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Ken Smith
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Join date: Jan 12, 2023
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Mar 15, 2024 ∙ 5 min
Steam Power and Tragedies
The year 1814 witnessed George Stephenson construct his first steam locomotive while working as an enginewright at the West Moor Pit,...
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Jan 31, 2024 ∙ 4 min
Tenderness and remembrance at Barras Bridge
Regular contributor and prolific local historian Ken Smith continues his research on the memorials at Barras Bridge - the centre of...
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Nov 30, 2023 ∙ 4 min
A churchyard forever linked to the miners
By Ken Smith Heworth's St Mary's Church has been a site of worship for around 1300 years. In more recent years, the site has became...
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