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• Captain F.G. Moore

  Captain Frederick George Moore was not a great man and never claimed to be. He was blamed for sinking the Fifeshire[wreck-of-the-fifeshire/] and was involved with many failed ventures, but...

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• Glenhope Pioneers

  The pioneers of the Hope Valley are commemorated by a memorial at Glenhope. The small rock cairn was originally erected by the Owen Women’s Institute in 1935, close to...

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• Arthur Griffin and Nelson Hospital

  The first hospital in Nelson was a primitive building, put up in the 1840's, attached to the barracks on Church Hill. The first permanent building was erected in...

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• Teenah Handiside

  Richmond Borough Councillor 1977-1983 I find it an interesting challenge to remember my time in the early 1980s as a Borough Councillor and later a member of the Area Health...

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• Ann Bird

  One of the first women ashore from the ship Fifeshire in 1842, Ann Bird (nee Wilkins) and carpenter husband Reuben were ready for a fresh start in a...

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