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The Legacy of Hartlepool

"He thought that if he had the courage to visit the Long Gallery, the portraits of ancestors would come to life in frames. would point fingers and say: 'We did duty. We spent the money as was meant to be spent [ ...] ."

(TORDAY, Paul. The Legacy of Hartlepool Hall. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2012.)