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Norman Cornish Centenary lecture November 3rd 2022 Spennymoor Town Hall 7-30m tickets £5 phone: 01388 815276 (Office hours only)
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A tour with Cornish of the churches in Spennymoor which have played an important role in the development of the town since 1864
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Spennymoor Town Band recently enjoyed national success and has a long history which was influential in the design of the Miners Gala Mural
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A reminder of the work of mining artist Norman Cornish
who's the subject of an exhibition of 32 works opening on Saturday (18th) at @Castlegate_Art in Cockermouth, #Cumbria. The show ends on Oct 8.
#NormanCornish @FeatureCumbria #artist #Mining #CountyDurham #spennymoor
Bill Mann, Tom Ridley and another pitman climbing Dean Bank, Spennymoor with Dean and Chapter Pit in the background, 1974 by Norman Cornish (1919 - 2014)
St Pauls Church the landmark feature in Spennymoor which attracted the attention of artist Norman Cornish throughout his career.
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Norman Cornish 1919 – 2014, the most celebrated of all pitmen painters drew great inspiration from the local pubs around his hometown of Spennymoor. See https://t.co/tO91X3TOgK to watch him work his magic among the fag smoke and bottles of Broon🍺#PubArtSaturday
Northern art: Works by #TomMcGuinness (1926-2006)..Born in #Spennymoor #CoDurham..
McGuinness was a coal miner and artist, conscripted to Fishburn Colliery as a #BevinBoy in 1944..
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Behind the Scenes Cornish and Berriman’s chip van. The story behind this iconic piece of social history remembered with great affection in Spennymoor.
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Norman Cornish (1919-2014), best known of the pit men painters of County Durham, became a full-time artist at the age of 47, when a back injury brought to an end 33 years of mining. His subject remained the lives of those who lived and worked in his home town of Spennymoor.
‘Edward Street, Man Walking Dogs’ by Norman Stansfield Cornish (1919-2014), Northumbria University Gallery. A former miner who lived and worked in #Spennymoor in County Durham, Cornish’s work portrays community life and leisure, but there are few pictures of work underground.
Northern art: "The Road to Work" 1964...A Mining village by #TomMcGuinness (British,1926-2006)..#PitmanArtist..
McGuinness was a coal miner and artist, conscripted to Fishburn Colliery...
#BevanBoy 1944, from #Spennymoor #CoDurham..
Northern art: "Pit Road, Winter" c1995...Painting by #NormanCornish (British,1919-2014)..Born in #Spennymoor #CoDurham..
Depiction of two miners on the road Cornish himself walked, almost every day for 30 years, to #DeanAndChapterColliery in #Ferryhill.
#PitmanArtist #Humanist
Northern art: "The Busy Bar"...Painting by #NormanCornish (British,1919-2014)..The last #PitmanPainter, a miner for 33 years, born in #Spennymoor #CoDurham.
Known for his depictions of mining community life..#Humanist.
Youth theatre group performing a play about the members of the The Spennymoor Settlement.
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Northern art: "Pigeon Crees" 1953...Oil on canvas by #TomMcGuinness (British,1926-2006)..Born in #Spennymoor, #CoDurham..
#PitmanPainter conscripted into Fishburn Colliery as a #BevinBoy in 1944..
Northern art: "Early Morning Shift" 1959...Painting by #TomMcguinness (British,1926-2006)..
#PitmanPainter and conscripted #BevinBoy 1944 from #Spennymoor
Northern art: #NormanCornish [1919-2014] #PitmanArtist from #Spennymoor.
His artwork celebrated the industrial past with warmth & humanity.