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Imperial War Museums, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Joseph Skipsey’s short poem evokes the last goodbye a Northumberland miner made each morning.
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Joseph Skipsey taught himself to read and write by candlelight, hundreds of feet below ground in a Northumberland pit.
Photo by Jastrow, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Zeus employs a little psychology to effect a reunion with his offended wife.
© James E. Petts, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
The little County Durham line built by George Stephenson and his son Robert was the place where the world’s railway infrastructure really began.
© Andrew Curtis, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
The railway earned a special place in history as the first to be designed for steam locomotives only.
© Karl and Ali, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Jesus’s apostles receive the gift of God’s Holy Spirit, and the startling effects quickly draw a crowd.