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Thomas Roberts

Thomas "Tommy" Roberts with his second wife
(Image credit: Wendy Avery)
We didn’t know the family connection to the Cramlington derailment until we saw the documentary Yesterday’s Witness and saw my great, great Uncle Thomas "Tommy" Roberts being interviewed.
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Willy Baker was also sentenced and as Willy was married to Tommy’s sister Mary, we are related to two of the men involved.
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We would love to know more, especially about Mary, who had three young children when her husband and brother were in prison, and then sadly lost her husband soon after his release.
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Wendy Avery

Tommy Roberts' nephew &
Ellington miners
(Image credit: Wendy Avery)

Catherine, the mother of Tommy Roberts, with daughters
(Image credit: Wendy Avery)
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