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Old 14-12-2014, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by janwhin View Post
Morpeth Herald, 28 October 1949:
"In a few weeks the village of Radciffe, already with a few gaps left by demolished buildings, will change much of its appearance in the eyes of miners and the families they have brought up there in recent generations. Condemned houses are to be destroyed.
A Clearance Order was approved by the Ministry of Health in 1937 relating to properties numbered 1 to 12 Long Row South and 30 to 41 Long Row North, all comprised in the Radcliffe No. 1 Clearance Area.
Alnwick Rural Council on Monday resolved to direct the owners of these houses to serve notice to quit upon the tenants of those at present occupied requiring them to vacate the property within two months and to have the houses demolished and the sites cleared within two months or not later than six weeks after the houses are vacated."
On the 1952 map that west end of the back to backs is gone ( "1 to 12 Long Row South and 30 to 41 Long Row North", or what was part of the original "Radcliffe Terrace", built c. 1838 ) so looks like we have a date for that demolition. The Radcliffe Arms was stuck on the west end of that demolished row but was left standing.

Nice find, I was wondering when they were taken down.
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