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Monday 20 May 2024
20/05/2024

Hebburn

Hidden talent of Hebburn revealed

As a production line for professional footballers, Wallsend Boys Club has a widely acclaimed record. But a 1914-15 photograph which has surfaced has helped reveal how another Tyneside town has its own enviable record as a ‘football factory’. The picture of Hebburn Argyle is being sold by Graham Budd Auctions, with people able to place …

Eyes and ears

GREEN FOR STOP: The Green Party candidate for Tees Valley Mayor has withdrawn from the election on May 2 because she does not want to help Ben Houchen get a third term in office. Speaking to The Yorkshire Post, Sally Bunce said: “The main reason I stepped back was because it was becoming clear that …

All’s Well That Ends Well

For the boy growing up in Shakespeare Avenue in the South Tyneside town of Hebburn, not even the Bard could have imagined the drama of the life which lay in store for the youngster. Dominic Bruce, born in Hebburn in 1915, made 17 escape attempts as a prisoner of war of the Germans. During the …

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