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	The information on this section of the website has been researched and compiled by BRIC creative writers, supported by local historian Gordon Smith, a member of Blyth Local History Society.
	PEOPLE John ‘Scribe’ Fraser		Writer and publisher
	Richard Fynes		From mine worker to theatre owner
	Willie Horn		Evangelist and shoemaker
	Matty Tate		The Pitman Poet
	The Tearle Brothers		Actors and theatrical producers
	EVENTS The Growth of the Unions		The miners’ struggle
	Jubilee Year		Not everybody celebrated
	Miners and Measles		Strikes and sickness
	A Town of Coal and Ships		Blyth’s yards and docks
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