Events

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22/10/1766 22 October 1766 Hugh Percy (born Hugh Smithson), and by then Earl of Northumberland, was created first Duke of Northumberland Copy
22/10/1939

Second of three lorry crashes on Lion Bridge caused by mechanical brake failure on the Peth. One lorry went through the parapet into the river, One was stoped by the parapet. the third hit the fence to the Dairy Grounds. Dates: 20th, 22nd Oct, 2nd Nov 1939. Brake failure on the Peth was common, and similar crashes had occured two years earlier in 1937.

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