A good mate of mine emigrated to Oz quite a few years back now ,then and only then did he bone up on our local history none of which we where taught at school ,when he visited last he knew more about the area we grew up in and its history than I'd ever heard of , I didn't know the tale of Bessie Surtees and was totally oblivious that her house still stands on the Quayside and is an English Heritage site .
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