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As part of their 140th anniversary, the pupils of St John's Chapel Primary School interview members of the community who have had past links with their school.

This podcast was produced as part of the 'We are Weardale' project sponsored by Durham County Council.

To celebrate the 140th anniversary of St John's Chapel Primary School, pupils interview their teachers about their favourite memories of the school.

The podcast was produced as part of the 'We are Weardale' project sponsored by Durham County Council.

Listen to the pupils of St John's Chapel Primary School record each other as they celebrate the 140th anniversary of the school. They talk about their school and share their views on living in Weardale.

This podcast is part of the 'We are Weardale' project sponsored by Durham County Council

The children of Wearhead Primary Schhol and the North Pens adult writing group share their work inspired by Weardale and talk about their creative writing process.

This podcast was part of the We are Weardale project sponsored by Durham County Council

Stories and poems from the Durham Coal Field.

Written and read by Easington Writers.

Coal Dust in My Veins by Mary N Bell

The First Shift by Rachael Hewitson-Dixon

The Hawthorn Site by Brenda Graham

Bevin Boys by Mary N Bell

The Easington Pit Disaster 1951 by Brenda Graham

The Stolen Man by Mavis Farrell

Pit Strike 1984-1985 by Mary N Bell

The Last Turn of the Wheel by Brenda Graham

The Disaster - 60 Years On by Mary Bell

Each Tree by Mavis Farrell

Warm, honest and perceptive words from Tyneside poet Catherine Graham

Wallflowers

Making Clogs at Gallowgate

Promise

Things I Will Put in My Mother's Pocket

Last Waltz

Frightened of hospitals? Listen to Roberta's mischievous tale.

Written and recorded for the Crossing the Tees Festival at workshops led by writer Rachel Cochrane

A collection of three poems by Robert Lonsdale - sensitive, haunting and rhythmic

Inside the Hermit

The Extermination

Watershed Summer 1979

Featuring the work of the late North East writer G.F. Phillips, a writer I first met and recorded through Keith Armstrong and Northern Voices Community projects. This collection of Gordon's work was taken from recordings made for listenupnorth 2010-2013.

I knew him as a gentle and perceptive man, drawing on astute and sensitive observations for his writing. Through his work we often felt the raw plight of others, with other pieces, a mischievous dry humour and irony.

Gordon leaves us a legacy of fantastic written work and through listenupnorthhe leaves his voice.

Podcast content:

G.F. Phillips talks about his writing

Fresh Contours - a poem inspired by the Northumberlandia land sculpture near Cramlington

From the Testimony of an Otherwise Citizen - a poem on the plight of Burmese refugees

Quarantine Song - a folk song lyric about Russian Troops held on St Mary's Island with cholera

Johnny Spry - a poem about the goalkeeper for Footloose Wanders

Home Tomorrow - a story of displacement at the hands of mob culture

Suffolk Street Bomb - a poem inspired by a 1000lb bomb found in hendon, Sunderland

Keith talks about his life as a writer - his influences, inspirations and work on Jack Common