{"id":3249,"date":"2025-01-01T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:34:23","slug":"1868-robert-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abhistory.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3249","title":{"rendered":"1868 &#8211; Robert Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Lee was born in about 1841.<br>He worked at the J Bower &amp; Sons. West Allerton Colliery. 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