Our Mining Heritage – stories & poems from Easington Writers

About the Podcast

Stories and poems inspired by 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