Short Stories

Home Tomorrow

Written by: David Wright MP3 filesize: 2.22 MB Length mm:ss - 2:25

This is a story about going home, about childhood memories but most of all it is a story about David's Dad.


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It's the Way You Tell 'em

Written by: A J Kirby MP3 filesize: 15.12 MB Length mm:ss - 16:31

A father is a hero in a little boy's eyes.  But should Lewis's Mother tell him the truth?

Read by Rachel Cochrane 


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The Hawthorn Site

Written by: Brenda Graham MP3 filesize: 1.32 MB Length mm:ss - 1:26

Brenda's childhood memories of the huge Hawthorn Site, County Durham - a combined mine & coke works

'Whether by day or night, the Hawthorn Site made me feel uncomfortable & scared'.


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Dreamer

Written by: Chris Robinson MP3 filesize: 6.2 MB Length mm:ss - 6:46

As Sandra makes her way home from night shift, she dreams of stardom.  But she is soon back on planet earth when she finds that her is mother missing...
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Pit strike 1984 - 1985

Written by: Mary Nightingale Bell MP3 filesize: 12.05 MB Length mm:ss - 13:09

An indelible account by Mary, Easington born & bred.
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The Princess of Felling - River Tyne Memories

Written by: Elaine Cusack MP3 filesize: 10.13 MB Length mm:ss - 11:03

Growing up in Felling, Elaine charts the influence of rivers, bridges and an extraordinary man on her young life.
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Untitled

Written by: Sophie Keates Gazey MP3 filesize: 7.44 MB Length mm:ss - 8:07

How do we decide what is art and what isn't? Two young boys, bored with their visit to a gallery, unwittingly become the subject of such judgement.
Thanks to David Taylor Landscape Photography for this image
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A Quiet Night In

Written by: Terry Dobson MP3 filesize: 3.64 MB Length mm:ss - 3:58

Playing with a Ouiji board is a harmless bit of fun - isn't it?
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Pink Suede Boots

Written by: Mavis Farrell MP3 filesize: 12.55 MB Length mm:ss - 13:42

A little girl wanders off.  Vulnerable and endangered, who will watch over her?
A ghost story set on the East Durham coast
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The Iron Gates

Written by: Mavis Farrell MP3 filesize: 11.02 MB Length mm:ss - 12:02

Thorpe Hospital, County Durham is now long gone; its walls once told of unexplained happenings...

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