The Broadway, Houghton-le-Spring

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The Broadway, Houghton-le-Spring

Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 16 Jan 2007

Houghton-le-Spring is a thriving town between Durham and Sunderland, whose prosperity originally depended on the now-defunct coal industry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton-le-Spring http://www.wearsideonline.com/houghton_le_spring.html Like it says on the label, the Broadway is indeed a "broad way"!

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