The story of Thomas and Hannah Laidler is one of family, hard work and heartbreaking loss in industrial Sunderland. From Thomas’s life as a skilled blacksmith in Monkwearmouth to raising their eight children, their family experienced both the joys of parenthood and the sorrow of losing children too soon. Their youngest daughter, Hannah, suffered a tragic death alongside her baby son in 1954. Through the family records, we explore their lives, the communities they called home and the memories that deserve to be preserved for future generations.
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