell, Co. Durham. Published in "The Bridge Series"
by J.W. Jur., Sunderland. The message on the card includes the
quote "Workers unite! You have nothing to lose bar the chains!
Chopwell was nickamed "Little Moscow" due to support in the town
for Communism and some streets are named after Communist leaders. |
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photograph taken May 2009 from a similar viewpoint. Not quite
right as the true position appeared to be in the middle of a busy road. |
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| Postcard
of the Benson Memorial. Published in the Hills Aquatint Series.
Postmarked Hexham Aug. 27th., 1905. Col. George Elliot
Benson was a local hero who was killed in the Boer War. The
statue was erected by public subscription in March 1904, so the
postcard was posted just over 1 year later. The statue features
in many postcards of the period. |
Photograph of the memorial taken in May 2009. |
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| Postcard of St. Wilfred's
Gateway, Hexham. Postmarked South Shields, November 1905.
Publisher unknown. This gateway is on the site of St.
Wilfred's Cathedral which was destroyed by the Danes in 821. For
more details see the plaque below. |
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