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Tommy Gears Funeral - Horden (hord0256)

Charlie Turnbull Receiving Certificate Of Merit
Deneholme

Photograph of a horse-drawn hearse standing outside a terrace of houses; the hearse is drawn by two horses and a man is sitting on the hearse, which does not contain a coffin; further along the pavement an indistinct group of four people can be seen; at the right- hand edge of the photograph the bonnet of a large car can be seen; the photograph has been identified as Tommy Gear's Funeral, Horden, 1960 (Fruit and Vegetable Wholesaler)

Tommy Gears Funeral - Horden

Photograph of a horse-drawn hearse standing outside a terrace of houses; the hearse is drawn by two horses and a man is sitting on the hearse, which does not contain a coffin; further along the pavement an indistinct group of four people can be seen; at the right- hand edge of the photograph the bonnet of a large car can be seen; the photograph has been identified as Tommy Gear's Funeral, Horden, 1960 (Fruit and Vegetable Wholesaler)

Date: 1960

That is probably Third Street near the "Royal Hotel" ( known as Nimmos). Tommy Gear had his buisness nearby. His daughter, Betty Gear used to do show jumping and I believe represented England.

Comment added by Barry Wood on 05/01/2009 12:17:00

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