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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: graingrover on November 05, 2016, 07:20:10 pm

Title: The beginnings of our mining villages
Post by: graingrover on November 05, 2016, 07:20:10 pm

I found this remarkable historical article which had been poSted on the excellent THORNE grammar school ex Alumni site .
http://www.thornegrammarschoolalumni.org/editor_upload/File/Library/1b%20Thorne's%20Turning%20Point.pdf

Title: Re: The beginnings of our mining villages
Post by: moses on November 08, 2016, 09:26:19 pm

Really interesting.
Particularly like the bit about 300 houses built from June to December. Am adding that is the houses on the Crescent etc which are still standing today.