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When every girl in County Durham wanted to be crowned Miss Crimdon

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A seven-minute home movie showing the triumph of Miss Wheatley Hill Sally Fleetham at the annual east Durham beauty pageant has been digitised by a local history group. It sheds fascinating light on the contest, which for decades was the highlight of the summer in the Durham coalfield. In some years, there were 80,000 or more people present for the occasion, which was traditionally held on the August bank holiday.

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When every girl in County Durham wanted to be crowned Miss Crimdon

THE moment an “18-year-old radiantly happy brunette” was crowned Miss Crimdon 1960 in front of a crowd of 50,000 miners and their families is…

2 years ago·County Durham, United Kingdom

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