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Rachel Cochrane2022-03-07 17:32:012023-03-09 16:10:33Amid the Hills of Redesdale
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I-netco_user2019-11-01 15:36:582023-03-09 16:58:03Women a Cartography: a multimedia exhibition
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I-netco_user2019-07-09 15:58:122019-07-10 21:31:29Holwick Stories
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I-netco_user2019-07-09 13:13:382023-04-19 10:06:37Holwick Stories podcasts
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I-netco_user2019-02-25 11:49:572023-04-19 10:04:36Unsung North East Hero: Stan Beckensall
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Rachel Cochrane2018-05-17 20:22:282023-04-19 11:44:19No Greater Love: Janet Macleod Trotter
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Rachel Cochrane2018-02-18 08:38:052023-04-19 11:56:48A Good Do: A Monologue by Sylvia Lumley
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Rachel Cochrane2018-02-17 18:10:142018-02-20 22:42:46Hear My Voice: Votes for Women
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Rachel Cochrane2018-02-16 14:07:302018-02-17 18:08:48New Year, New You: creative writing sessions for Durham Libraries
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Rachel Cochrane2017-12-23 09:22:322023-03-09 17:57:23Going To: a short film by Rachel and Rosie Cochrane
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Rachel Cochrane2017-12-22 17:08:462023-03-09 18:04:57Ever Rolling Stream: a WW1 stage play by Rachel Cochrane
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I-netco_user2017-09-23 16:35:262023-03-10 12:53:54For One Night Only: an evening of three plays
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Rachel Cochrane2017-09-03 11:18:082023-04-19 11:59:13We are Weardale: Wolsingham Primary School Year 6
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Rachel Cochrane2017-09-03 11:05:542023-04-19 12:00:30We are Weardale: Wolsingham Primary School Year 3
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Rachel Cochrane2017-09-03 10:42:422023-04-19 12:02:00We are Weardale: Luncheon Club at St John's Chapel
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Rachel Cochrane2017-09-03 10:06:422023-04-19 12:03:11We are Weardale: Links to St John's Chapel Primary School
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Rachel Cochrane2017-09-03 09:46:352023-04-19 12:04:37We Are Weardale: Teachers at St John's Chapel Primary School
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Rachel Cochrane2017-09-03 09:21:382023-04-19 12:05:42We are Weardale: Pupils of St John's Chapel Primary School
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Rachel Cochrane2017-08-29 17:59:092023-04-19 12:06:57We are Weardale: Wearhead Primary School and North Pens Writers
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Rachel Cochrane2017-07-01 23:43:312023-04-19 12:08:11Our Mining Heritage - stories & poems from Easington Writers
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Rachel Cochrane2017-06-10 17:29:532023-04-19 12:08:45Wallflowers: poetry by Catherine Graham
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Rachel Cochrane2017-05-21 08:10:162023-04-19 12:10:05The Escape: a short story by Roberta Thomson
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Rachel Cochrane2017-05-06 22:09:402023-04-19 12:10:58Inside the Hermit: 3 poems by Robert Lonsdale
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Rachel Cochrane2017-05-03 16:35:242018-02-18 18:02:18We are Weardale: a project of celebration
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Rachel Cochrane2017-04-15 11:18:112023-04-19 12:12:08G.F. Phillips Remembered
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Rachel Cochrane2017-03-04 17:28:462023-04-19 12:19:01An interview with Writer Keith Armstrong
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Rachel Cochrane2017-03-04 16:37:162023-04-19 11:11:56A Tyneside Collection: Poetry by Keith Armstrong
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Rachel Cochrane2017-01-20 15:31:502023-04-19 12:25:33The Shape of Us: poetry by Clare Crossman
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Rachel Cochrane2017-01-07 13:00:412023-04-19 12:28:10North Pens Writers Podcast: Two Short Stories
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Rachel Cochrane2016-11-26 12:15:452023-04-19 12:29:16More Tales from Easington Writers
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Rachel Cochrane2016-11-05 20:42:382023-04-19 12:30:46Village Notes: a radio play by Rachel Cochrane
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Rachel Cochrane2016-09-24 15:19:342016-10-22 22:45:23Sunderland Literature and Creative Writing Festival 2016
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Rachel Cochrane2016-09-15 16:51:452023-04-19 12:31:34Oranges and Lemons: a radio play by Rachel Cochrane
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Rachel Cochrane2016-09-10 21:03:432023-04-19 13:53:15Installations: Poetry by Sue Hedworth
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Rachel Cochrane2016-09-10 19:05:142023-04-19 13:54:36Agnes's Bench a short story by Sue White
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Rachel Cochrane2016-08-27 10:03:422023-04-19 14:14:23Coira's Wall by Simon Van der Velde
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Rachel Cochrane2016-08-18 18:38:332023-04-19 14:13:31Writing to Rita
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Rachel Cochrane2016-08-13 19:07:162023-04-19 14:12:54Steady Hands by Simon Van der Velde
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Rachel Cochrane2016-08-13 18:54:052023-04-19 14:12:07On Low Newton Beach by Simon Van der Velde
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Rachel Cochrane2016-07-22 17:34:182023-04-19 14:11:18Ruth Henderson at Old Low Light