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Esteemed playwright visits Durham to research coalfield culture
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Jun 23, · It’s a lesson I learned from the likes of singer/songwriter Alex Glasgow from Gateshead and playwright Alan Plater, born in Jarrow, though he lived most of his life in Hull. Their Close the Coalhouse Door introduced me to ‘pitmen’. In South Yorkshire, we usually say ‘miners’. “And then there are the brass bands.
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