Mining a rich seam of poetry - youngsters help organise poetry event at former miners welfare hall

5/3/2019

Youngsters organised a major poetry event in the unlikely setting of a former Miners Welfare Hall.

Almost 100 people attended the event at Blackhall Community Centre, one of the first of it’s kind in this area.

The event was part of East Durham Trust’s 'No More Nowt Happens' project, which is funded by County Durham Community Foundation and supported by East Durham Creates, a project funded by Arts Council England.

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