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Wolsingham, Market Place c.1955
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This view shows the Market Place, with the A689 to Crook on the right and the B6297 to Tow Law on the left. Wolsingham has had a long association with the Roman Catholic faith. There was a time when Catholic priests took their lives in their hands as they travelled Weardale to minister to the faithful. In 1644, Father John Duckett was unfortunate enough to be arrested while on the road between Wolsingham and Tow Law. Duckett was tried and executed.

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A Selection of Memories from Wolsingham

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Wolsingham

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We Had To Laugh 1952
the shop on the corner opp.the wall,s sign had a mirror which if you stood close and waved your hand and leg in the air gave a mirror image- which HARRY WORTH used to open his show and had everyone in stitches My cousin NORMAN BURRUP was just as good and THEN off for an afternoon with Tubby Bewley learning to sharpen chisel and plane blades and then how to plane a piece of wood straight . Someone ...see more
Wolsingham, Angate Square c1965
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Upper Town 1955 1969
I was born in 1955 in a house in Upper Town. As a child I remember roller skating all the way down Upper Town and looking over this bridge into the river Waskerley.
Wolsingham, Upper Town c1965
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