Belgium


from Beamish (flickr)
A group of Belgian refugees from Elisabethville, Birtley

Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from Beamish (flickr)
Belgian Girls' School, Elisabethville, Birtley

Pinned by Simon Cotterill
Elisabethville
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Elisabethville
- Did you know there used to be a Belgian village in Gateshead?! Elisabethville in Birtley provided temporary housing for a community of around 6000 Belgiam refugees during the First Word War. …
from IllustratedChronicles (flickr)
George Renton - Fundraiser - Path Head, Wooler

Pinned by Simon Cotterill

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