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Edward VIII

A Three-day visit to the County Durham and Northumberland coalfields

1929
County Durham and Northumberland coalfields, England, United Kingdom

In 1929 Sir Alexander Leith, a leading Conservative in the north of England, persuaded him to make a three-day visit to the County Durham and Northumberland coalfields, where there was much unemployment.


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