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Mark Scott's Shop - Then & Now
Mark Scott - Newsagent, Stationer, Confectioner.
Mark Scott's Shop at 23 Woodland Terrace, Usworth Station Road (c.1923)
(Photo courtesy of David Gibson)
Advert in the 24th August 1923 Edition of the Washington Labour News
(Read the front page at Home - Washington Labour News)
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Mark Scott's Shop at 23 Woodland Terrace, Usworth Station Road (c.1923)
(Photo courtesy of David Gibson)
Outline of Shop Window.
(Image from Google Earth)
Fully Refurbished
(Photo: February 2015)
The door lintels on the right, together with the Woman & Child's window sill, match perfectly.
( Did you notice the Poppy to the left of the door? )
Commemorated by Poppy - Gunner William J. B. Stokoe
William John Blackett Stokoe
(Former Resident of Woodland House)
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Ann, Baby Arthur & William Stokoe 
Commemorative Poppy
The Soldier: Washington 'F' Pit miner William Stokoe lost his life, aged 33, on the 27th May 1918, whilst serving with the 10th Battalion Tank Corps (Service No.306042). He was the son of William and Elizabeth Stokoe of Washington Village and the husband of Ann Collins Stokoe of Woodland House, 23 Woodland Terrace, New Washington. He left a son, Arthur.
The Poppy: Up to March 2015, Wessington U3A War Memorials Project (http://wwmp.weebly.com) has placed 100 bronze-resin poppies on the houses and work places of some of the many Washington Servicemen who gave their lives during WW1. These commemorative Poppies are spread widely around the district and can be found in Fatfield, Harraton, Usworth, Washington etc.
( Gunner Stokoe's name is inscribed on the Washington 'F' Colliery Roll of Honour - access from Home Page. )
The Headstone and Final Resting Place of Gunner William Stokoe
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Gunner William Stokoe (Tank Corps) 
Doullens Cemetery (Extension No.2) - Somme, Northern France