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Stormy Beginnings

10th April, 2014By A Bit CrackTales of the Forgotten North: Blog 3,867 Comments

TOTFN photo on the way to Alston for 1st mting with teacher
on the way to Alston

All of the journeys to the site and the school in Alston have been, without exception, special.

The first journey was to meet the teacher, Miss Pullen, who I would be working with. There were …

Dreaming the Land – Recce, Dec 3rd 2013

4th December, 2013By Malcolm GreenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog 2,522 Comments
Dreaming the Land – Recce, Dec 3rd 2013

A bit of a grey old day today. Pat, Molly (the dog) and myself travelled to Castle Carrock in the search of camp sites and performance venues. Took a small detour, which turned into a long detour, to the RSPB …

Dreaming the Land – Recce, Oct 20th 2013

20th October, 2013By Malcolm GreenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog 8,161 Comments

Lamley Viaduct Our journey continues
Walking and finding our way from Beltingham to Long Meg. Malc, myself and Molly the dog set out on a misty autumnal day with glimpses of blue skies and rainbows, to find our journey route for June  …

Sketches from DREAMING THE LAND: Eric’s story

6th September, 2013By Rachel BollenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog 3,597 Comments

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A Walk with Friends through Northumbria
29th June to 6th July 2013

I arrived late in the dark after a long drive in the Landover. Malcolm, Nigel and Chris welcomed me to the fire. Chris, big, warm-hearted …

We Dreamed the Land

18th August, 2013By Malcolm GreenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog 3,020 Comments

Malcolm’s story

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To embark on a walk is a simple thing. To put one foot in front of another until you stop. The intention behind the walk, however, affects everything about its nature. The simple act of walking becomes meaningful …

Renga: Dreaming the Land

18th July, 2013By Rachel BollenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog 6,096 Comments

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During the first week of our Land Journey throughout the day we would take time to stop, consider, condense and write contributions to a communal Renga. Upon our return Malcolm spent an evening with Poet Linda France going through the …

Story creation with Hugh Lupton

17th May, 2013By Chris BostockTales of the Forgotten North: Blog 3,175 Comments

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Following our research into the different sites and the time we had spent working in their local communities, we set off to grow our stories – the fiction to compliment the facts that Paul and Jessica had shared with us. …

A Night on Yeavering Bell

10th May, 2013By Malcolm GreenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog

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I was working with the children of Glendale Middle School in Wooler, creating stories from the Iron Age hill fort on Yeavering Bell. We were due to go on a field trip and I decided it would be a good …

Glendale Middle meets Yeavering Bell

8th May, 2013By Malcolm GreenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog

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Had four brilliant days in Glendale School, Wooler school, where I worked with class four on stories associated with the iron age hill fort at Yeavering Bell. The history teacher, Jenny Hall managed to get the children off timetable, so …

Marks on the Rock: Storymaking at Lordenshaws with Rothbury First School

6th May, 2013By Malcolm GreenTales of the Forgotten North: Blog

IMGA0547Time slipped away as the year 4 children of Rothbury first school shimmied between the zones on our trip from Whittondean to Lordenshaws. The stone-age became the bronze age which morphed into the iron age as we moved from cup …

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