Coal Face Volume 1 captures the last generation of Washington Miners’ memories and sense of belonging in a changing coalfield community in the ‘Coal Face’ project.  

Funded by Redhills, The Cultural Spring and University College London (UCL), this podcast was accompanied by an exhibition open to the public at Washington F Pit for the whole of September. 2023, a book which is available at https://redhillsdurham.org/shop/coal-face-washington-book/

Visuals created by Andy Martin https://martintype.co.uk/
Stories, writing and podcast by Dr Louise Powell https://louisepowellwriter.wordpress.com/
Audio production by Dr Nick John Williams https://nickjohnwilliams.co.uk/

Coal Face Podcast | Volume 1 | Washington

As part of the Dogpeople Wheatley Hill Story Trail, listen to Peter’s memories of the track.

'Dogpeople Wheatley Hill Story Trail: One Big Family’ features a clip from an interview with Peter which was curated by Dr Louise Powell and audio edited by Bridget Hamilton.

The Wheatley Hill Story Trail is part of a broader combined arts project called 'Dogpeople', which tells the history of flapping (independent greyhound racing) in County Durham through the words of the people who went to its tracks. It is a project for which Louise was awarded Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant funding and a commission from No More Nowt's 'Untold Stories' Strand. The project also includes an 8 x 20" podcast series, community exhibition, community events and a non-fiction publication. It is supported using public funding from Arts Council England.

The music is used through a subscription which audio producer and editor Bridget Hamilton holds to Epidemic Sound, which allows use of the music.

Dogpeople Wheatley Hill Story Trail: One Big Family

As part of the Dogpeople Wheatley Hill Story Trail, listen to Darren talk about the track.

'Dogpeople Wheatley Hill Story Trail: Fond Memories’ features a clip from an interview with Darren which was curated by Dr Louise Powell and audio edited by Bridget Hamilton.

The Wheatley Hill Story Trail is part of a broader combined arts project called 'Dogpeople', which tells the history of flapping (independent greyhound racing) in County Durham through the words of the people who went to its tracks. It is a project for which Louise was awarded Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant funding and a commission from No More Nowt's 'Untold Stories' Strand. The project also includes an 8 x 20" podcast series, community exhibition, community events and a non-fiction publication. It is supported using public funding from Arts Council England.

The music is used through a subscription which audio producer and editor Bridget Hamilton holds to Epidemic Sound, which allows use of the music.

Dogpeople Wheatley Hill Story Trail: Fond Memories

The Debut Single of Stannington

Recorded and produced at Byker’s Polestar Studios by engineer Alex Blamire and mastered by Stephen Bishop (Opal Tapes), the band captures their curated sound for the first time in the form of debut single ‘Through You’. The track’s repetitive, pleading vocal lines accompany chorus-laden guitars, clearly taking inspiration from jangle pop acts like the Field Mice or the Sea Urchins. The group’s rhythm section adds a drive more associated with the later output of The Smiths or The House of Love, providing a sense of pace and urgency which reflects the band’s roots in punk music.

Through You

Hudson

Debut EP ' Farmers Market ' by Stannington 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Lewis Thompson (vocals)
Mark McGarry (Guitar, Piano)
Joe Munsey (Guitar)
Louis Clark (Bass)
Charlie Radford (Drums)


Engineered by Alex Blamire at Polestar Studios, Byker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mastered by Mikey Young

Artwork by Joe Munsey (@munseydesign)

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