Back O’ The Burn, Alston

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    Video - Simon Danby "Often also called Overburn nowadays, Back O' The Burn remains a fascinating part of our small town. It housed a candle factory (tallow), slaughterhouse and baker as well as a blacksmith's and a saw yard. We enter it by Simpson's clothiers and house furnishers and Hannah Stephenson's grocers.. And the Burn or Millrace still runs beneath it...."
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    Simon Danby
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    Local (Co-Curate)
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    Link: https://vimeo.com/646687844
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 2 years, 2 months ago
    Viewed: 389 times
    Picture Taken: Unknown
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