Benjamin Myers on Durham: ‘I spent a lot of time up trees or trespassing on roofs’

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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