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As I Came Through Sandgate
By John Telford

... I heard John Wesley sing. A visitor on the quayside on Sunday May 30th, 1742, would have stumbled into a crowd agape and a determined clergyman singing psalms.

In 1742, John Wesley extended his northern preaching tour to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a large, cramped city by the North Sea, founded on coal mining and the coal-trade of England’s east coast. Many areas were grindingly poor, and over time ignorance and want had so tightened their grip that violence and addiction kept areas such as Sandgate, down on the Quayside, utterly wretched. Naturally, it was to Sandgate that Wesley at once demanded to go.

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A traditional Northumberland folksong.

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Jigsaw Sentences

Join each group of ideas together to make a single sentence, in as many ways as you can.

Combine each group of ideas together to form a single sentence. Try to do it in more than one way for each group. You may change anything you like so long as the overall meaning remains the same. Use the suggested words if you want to.

1 I have suggested some changes. Make the changes. Then the board will accept your proposal. [If. Once. Provided.]

2 He expected a long wait. He did not want to fall asleep. He began a crossword puzzle. [Awake. Risk. Time.]

3 Someone has left footprints. They are very deep. He must have been carrying something heavy. [Depth. Judge. Weigh.]

Based on Exercises 12-13 (1939) by NL Clay.

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