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History of the First Public Railway – M. Heavisides.

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Michael Heavisides – The History of the First Public Railway – Stockton and Darlington Railway – the Opening day and What followed.


Coal prices went down…


View the book online here
https://archive.org/details/cu31924030117471 
Formats – eg on line or pdf


Read the book on line here https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030117471#page/n0/mode/2up



And from Henry Heavisides – The Annals of Stockton

Relating to Thomas Hackworth – John Wesley Hackworth’s brother who took over at Shildon and set up as part of the Clarence line. – 

Photos of Joan Hackworth Weir

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This is a photo from 1947 when Joan was about 27.

Joan 5 years old at the 1925 Centenary with the Hackworth Family
Joan (with the glasses) at the 2004 opening of Locomotion at Shildon with grandsons Kyle and Kristian Teasdel and their father Trevor. (1st and 2nd left of picture).
Joan is on the left and Jane Young 2nd left – 2005 opening of the Locomotion, Shildon.

Joan at the 1975 opening of the Timothy Hackworth Museum, Shildon
Joan with daughter Margaret Weir.

Joan’s sister Margaret Parsons (Ferguson)