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Sid Chaplin blue plaque

Blue plaque

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This blue commemorative plaque records: 9 Gladstone Terrace, Ferryhill. Sid Chaplin (1916-1986) acclaimed author of novels and short stories of the Durham coalfield including The Leaping Lad and The Thin Seam lived and wrote here 1941-1953 Recorded plaque organisation: Durham County Council.

From the Open Plaques record 41999

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