| The Stolen Man | Written by: Mavis Farrell |
| MP3 filesize: 1.06 MB | Length mm:ss - 1:09 |
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A life of hard graft tells on the outside of a man. |
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| Beach Banks | Written by: Terry Dobson |
| MP3 filesize: 0.88 MB | Length mm:ss - 0:57 |
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An evocative poem on familiar landscape. |
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| Ariel | Written by: Sophie Keates Gazey |
| MP3 filesize: 2.21 MB | Length mm:ss - 2:24 |
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Throughout Shakepeare's 'The Tempest', Prospero promises his trusty servant Ariel his liberty. This poem follows Ariel on his first day of freedom, as he makes a journey which will have a lasting impact on English literature. This poem won Newcastle Theatre Royal's Creative Writing Competition 2011. Thanks to David Taylor Landscape Photography for this image |
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| Eclipse | Written by: Sophie Keates Gazey |
| MP3 filesize: 1.28 MB | Length mm:ss - 1:23 |
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At lunchtime on 29th March, 2006, hundreds of people witnessed a total eclipse of the sun from a beach in Turkey. This is how it felt to be there. Thanks to David Taylor Landscape Photography for the image |
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| Light Dancing on Water | Written by: Sophie Keates Gazey |
| MP3 filesize: 1.34 MB | Length mm:ss - 1:27 |
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Water flows from the lion's mouth spout in the conservatory at Wallington, Northumberland, and sparks a childhood memory.
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| Big Blue | Written by: Allison Davies, Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary |
| MP3 filesize: 0.87 MB | Length mm:ss - 0:56 |
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'You carry cars and secrets safe in your belly'. A winning entry in The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary Competition. |
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| Metal Colossus in Blue | Written by: Irene Styles, Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary |
| MP3 filesize: 3.82 MB | Length mm:ss - 4:10 |
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'Straddling the Tees, Like the Colossus of Rhodes...' A winning entry in The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary Writing Competition. Read by Bonnie Hibbs |
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| I've Seen It All | Written by: Louise Kerr, Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary |
| MP3 filesize: 1.11 MB | Length mm:ss - 1:12 |
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A famous landmark which spans not only the River Tees but also a century of changes & events. A winning entry in The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary Writing Competition. Read by Chris Stewart |
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| We Shall Be | Written by: Helen Steadman, Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary |
| MP3 filesize: 1.11 MB | Length mm:ss - 1:13 |
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An evocative poem: a call from the past to the future. A winning entry in The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary Writing Competition |
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| The Cheviot October | Written by: Geoff Holland |
| MP3 filesize: 0.64 MB | Length mm:ss - 0:41 |
| Autumn days on Northumberland's highest hill |
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