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- Memories Of Bishop Auckland 1905-1916
- Barbara
Laurie
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- Publisher County Durham Books
- Paperback 1993, revised in 2005
- ISBN: 1 89785 04 7
- Book description
- The author looks at the town through the eyes of her father as
a small boy. Every morning, William Johnson walked to school
through the streets of Bishop Auckland. This book describes the
sights, sounds and smells of the early years of the century. The
buildings, businesses and places of interest just before the Great
War are interwoven with the minutiae of early twentieth century
life.
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- A Lifetime In Schools 1910 - 1966 in Bishop Auckland, Crook,
Wolsingham, West Auckland and Evenwood
- Barbara
Laurie
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- Published by Barbara Laurie
- Printed by Ceddes Print and Design
- Paperback 1994
- ISBN: 0 9523461 1 7
- Book description
- Memories of a long and varied career in local schools in Bishop
Auckland, Crook, Wolsingham, West Auckland and Evenwood, retold by
his daughter. William Johnson joined St. Anne’s School in
Bishop Auckland, aged five, in 1910, and continued as a pupil at
the Barrington school, in Crook and Wolsingham, as a pupil-teacher
in Crook, then a student, teaching later in West Auckland and
finally becoming headmaster at Evenwood School. Small details of
school life - dip pens, frozen ink wells, underground air-raid
shelters - are remembered with affection.
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- Pollard and the Boar
- Barbara
Laurie
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- Published by Barbara Laurie
- Paperback 1994
- ISBN: 0 9532461 0 9
- Book description
- A retelling of the medieval legend of how the local knight,
Pollard, rid the countryside of a fierce boar which was terrorising
the population. It has been retold as a childrens' colouring book,
illustrated with line drawings by Dr. R. McManners.
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- Bishop Auckland In Wartime
- Barbara
Laurie
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- Published by Barbara Laurie
- Printed by Ceddes Print and Design
- Paperback 1995
- ISBN: 0 9523461 2 5
- Book description
- This book builds up a picture of what life was like for
ordinary people during the Second World War. It looks at rationing,
the blackout, enemy raids and many other restrictions. It does so
by reliving the wartime memories of thirty people from many walks
of life, all centred on Bishop Auckland. The last contribution is
the story of a Bishop Auckland pilot who was shot down flying a
single-seater Typhoon fighter-bomber over France, and taken
prisoner.
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- The Listed Bridges Of Bishop Auckland
- Barbara
Laurie
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- Published by Barbara Laurie
- Printed by Durham County Council
- Paperback 1995
- ISBN: 1 897585 15 2
- Book description
- The ten listed bridges of Bishop Auckland are starting points
for an exploration of little-known historic facts about the town,
and suggestions for walks and expeditions to find out more.
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- Bishop Auckland In The 1850s
- Barbara
Laurie
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- Published by Barbara Laurie
- Paperback 1996
- ISBN: 0 9523461 3 3
- Book description
- A study of one of the most vital and dynamic decades in the
development of the town. The 1850s were chosen as being an
interesting era because of the first Ordnance Survey map and the
first significant census. It soon became clear that it was a
defining decade for many other reasons, and the number of 'firsts'
recorded at this fascinating time justify the author's conclusion
that 'This was the decade when Bishop Auckland became a town and
took control of its own future.'
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- Bishop Auckland In The 1950s
- Barbara
Laurie
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- Published by Barbara Laurie
- Printed by Ceddes Print & Design
- Paperback 1998
- ISBN: 0 9523461 4 1
- Book description
- Subtitled 'The Fabulous 50s', this book takes us on a journey
through a decade of unparalleled change based on life in Bishop
Auckland in the 1950s. Nearly sixty people share their memories of
such diverse subjects as house demolition and television,
Hanratty's scrap yard and the hospital, teddy boys and a
tremendously successful amateur football team. The book ends: 'The
contrasts in this account of the 1950s are enormous. In the same
year that Florence Hopper was putting on scarf and gloves to go to
the ash closet, carrying a candle, Sputnik was orbiting the earth.
So many things that we now take for granted were just beginning to
be part of everyday life - cars, television, fridges, telephones,
self-service shopping, plastics, pop music. That is when the world
changed, in the 50s.'
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- The Changing Face Of Bishop Auckland
- Barbara Laurie
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- Published by Barbara Laurie
- Printed by Newton Press
- Paperback 2001
- ISBN: 0 9523461 5X
- Book description
- The story of Bishop Auckland from Roman times to the building of the new hospital in 2001, captured in old photographs which are precisely linked to the history of the town. A combination of researched history and memories of townspeople, this book creates an intriguing balance between the momentous and the small memories of everyday life.
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- Memories Of Wesley
- Barbara Laurie
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- Published by Bishop Auckland Community Partnership
- Printed by Bailes the Printer
- Paperback 2002
- ISBN: 0 9542571 0 3
- Book description
- When the Wesleyan Church in Newgate Street was converted into a community resource, Barbara edited a book of memories to celebrate its former use as a church.
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- Available only from the Four Clocks Centre, Newgate St. Bishop Auckland