Chopwell
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Chopwell is a village in Tyne and Wear, located approximately three miles west of Rowlands Gill and one mile north of Hamsterley.
Traditionally an area of coal mining, Chopwell was nicknamed "Little Moscow" because of the strong support for the Communist Party. Indeed, it counts "Marx Terrace" and "Lenin Terrace" among its street names.
In 1971, Chopwell became part of the county of Tyne and Wear and the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, after previously being part of County Durham. Some were celebrating this fact, while others were disheartened.
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It used to be a little village where everyone knew eachother but then drug dealers and users came into the village when they were Evicted from there homes,
