A selection of photographs and documents kindly shared with this project by Mrs. Sheila Nicolson.
A gift envelope from the South Durham Steel & Iron Co. to commemorate the 1937 Coronation.
More detail »A slightly battered photograph from Mrs. Sheila Nicolson's family album, featuring a group of people from the Old Town taken around 1924.
"Front from the left Peter Evans, John Evans. The Baby sat on gentleman's knee is my uncle William (Billy) Dickson (born 1922), who looks to be around 18 months/2 years old. He is sat on the knee of someone called Albert (surname unknown). The person on end of group is unknown. On the row behind the man with arms folded is Banty Muers and next to him the girl with the long hair is my mother Kathleen Dickson (she was born in 1917).
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