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.
Dame Catherine Cookson DBE was a renowned British novelist known for her semi-autobiographical works that often depicted the lives of working-class people in North East England; she rose from poverty to become one of Britain's best-selling authors.
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