Catherine Cookson white plaque

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What is recorded here

This white commemorative plaque records: Catherine Cookson, author, was born in a two-roomed house at 5 Leam Lane near this site on June 20th, 1906.

From the Open Plaques record 41510

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• Andrew Curtis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Graham Robson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• R J McNaughton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Willie Duffin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Geoff Holland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Les Hull, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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• Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Anthony Foster, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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