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ITN/5/15/74
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The Duke and Duchess of York opening the coal shipping terminal, Jarrow Staith, on the River Tyne
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- July 1936 (Creation)
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1 photograph
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(1955 - present)
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Flashback to July 1936, when Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, then the Duchess of York, and accompanied by her husband, the Duke of York, later King George VI, opened the coal shipping terminal, Jarrow Staith, on the Tyne. When she opens the new Tyne terminal on Thursday 7 November she will operate the same switch as used at the previous ceremony 49 years ago. Obit
Broadcast Date: 7 November 1985
Agency: Press Association
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Copyright: Press Association