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1926


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In Northern England:

  • 4th-13th May, the national 1926 General Strike was called by Trades Union Congress in response to wage reductions and worsening conditions for 1.2 million locked-out coal miners.
1920s Britannia Testing House, Riverside Park Hethpool Cottages Old Library Building Memorial Hall, New Hartley
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Newcastle Elementary Sports' Festival (1926)

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015771:Newcastle upon Tyne Aero Club Cramlington Aerodrome Unknown 1926

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020104:Andrew Reid & Co. 1926

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049394:Plessey Terrace High Heaton Unknown 1926

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029583:St. John's Church Grainger Street Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1926

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003831:The Swirle Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 1926

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053166:Military Orthopaedic Centre Leazes Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown c.1926

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Armistice Day Thousands Attend Deeply Impressive Service Newcastle (1926)

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Lure Of Northern Speed Trials (1926)

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Miner Dancers (1926)

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041458:B class tram no.270 Byker Depot paintshop Byker Unknown 1926

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015782:Aeroplane Newcastle upon Tyne Aero Club Cramlington Aerodrome Unknown 1926

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063950:Carliol House Pilgrim Street/Market Street Newcastle upon Tyne Philipson

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023010:J.D. ('Parky') Parkinson Newcastle upon Tyne Aero Club Cramlington Aerodrome Unknown 1926

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After Eleven Years (1926)

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Princess Mary Visit To Hartlepool On Sleeve As Princes Mary Visits & Cuts (1926)

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Cup Holders Beaten (1926)

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General Strike Number 1 (1926)

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South Shields Oust Bolton Wanderers (1926)

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10,000 Flowers (1926)

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Tynemouth 1926 Bathing Pool & Granny

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Sunderland Roker Regatta and Festival August Bank Holiday (1926) | BFI National Archive

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Miners outside the Miners’ Hall, Tyldesley, during the 1926 General Strike
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Testing guns at the firing range, Silloth

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Hethpool Cottages
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Hethpool Cottages
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053167:Coxon & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, c1926

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Britannia Testing House, Riverside Park
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Britannia Testing House, Riverside Park
Old Library Building
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Old Library Building
Memorial Hall, New Hartley
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Memorial Hall, New Hartley
- Hartley Memorial Hall is a community centre located on St Michael's Avenue in New Hartley. It was built to commemorate local servicemen who lost their lives in the First World …
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Acc 2088 Killingworth Relief soup kitchen 1926

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Ladies Football Team - Murton
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Old marriage customs at a wedding on Holy Island (1926)

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Coal miners in Amble and Dudley (1926)

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Hunting: Fox hunting: New Year's Day meet at Alnwick (1926)

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HMS Cumberland Launched (1926)

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