The writer on growing up in the warm embrace of the suburbs and facing down skinheads with his hardcore punk bandMention Durham and people will inevitably think of two things: the ancient city with its stunning Norman architecture, the cathedral and university, or the coal-mining industry that flourished further out in colliery communities before being asphyxiated following the miners’ strike of 1984-85.When discussing the north-east few ever remark on the suburbs, yet it was here, halfway between these two worlds, that my outlook was shaped. Continue reading…
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