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My great grandfather John Dunning was from Cornsay Colliery - he worked in the coke works. Sadly he was killed in action on 21st March 1918 in France. His wife was pregnant with my grandfather at the time and they moved to Birtley. He was called William Dunning. My dad, John Dunning was named after his grandfather. I have visited my great grandad's grave in France, and I can say with hand on heart its the most moving place I have ever been.
Many of the paternal side of my family lived in Cornsay Colliery - in fact my father was born there in 1913. My great grandfather, Robert Norwood, worked at the Ferens and Love colliery there where he was responsible for all the rope work used on the haulage ways in the drift mines, and he and my great grandmother raised 7 children there. He and one of his daughters died there on two ...see more

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