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Description: | Typewritten letter sent by I.N. Swanson, National Coal Board North Durham Area Estates Manager, to Mr H.W. Smith of 9 South Avenue, South Shields, dated 11 December 1967. The letter refers to a Damage Notice dated 23 November 1967 and a subsequent inspection by an NCB Surveyor, which confirmed that subsidence had taken place in the vicinity of the recipient's property, causing damage. Because "further ground movement could take place within the near future" a Stop Notice was also sent with the letter and is attached by staple. The Stop Notice permitted the NCB to "defer the execution of remedial works or the making of payments" until the risk of further subsidence damage was reduced e.g. following a change in mining activity in the area. The NCB finally carried out repairs to the property at 9 South Avenue in 1970.
Material: paper | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.510908 | Go to resource |
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