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The Border Counties Railway 1862-1958comprised 42 miles of track from Hexham on the River Tyne to Riccarton, across the Scottish border, and had a marked impact on life in a previously remote area.

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A Mining Heritage display features the relics and memories of the coal mines, iron works and quarries that were once busy industrial features in what is now largely a peaceful rural landscape.

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The Photographs of W P Collier show a definitive picture of rural life in Northumberland between the two World Wars.

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The Border Reivers display provides a fascinating insight into the robbery and violence that was rife in sixteenth century Border life